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2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Intro
Financial Highlights
Letter to Shareholders
Always On
Sustainability
Financial Review (PDFs)
Leadership
Survey

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Financial Highlights
 
As Reported
On an Operating Basis

2008
2007
2008
2007
(Millions except for per share data)

Continuing operations

 

   Net sales

 

$15,376  
$13,033   
$15,376  
$13,033  

   Income before income taxes

 

1,128   
1,041   
1,205   
1,105   

   Income after income taxes

 

$ 1,055   
$ 959   
$ 1,106   
$ 1,001   

Income from discontinued operations

 

3   
35   
3   
35   

Net income

 

$ 1,058   
$ 994   
$ 1,109   
$ 1,036   

Net income per Common Share assuming dilution

 

   Continuing operations

 

$ 6.50   
$ 6.38   
$ 6.81   
$ 6.66   

   Discontinued operations

 

.02   
.24   
.02   
.24   
$ 6.52   
$ 6.62   
$ 6.83   
$ 6.90   

Average number of Common Shares outstanding assuming dilution

 

162.3   
150.3   
Cash dividends paid per Common Share
$ 2.00   
$ 1.72   


Total assets

 

$ 16,655   
$ 13,430   

Total debt

 

4,271   
3,417   
Shareholders’ equity
6,317   
5,172   


Results on an “operating basis” exclude pretax charges for acquisition integration actions of $77 in 2008 ($51 after-tax, or $.31 per Common Share) and $64 in 2007 ($42 after-tax, or $.28 per share).

Company Stock Performance
The above graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return for the five years ending December 31, 2008 for Eaton Common Shares, the S&P 1500 Industrial Machinery Index and the S&P 500 Index. These figures assume all dividends are reinvested on the ex-dividend date, and are based on $100 invested in Eaton Common Shares on December 31, 2003.

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