Heineken Holding N.V.
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Registration date
25 aug 2010 - 07:21
Statutory name
Heineken Holding N.V.
Title
Heineken Holding N.V. achieves 17% organic net profit (beia) growth for 2010 half-year
Comments
Amsterdam, 25 August 2010 - Heineken Holding N.V. today announced:
• The net result of Heineken Holding N.V.’s participating interest in Heineken N.V. for the first half of 2010 turned out at EUR348 million;
• Net profit (beia) increased 17% organically, driven by higher EBIT (beia) and lower interest expense and amounted to EUR621 million;
• Net profit of Heineken N.V. increased 42% to EUR695 million partly due to positive exceptional items;
• Strong free operating cash flow generation at EUR699 million, up from EUR383 million, positively impacted net debt and interest charges;
• Organic EBIT (beia) growth of 5.7% as a result of EUR104 million savings from Heineken’s Total Cost Management programme, improved margins per hectolitre and the strong performance of Heineken’s joint ventures, offsetting lower volume and higher marketing investments;
• Heineken® volume in the international premium segment outperformed the overall portfolio and grew 4.1%;
• Group beer volume decreased 2.3% organically impacted by the weak economic environment and the effect of excise duty increases, partly offset by strong growth in Africa, Asia and Latin America;
• Heineken expects the organic increase in net profit (beia) for the full year 2010 to be at least in low double digits;
• Integration of FEMSA Cerveza makes good progress and is on track;
• Interim dividend of EUR 0.26 per ordinary share (2009: EUR 0.25).
Date last update: 18 July 2025