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Dividend
Ahold
Annual Report 2010
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Ahold reinstated its annual dividend on common shares and announced a new
dividend policy in the 2007 financial year. The policy states that Ahold intends to
increase future annual dividends while meeting the capital needs of the business
and maintaining an efficient investment grade capital structure. For the 2007
financial year, we paid a cash dividend of €0.16 per common share.
For the 2008 financial year, Ahold paid a cash dividend of €0.18 per common share.
For the 2009 financial year, a cash dividend of €0.23 per common share was
approved by the annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 13, 2010, and
paid on May 4, 2010.
The announced dividend for the 2010 financial year of €0.29 per common share will
be proposed to shareholders at the annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on April 20, 2011.
Dividends on cumulative preferred financing shares
Ahold paid an annual dividend on cumulative preferred financing shares in 2010
and plans to pay dividends on these shares in 2011 as required by the terms of
the shares.
