Other financial information
Exchange rates
High 1
2005 I 2004
1,897 2,193
159 (164)
(3,193) (2,004)
1,555,313 1,554,263
high 7.45 7.40
low 5.69 5.04
at year-end 6.33 5.70
Euros in millions, except share and employee data
IFRS consolidated statements of cash flows data
Net cash from operating activities
Net cash from investing activities
Net cash from financing activities
Share data (in thousands)
Common shares outstanding at year-end
Data per common share
Dividends
Share price at Euronext
Share price at Euronext
Share price at Euronext
Number of employees 1
Number of employees at year-end in FTE
Average number of employees in FTE
1 Consolidated, excluding joint ventures and associates, including discontinued operations.
The following table sets forth, for the years indicated,
certain information concerning the exchange rate of the U.S.
dollar relative to the euro, expressed in U.S. dollar per euro
based on the rate in New York City for cable transfers in
foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the "noon buying rate"):
Year I Period end
2001 0.8836
2002 1.0438
2003 1.2429
2004 1.3538
2005 1.1842
The rates used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements may vary in certain minor respects
from the noon buying rate.
The following table sets forth the high and low noon buying
rates of the U.S. dollar against the euro for each of the last
six months. The noon buying rate of the U.S. dollar against
the euro as of March 31, 2006 was USD 1.2139 EUR 1.
167,801 206,441
168,568 231,003
Low
October 2005
1.2148
1.1914
November 2005
1.2067
1.1667
December 2005
1.2041
1.1699
January 2006
1.2287
1,1980
February 2006
1.2100
1.1860
March 2006
1.2197
1.1886
Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar
and the euro have affected the U.S. dollar equivalent of the
euro prices of our common shares on the Official Segment
of Euronext Amsterdam N.V.'s stock market ("Euronext
Amsterdam" or "Euronext") and, as a result, are likely to
have affected the market price of our American Depositary
Shares ("ADSs"), evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts ("ADRs"), listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(the "NYSE"). Such fluctuations will also affect the
U.S. dollar amounts received by holders of our ADSs on
conversion by The Bank of New York, as depositary (the
"Depositary"), of cash dividends, if any, paid in euros on
the common shares represented by the ADSs.
Average
High
Low
0.8950
0.9535
0.8370
0.9441
1.0438
0.8594
1.1299
1.2597
1.0361
1.2487
1.3625
1.1801
1.2449
1.3476
1.1667
AHOLD ANNUAL REPORT 2005
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