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Publicatie datum 22 feb 2006 - 07:05
Statutaire naam Heineken N.V.
Titel Heineken N.V. reports 2005 full year results at the top end of forecast; 7.3% organic Net Profit growth
Bericht Amsterdam, 22 February 2006 - Heineken N.V. today announced its 2005 full year results at the top end of the profit outlook published in February 2005. Key figures1 2005 2004 % Change % Organic growth (hl mln) (hl mln) Group beer volume 118.6 112.6 5.3% 1.8% (€ million) (€ million) Revenues 10,796 10,062 7.3% 2.2% EBIT 1,283 1,369 -6.3% - EBIT (beia) 1,392 1,377 1.1% 2.9% Net Profit 761 642 18.5% - Net Profit (beia) 840 803 4.6% 7.3% (€) (€) Earnings per share (beia) 1.71 1.64 4.6% - · Heineken achieved organic growth in all key business metrics in 2005: 2.2% organic growth in Revenues, driven by a more positive price and sales mix, 2.9% organic growth in EBIT (beia) and 7.3% organic growth in Net Profit (beia). · Net Profit (beia) increased by €37 million to €840 million, despite a negative currency effect of €27 million. Net Profit increased to €761 million. · Cash flow from operations was once again strong and amounted to €2,213 million. Cash conversion continued at a high level, reaching 120%. In addition, the disposal of non-core assets, mainly the real estate assets acquired with the BBAG business, contributed €270 million to net cash flow. · Group beer volume grew by 5.3% (from 112.6 million hectolitres to 118.6 million hectolitres) with an improvement in volume trends in the second half of the year. · Volume of Heineken® in the premium segment grew by 4.5% to 20.1 million hectolitres, further strengthening its position as the world’s leading international premium beer brand. · Beer volume of Heineken USA, excluding distribution of the Femsa brands, decreased by 0.3%. Total depletions – sales by distributors to the retail trade - were 1.2% up and depletions of the Heineken® brand increased by 1.9%. In the second half of the year, both volume and depletions growth of Heineken® accelerated. Volumes of Femsa brands sold by Heineken USA in 2005 amounted to 2.2 million hectolitres (+7.4%). Heineken Premium Light® has been successf