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Dividend
Ahold
Annual Report 2011
Groupata glance
Performance
Governance
Financials
Investors
Ahold reinstated its annual dividend in 2007 and announced that it intended 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, we paid €0.18 per common share; and for the
2009 financial year, we paid €0.23 per common share.
For the 2010 financial year, a cash dividend of €0.29 per common share was approved by the
annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 20, 2011, and paid on May 3, 2011.
On November 212011Ahold announced a new dividend policy stating that we intend to
increase the dividend payout ratio to 40-50 percent of adjusted income from continuing
operations. The announced dividend for the 2011 financial year of €0.40 per common share
will be proposed to shareholders at the annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held
on April 17, 2012.
Dividends on cumulative preferred financing shares
Ahold paid an annual dividend on cumulative preferred financing shares in 2011 and plans to pay
dividends on these shares in 2012 as required by the terms of the shares.
