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Balance sheet and other information
Ahold at a glance
Business review
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Ahold
Annual Report 2014
million
December 28,
2014
December 29,
2013
December 30,
2012
January 1,
2012
January 2,
2011
Equity2
4,844
6,520
5,146
5,810
5,910
Gross debt
3,197
3,021
3,246
3,680
3,561
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term deposits and similar instruments
1,886
3,963
1,886
2,592
2,824
Net debt
1,311
(942)
1,360
1,088
737
Total assets
14,138
15,142
14,572
15,228
14,725
Number of stores1
3,206
3,131
3,074
3,008
2,970
Number of employees (in thousand FTEs)1
126
123
125
121
128
Number of employees (in thousands headcount)1
227
222
225
218
213
Common shares outstanding (in millions)2 823 982 1,039 1,060 1,145
Share price at Euronext
14.66
13.22
10.16
10.41
9.88
Market capitalization2
12,059
12,989
10,551
11,033
11,314
Year-end exchange rate per 0.8213 0.7277 0.7566 0.7724 0.7474
1 The number of stores and employees include discontinued operations (Slovakia).
2 In 2014, €1,232 million was returned to shareholders through a share buyback (2013: €768 million, 2012: €277 million, 2011: €837 million and 2010: €386 million) and €1,007 million as a result of the capital
repayment (see Note 20).
