Performance by Subgroup and Segment

Corporate structure

Our business activities are grouped into the HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience subgroups. There was no change to the corporate structure of the Bayer Group in the first quarter. The commentaries in this report relate exclusively to continuing operations, except where specific reference is made to discontinued operations or to a total value (total).

Key Data by Subgroup and Segment

	Sales		EBIT before special items*		EBITDA before special items*		EBITDA margin before special items*
€ million	1st Quarter 2007	1st Quarter 2008	1st Quarter 2007	1st Quarter 2008	1st Quarter 2007	1st Quarter 2008	1st Quarter 2007	1st Quarter 2008
HealthCare	3,610	3,731	624	663	948	1,050	26.3%	28.1%
Pharmaceuticals	2,495	2,614	420	441	711	794	28.5%	30.4%
Consumer Health	1,115	1,117	204	222	237	256	21.3%	22.9%
CropScience	1,786	1,978	447	578	584	713	32.7%	36.0%
Crop Protection	1,434	1,622	343	493	461	607	32.1%	37.4%
Environmental Science, BioScience	352	356	104	85	123	106	34.9%	29.8%
MaterialScience	2,608	2,512	291	281	409	407	15.7%	16.2%
Systems	1,869	1,839	253	281	329	368	17.6%	20.0%
Materials	739	673	38	0	80	39	10.8%	5.8%
Reconciliation	331	315	13	(25)	49	15	14.8%	4.8%
Continuing operations	8,335	8,536	1,375	1,497	1,990	2,185	23.9%	25.6%