* Q4 net sales 403.6 million euros ($435 million)(Reuters poll: 414 million euros)

* Q4 EBIT ex-items 49.5 million euros (Reuters poll: 50.6 million euros)

* Expects its adjusted 2017 operating profit (EBIT) to increase from previous year's level (152.2 million euros in 2016)

* Proposes 2016 dividend of 1.15 euro per share (Reuters poll 1.33 euro per share) Source text for Eikon: Link to Reuters poll:

Further company coverage: ($1 = 0.9264 euros) (Gdynia Newsroom)