Key success factors

28 Value-Driven Corporate Management
Dividend policy
Dividends are distributed annually. The next dividend
payment is scheduled for May 10, 2007. Over the
medium term, Holcim aims to achieve a payout ratio
of approximately one third of net income attributable
to equity holders of Holcim Ltd.
Weighting of the Holcim registered share
in selected share indices
Index Weighting in %
SMI, Swiss Market Index 2.12
SPI, Swiss Performance Index 1.85
BEBULDM, BE500 Building Materials Index 13.71
SXOP, Dow Jones STOXX 600 Construction 7.11
DJSI World, Dow Jones Sustainability Index 0.17
FTSE4Good Europe Index 0.25
Sources: Bloomberg, Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes,
FTSE Index Company, end-December 2006.
Information on Holcim registered shares
Further information on Holcim registered shares can
be found at www.holcim.com/investors.
Key data Holcim registered share 1
Par value CHF 2 2006 2005 2 2004 2 3 2003 3 2002 3
Number of shares issued 255,348,625 229,925,518 229,925,518 201,184,829 201,184,829
Number of dividend-bearing shares 255,348,625 229,925,518 229,925,518 201,184,829 201,184,829
Number of shares conditional capital 4 9,659,815 14,007,875 14,007,875 14,007,875 14,007,875
Number of treasury shares 679,912 828,998 6,786,750 5,958,869 6,074,065
Stock market prices in CHF
High 5 113 88 68 58 77
Low 5 86 68 55 35 36
Earnings per dividend-bearing share in CHF 6 8.64 6.61 4.21 3.49 2.74
Cash earnings per share in CHF 6 7 9.14 6.90 5.83 4.93 4.28
Consolidated shareholders’ equity
per share in CHF 8 59.60 50.05 38.02 34.82 33.50
Gross dividend per share in CHF 2.00 9 1.65 1.25 1.15 1.00
1
Adjusted to reflect former share splits and/or capital increases.
2
Restated in line with IAS 21 amended.
3
Restated in line with new and revised IFRS, effective January 1,2005.
4
Shares reserved for convertible bonds issued.
5
Bearer share until unification of share structure (June 10, 2003), registered share afterwards.
6
EPS calculation based on net income attributable to equity holders of Holcim Ltd weighted by the average number of shares (see note 15).
7
Excludes the amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets.
8
Based on shareholders’ equity – attributable to equity holders of Holcim Ltd – and the number of dividend-bearing shares as per December 31,
2006.
9
Proposal of the Board of Directors.