Wolters Kluwer 2012 Full-Year Results
February 20 2013 - 1:01AM
Alphen aan den Rijn
(February 20, 2013) - Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global
information services company focused on professionals, today
released its 2012 full-year results.
Highlights
- Revenues up 2%
in constant currencies and up 1% organically.
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- Online, software and services
revenues up 4% organically (74% of total revenues). |
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- Accelerated organic growth in
North America and Asia more than offset declines in Europe. |
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- Health and Financial &
Compliance Services both up 5% organically. |
- Ordinary EBITA
margin improves to 21.8%.
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- Diluted
ordinary EPS €1.58, up 1% in constant currencies and in line with
guidance.
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- Ordinary free
cash flow €507 million, up 8% in constant currencies and above
guidance.
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- Net-debt-to-EBITDA improved to 2.4x (2011 year-end: 3.1x), better than target.
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- Proposed 2012
dividend €0.69 per share to be paid in cash; stock dividend program
abolished.
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- Debt
refinancing announced today.
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Nancy McKinstry, CEO and
Chairman of the Executive Board, commented:
"In 2012, we achieved positive organic growth,
increased operating margins and free cash flow, while significantly
improving our leverage ratio, despite macro economic conditions in
Europe. Growth accelerated in North America and in our online
and software products
globally. We expect conditions in Europe to remain tough in 2013,
but we are confident our digital businesses globally will continue
to perform well. We will focus investments on our leading, high
growth positions, while actively pursuing portfolio refinements and
operating efficiencies in order to accelerate growth and raise
returns."
Key Figures
2012
|
(All amounts are in millions of euros
unless otherwise indicated) |
Year ended December 31 |
2012 |
2011 |
D |
D CC |
D OG |
Business performance - benchmark
figures |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
3,603 |
3,354 |
+7% |
+2% |
+1% |
Ordinary EBITA |
785 |
728 |
+8% |
+2% |
0% |
Ordinary EBITA margin (%) |
21.8% |
21.7% |
|
|
|
Ordinary net income |
476 |
444 |
+7% |
0% |
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Diluted ordinary EPS (€) |
1.58 |
1.47 |
+8% |
+1% |
|
Ordinary free cash flow |
507 |
443 |
+15% |
+8% |
|
Net debt |
2,086 |
2,168 |
-4% |
|
|
IFRS results[1] |
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|
|
|
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Revenue |
3,603 |
3,354 |
+7% |
|
|
Operating profit |
579 |
428 |
+35% |
|
|
Profit for the year[2] |
321 |
118 |
+170% |
|
|
Diluted EPS (€)[2] |
1.07 |
0.40 |
+168% |
|
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Net cash from operating activities |
619 |
536 |
+15% |
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D - % Change; D CC - % Change constant currencies (EUR/USD
1.39); D OG - % Organic growth
Benchmark and IFRS figures are for continuing operations unless
otherwise noted. Benchmark figures are performance measures used by
management. See Note 2 for a reconcilation from IFRS to benchmark
figures
[1] International Financial Reporting Standard as adopted by the
European Union
[2] Includes discontinued operations |
Full-Year 2013
Outlook
The table below provides our outlook for the
continuing operations in 2013.
Performance indicators |
2013 Guidance |
Ordinary EBITA margin |
21.5-22.0% |
Ordinary free cash flow |
>= €475 million |
Return on invested capital |
>= 8% |
Diluted ordinary EPS |
Low single-digit growth |
Guidance for ordinary free cash flow and diluted ordinary EPS
is in constant currencies (EUR/USD 1.29).
Guidance reflects IAS19R and removal of the pension financing
credit or charge from benchmark figures, and includes the estimated
impact of performance share issuance offset by share
repurchases. |
Guidance for ordinary free cash flow and diluted
ordinary EPS is based on constant exchange rates. Wolters Kluwer
generates more than half of its ordinary EBITA in North America. As
a rule of thumb, based on our 2012 currency profile, a 1 U.S. cent
move in the average EUR/USD exchange rate for the year causes an
opposite 0.8 euro-cent change in diluted ordinary EPS.
The full press release on the 2012 Full-Year
Results is available here: (PDF version)
Wolters Kluwer 2012 Full-Year
Results (PDF)
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