|
|
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,556 |
3,425 |
3,374 |
3,413 |
3,377 | |
|
Operating profit |
481 |
234 |
503 |
546 |
435 |
|
Profit for the year from continuing operations, attributable to equity holders of the Company |
288 |
118 |
313 |
329 |
278 |
|
Profit for the year, attributable to equity holders of the Company |
288 |
118 |
313 |
917 |
321 |
|
831 |
783 |
756 |
747 |
635 | |
|
Ordinary EBITA |
727 |
682 |
678 |
667 |
556 |
|
444 |
427 |
423 |
421 |
344 | |
|
(Proposed) Dividend/cash distribution |
200 |
193 |
186 |
180 |
179 |
|
Dividend proposal in % of ordinary net income |
45.1 |
45.1 |
44.0 |
42.7 |
52.0 |
|
Pay-out in % of profit for the year, attributable to equity holders of the Company |
69.5 |
163.4 |
59.3 |
19.6 |
55.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
445 |
424 |
395 |
405 |
399 | |
|
Cash conversion (ratio) |
0.95 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
0.91 |
0.99 |
|
Acquisition spending |
259 |
54 |
667 |
198 |
773 |
|
Shareholders’ equity |
1,612 |
1,334 |
1,414 |
1,178 |
1,194 |
|
1,856 |
1,580 |
1,672 |
1,439 |
1,421 | |
|
2,035 |
2,007 |
2,254 |
1,793 |
2,050 | |
|
4,177 |
3,655 |
3,774 |
2,474 |
2,819 | |
|
Total assets |
6,557 |
6,053 |
6,388 |
5,276 |
5,653 |
|
Amortization of publishing rights and impairments |
175 |
368 |
124 |
121 |
121 |
|
145 |
123 |
140 |
125 |
93 | |
|
Amortization other intangible assets and depreciation property, plant and equipment |
104 |
101 |
78 |
80 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio’s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
As % of revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit |
13.5 |
6.8 |
14.9 |
16.0 |
12.9 |
|
Profit for the year from continuing operations, attributable to equity holders of the Company |
8.1 |
3.4 |
9.3 |
9.6 |
8.2 |
|
23.4 |
22.9 |
22.4 |
21.9 |
18.8 | |
|
20.4 |
19.9 |
20.1 |
19.5 |
16.5 | |
|
Ordinary net income |
12.5 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
12.3 |
10.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ROIC |
8.6 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
7.7 |
|
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
6.5 |
5.4 | |
|
Net debt to EBITDA |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
|
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.7 | |
|
Shareholders’ equity/capital employed |
0.39 |
0.36 |
0.37 |
0.48 |
0.42 |
|
Guarantee equity to total assets |
0.28 |
0.26 |
0.26 |
0.27 |
0.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information per share (€) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
On the basis of fully diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.96 |
0.40 |
1.09 |
1.08 |
0.90 | |
|
1.48 |
1.45 |
1.47 |
1.38 |
1.10 | |
|
Diluted free cash flow per share |
1.48 |
1.44 |
1.37 |
1.33 |
1.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares, diluted (millions) |
300.3 |
293.8 |
288.3 |
304.7 |
321.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.50 |
1.47 |
1.49 |
1.40 |
1.12 | |
|
0.97 |
0.41 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
0.91 | |
|
Free cash flow per share |
1.50 |
1.46 |
1.39 |
1.35 |
1.30 |
|
Dividend/cash distribution per share |
0.67 |
0.66 |
0.65 |
0.64 |
0.58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares issued (millions) |
296.4 |
290.1 |
284.6 |
300.5 |
307.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock exchange |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highest quotation |
16.80 |
16.26 |
22.53 |
24.40 |
22.47 |
|
Lowest quotation |
14.42 |
11.25 |
11.82 |
20.00 |
16.67 |
|
Quotation at December 31 |
16.40 |
15.30 |
13.54 |
22.48 |
21.79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average daily trading volume Wolters Kluwer on Euronext Amsterdam nv, number of shares (thousands of shares) |
1,071 |
1,327 |
1,842 |
1,794 |
1,573 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Headcount at December 31 |
19,030 |
19,341 |
20,063 |
19,544 |
19,901 |
|
In full-time equivalents at December 31 |
18,237 |
18,207 |
19,271 |
18,620 |
18,871 |
|
In full-time equivalents average per annum |
19,141 |
19,957 |
20,290 |
19,827 |
19,704 |