Financial highlights
Other financial information
EUR 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
1,818
(790)
1,864 2,171
193 (138)
(1,277) (3,194) (2,008)
Share data (in thousands)
Common shares outstanding at year end
1,555,678 1,555,313 1,554,263
Data per common share
Dividends
Share price at Euronext
Share price at Euronext
Share price at Euronext
high 8.50 7.45 7.40
low 6.13 5.69 5.04
at year end 8.06 6.33 5.70
Number of employees 1
Number of employees at year end in FTE
Average number of employees in FTE
Year
Period end
Average
High
Low
2002
1.0438
0.9441
1.0438
0.8594
2003
1.2429
1.1299
1.2597
1.0361
2004
1.3538
1.2487
1.3625
1.1801
2005
1.1842
1.2449
1.3476
1.1667
2006
1.3197
1.2563
1.3327
1.1860
164,078 167,801 206,441
163,866 168,568 231,003
1 Consolidated, excluding joint ventures and associates, including discontinued operations.
Exchange rates
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").
The rates used in the preparation of Ahold's 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 1, 2007 was USD 1.3173 EUR 1.
High
Low
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
1.2833
1.2773
1.3261
1.3327
1.3286
1.3246
1.2648
1.2502
1.2705
1.3073
1.2904
1.2933
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 Ahold's 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 the Company's
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
Ahold's 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.
6 Ahold Annual Report 2006
