SODEXHO ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006
SODEXHO ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006
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%.