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SODEXHO ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

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05-06<br />

04-05<br />

151<br />

million euro<br />

Dividends paid<br />

DIVIDENDS PAID<br />

151 EUR millions*<br />

194 USD millions**<br />

119 EUR millions<br />

145 USD millions**<br />

* Subject to approval by the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders on January 30, 2007.<br />

** Calculated at the closing exchange rate for each year; for Fiscal <strong>2006</strong><br />

1 euro = 1.285 U.S. dollars.<br />

The Board of Directors will recommend to the shareholders<br />

a dividend per share of 0.95 euro, an increase of 27% over<br />

the prior year.<br />

11<br />

05-06<br />

04-05<br />

05-06<br />

04-05<br />

NET DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE<br />

OF SHAREHOLDERS’EQUITY<br />

(Including minority interests)<br />

Sodexho Alliance / Annual report <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong><br />

33%<br />

21%<br />

Net debt* was 451 million euro as of August 31, <strong>2006</strong>,<br />

a decrease of 234 million euro from prior year.<br />

* Debt net of cash and fi nancial assets related to the Service Vouchers<br />

and Cards activity less overdrafts.<br />

05-06<br />

04-05<br />

NET CASH FLOW PROVIDED<br />

BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES<br />

EARNINGS PER SHARE<br />

(in euro)<br />

488 EUR millions<br />

598 USD millions*<br />

677 EUR millions<br />

862 USD millions*<br />

* Calculated at the average exchange rate for each year; for Fiscal <strong>2006</strong><br />

1 euro = 1.225 U.S. dollars.<br />

In Fiscal <strong>2006</strong> operating cash fl ow totalled 488 million euro<br />

including payments related to the resolution of the U.S. litigation.<br />

2.07<br />

1.36<br />

Earnings per share increased in Fiscal <strong>2006</strong> by 51.7%<br />

and at constant exchange rate by 47.2%.

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