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COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
6THE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL RESULTS OVERTHELAST FIVE YEARS
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7. The Company’s financial results
overthelast five years
Description 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Financial position at december 31
Share capital (in thousands of euros) 2,175,672 2,102,016 1,979,405 1,962,395 1,821,587
Number of shares in issue 271,959,091 262,752,025 247,425,629 245,299,366 227,698,348
Number of convertible bonds in issue (in thousands) ----
Maximum number of shares to be created (in thousands):
• Through conversion of bonds ----
• Through exercise of rights 7,478 9,860 9,183 9,382 10,174
Results of operations
(in thousands of euros)
Sales (ex. VAT) 2,225 2,419 1,906 946 1,735
Investment revenue, interest income and other revenue 833,865 723,928 1,623,715 747,914 812,373
Earnings before tax, depreciation, amortisation and
provisions 506,204 393,238 1,087,409 136,259 683,335
Income tax 9,922 13,244 10,883 11,099 4,304
Earnings after tax, depreciation, amortisation and
provisions 702,982 475,753 1,147,592 226,643 887,825
Dividends paid(1) excluding tax credit and withholdings 870,269 (2) 538,642 853,618 809,488 683,095
Results of operations per share
(in euros)
Earnings before depreciation, amortisation
andprovisions 2.62 1.71 4.72 0.51 3.92
Earnings after tax, depreciation, amortisation and
provisions 2.58 1.81 4.64 0.92 3.90
Net dividend per share 3.20 (2) 2.05 3.45 3.30 3.00
Employees
Average number of employees during the fi nancial year 22122
Total payroll for the fi nancial year (in thousands of euros) 4,262 3,859 4,376 4,291 3,648
Total of employee benefi ts paid over the fi nancial year
(Social security, other benefi ts, etc.)
(in thousands of euros) 3,936 2,004 1,374 2,606 1,194
(1) Dividends on shares held in treasury on the dividend payment date and the associated withholding are credited to retained earnings.
(2) Pending approval by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of April21, 2011.
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