Ahold Annual Report 2012 155
Ahold at a glance
Our strategy
Our performance
Governance
Financials
Investors
Five-year overview
Balance sheet and other information
million
December 30,
2012
January 1,
2012
January 2,
2011
January 3,
2010
December 28,
2008
Equity1
Gross debt
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits
Net debt
Total assets
5,995
3,246
1,886
1,360
15,082
5,877
3,680
2,592
1,088
14,980
5,910
3,561
2,824
737
14,725
5,440
3,700
2,983
717
13,933
4,687
4,241
2,863
1,378
13,603
Number of stores 3,074 3,008 2,970 2,909 2,897
Number of employees (in thousand FTEs) 125 121 128 118 119
Number of employees (in thousands headcount) 225 218 213 206 203
Common shares outstanding (in millions)1 1,039 1,060 1,145 1,181 1,177
Share price at Euronext
10.16
10.41
9.88
9.26
8.83
Market capitalization1
10,551
11,033
11,314
10,938
10,390
Year-end exchange rate per
0.7566
0.7724
0.7474
0.6980
0.7111
1 In 2012 €277 million was returned to shareholders through a share buyback (2011: €837 and 2010: €386 million).
