In 2011, consolidated sales of the Continental Corporation increased by approximately 17 percent to 30.5 billion euros.

	2011	2010
Sales (billions of euros)	30.5	26.0
EBIT1 (millions of euros)	2,596.9	1,935.2
Adjusted EBIT2 (millions of euros)	3,043.0	2,521.1
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the parent (in millions of euros)	1,242.2	576.0
1 Earnings before interest and taxes 2 Before amortization on intangible assets from purchase price allocation,    changes in the scope of consolidation, and special effects.

Further information about Continental's business in 2011 is available in the current annual report.