Quick Facts 2010 - Nestlé

Nestlé Group 2010
The World’s
leading
Nutrition,
Health and
Wellness
Company

Key figures (consolidated)
In millions of CHF
Sales
EBIT (Group) (a)
as % of sales
EBIT (Continuing operations) (a)
as % of sales (Continuing operations)
Profit for the year attributable to shareholders of the parent Net profit (b)
as % of sales
as % of average equity attributable to shareholders of the parent
Capital expenditure
as % of sales
Equity attributable to shareholders of the parent (c)
Market capitalisation, end December
Operating cash flow
Free cash flow (d)
Net financial debt
Ratio of net financial debt to equity (gearing)
2010
109 722
16 194
14.8%
14 038
13.4%
34 233
31.2%
61.8%
4 576
4.2%
61 867
178 316
13 608
7 761
3 854
6.2%

Per share
Total basic earnings per share CHF
Underlying (e) CHF
Equity attributable to shareholders of the parent (c) CHF
Dividend (f) CHF
Stock exchange prices (high/low) CHF
Yield (g) %
10.16
3.32
18.35
1.85
56.90/48.18
3.3/3.8
(a) Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, restructuring and impairments.
(b) 2010 includes a one-off gain on the disposal of the remaining interest in Alcon.
(c) Before proposed appropriation of profit of Nestlé S.A.
(d) Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, disposal of tangible assets, purchase and disposal of intangible assets,
movement with associates as well as with non-controlling interests.
(e) Profit per share for the year attributable to shareholders of the parent before impairments, restructuring costs, results
on disposals and significant one-off items. The tax impact from the adjusted items is also adjusted for.
(f) As proposed by the Board of Directors of Nestlé S.A.
(g) Calculated on the basis of the dividend for the year concerned, which is paid in the following year, and on high/low
stock prices.

Analysis of sales, EBIT and organic growth (OG)
By operating segment
In millions of CHF
Zone Europe
Zone Americas
Zone Asia, Oceania and Africa
Nestlé Waters
Nestlé Nutrition
Other Food and Beverages (a)
Unallocated items (b)
Pharma
Total continuing operations
Pharma discontinued operations
Total Group
Sales
21 580
34 301
17 409
9 095
10 366
10 971
891
104 613
5 109
109 722
EBIT)
2 723)
5 651)
2 941)
669)
1 873)
1799)
(1 783)
165)
14 038)
2 156)
16 194)
OG
2.5%
5.9%
8.7%
4.4%
6.7%
9.8%
6.0%
9.5%
6.2%

By product
In millions of CHF
Powdered and liquid beverages
Water (c)
Milk products and Ice cream
Nutrition (c)
Prepared dishes and cooking aids
Confectionery
PetCare
Unallocated items (b)
Sales EBIT) OG
20 612 4 329) 8.5%
9 101 670) 4.5%
20 360 2 623) 6.6%
10 368 1 874) 6.7%
18 093 2 229) 2.6%
12 097 1 667) 7.0%
13 091 2 264) 4.9%
(1 783)
Pharmaceutical products
891 165)
Total continuing operations
104 613 14 038) 6.0%
Pharma discontinued operations
5 109 2 156) 9.5%
Total Group
109 722
16 194) 6.2%
(a) Mainly Nespresso, Nestlé Professional and Food and Beverages Joint Ventures managed on a worldwide basis.
(b) Mainly corporate expenses as well as research and development costs.
(c) The figures between Operating segments and Products are slightly different due to the fact that some water
and nutrition products are also sold by Operating segments other than Nestlé Waters and Nestlé Nutrition.

Company profile
Nestlé has 443 factories in 81 countries around the world and 281 000 employees.
Employees by geographic area
Europe (a)
Americas
Asia, Oceania and Africa
Total
(a) 9395 employees in Switzerland in 2010.
Factories by geographic area
Europe
Americas
Asia, Oceania and Africa
Total
2010
32.4%
40.3%
27.3%
100%
2010
150
168
125
443

The Nestlé Story – all the way to Nutrition, Health and Wellness
1866 Foundation of Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.
1867 Henri Nestlé’s Infant cereal developed
1905 Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (new name after merger)
1929 Merger with Peter, Cailler, Kohler Chocolats Suisses S.A.
1934 Launch of Milo
1938 Launch of Nescafé
1947 Nestlé Alimentana S.A. (new name after merger with Maggi)
1948 Launch of Nestea and Nesquik
1969 Vittel (initially equity interest only)
1971 Merger with Ursina-Franck
1973 Stouffer (with Lean Cuisine)
1974 L’Oréal (associate)
1977 Nestlé S.A. (new name), Alcon (disposed in August 2010)
1981 Galderma (joint venture with L’Oréal)
1985 Carnation (with Coffee-mate and Friskies)
1986 Creation of Nestlé Nespresso S.A. and Herta
1988 Buitoni-Perugina and Rowntree (with KitKat)

1990 Cereal Partners Worldwide (joint venture with General Mills)
1991 Beverage Partners Worldwide (joint venture with Coca-Cola)
1992 Perrier (with Poland Spring)
1993 Creation of Nestlé Sources Internationales (2002: Nestlé Waters)
1997 Creation of Nutrition Strategic Business Division (2006: Nestlé Nutrition)
1998 Sanpellegrino and Spillers Petfoods, launch of Nestlé Pure Life
2000 PowerBar
2001 Ralston Purina
2002 Schöller, Chef America and Dairy Partners Americas (joint venture with Fonterra)
Laboratoires innéov (joint venture with L’Oréal)
2003 Mövenpick and Dreyer’s
2005 Wagner, Protéika and Musashi
2006 Creation of FoodServices Strategic Business Division (2009: Nestlé Professional)
Lactalis Nestlé Produits Frais (associate)
Jenny Craig, Uncle Tobys and Delta Ice Cream
2007 Novartis Medical Nutrition, Gerber and Henniez
2008 Ruzanna
2010 Kraft Food’s frozen pizza, Waggin’Train, Malher, Technocom and Vitaflo

Our ambition
As the leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company we enhance lives by offering
tastier and healthier food and beverage choices at all stages of life and at any time of the day,
helping consumers care for themselves and their families. This is the foundation of our
promise of Good Food, Good Life and puts nutrition at the heart of everything we do.
It is our firm belief that, for a company to be successful over time and create value for
its shareholders, it must also create value for society. We call this “Creating Shared Value”.
Built on strong foundations of compliance and sustainable business practices, this is our
way to do business and to be the trusted leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness.
Our brands
Our unrivalled portfolio of brands and high-quality products enables us to be present
in the day-to-day life of our consumers, from morning to evening and at every stage
in their lives. Around 70% of our total Food and Beverages sales come from brands that
generate over CHF 1 billion each in sales.

Powdered and liquid beverages
Milk products
Prepared dishes and cooking aids

Confectionery
Water
PetCare
Nutrition
Ice cream
Pharmaceutical products

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