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  28.89% A) Financial information

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  33.33% C) Promotions and coupons

  12.22% D) Recipes

  13.33% E) None - I would not be interested.


Total Votes : 90

5 Year Review
Results in millions of CHF.
  2007 2006   2005(a)   2004(b) 2003
Sales   107 552 98 458 91 115 84 690 87 979
EBIT (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, restructuring and impairments) 15 024 13 302 11 876 10 760 11 006
as % of sales 14.0% 13.5% 13.0% 12.7% 12.5%
Taxes 3 416 3 293 2 647 2 404 2 307
Net profit (Profit for the period attributable to shareholders of the parent) 10 649 9 197 8 081 6 621 6 213
as % of sales 9.9% 9.3% 8.9% 7.8% 7.1%
as % of average equity 20.7% 18.7% 18.6% 17.4% 17.3%
Total amount of dividend 4 691(c) 4 004 3 471 3 114 2 800
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 2 620 2 581 2 382 2 454 2 408
as % of sales 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% 2.9% 2.7%
Amortisation of goodwill (d) - - - 1 583 1 571
Balance sheet and Cash flow statement in millions of CHF.
  2007 2006(a) 2005(b) 2004 2003
Current assets 35 770 35 305 41 765 35 285 36 233
of which liquid assets 9 496 11 475 17 393 15 282 15 128
Non-current assets 78 889 66 500 60 953 51 832 53 328
Total assets 114 659 101 805 102 718 87 117 89 561
Current liabilities 43 326 32 479 35 854 29 075 30 365
Non-current liabilities 17 099 16 478 17 796 17 743 21 373
Equity attributable to shareholders of the parent 52 085 50 991 47 498 39 236 36 880
Minority interests 2 149 1 857 1 570 1 063 943
Operating cash flow 13 439 11 676 10 205 10 412 10 125
Free cash flow (e) 8 231 7 018 6 557 6 640 6 361
Capital expenditure 4 971 4 200 3 375 3 260 3 337
as % of sales 4.6% 4.3% 3.7% 3.8% 3.8%
Balance sheet and Cash flow statement in CHF.
  2007 2006 2005(a) 2004(b) 2003
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (in millions) 382.88 384.80 388.81 388.45 387.02
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations 27.81 23.71 20.82 16.97 16.05
Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations - 0.19 (0.04) 0.07 -
Equity attributable to shareholders of the parent 136.03 132.51 122.16 101.01 95.29
Dividend 12.20(f) 10.40 9.00 8.00 7.20
Pay-out ratio (based on Total basic earnings per share) 43.9%(f) 43.5% 43.3% 46.9% 44.8%
Stock exchange prices (high/low) 553.50/426.50 448.3/355.0 404.3/298.3 346.0/276.0 314.57/233.3
Yield (g) 2.2/2.9%(f) 2.3/2.9% 2.2/3.0% 2.3/2.9% 2.3/3.1%
Market capitalisation 195 661 166 152 152 576 115 237 119 876
Number of personnel (in thousands) 276 265 250 244 253

(a) 2005 comparatives have been restated following the first application of the option of IAS 19 Employee Benefits 93A ss. and IFRIC 4. For full details please refer to 2006 Consolidated Financial Statements.

(b) 2004 restated following first application of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment and for the discontinued operation following the annoucement made in December 2005 for the Chilled dairy activities in Europe.

(c) As proposed by the Board of Directors of Nestlé S.A. This amount includes dividends payable in respect of shares with right to dividend at the balance sheet date as well as those potentially payable on the shares covering options and shares held for trading purposes.

(d) From 2005 onwards, goodwill is no longer amortised but tested for impairment annually.

(e) Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, disposal of tangible assets, purchase and disposal of intangible assets, movements with associates as well as with minority interests.

(f) As proposed by the Board of Directors of Nestlé S.A.

(g) Calculated on the basis of the dividend for the year concerned but which is paid in the following year.