Historical overview

in millions of Euro unless stated otherwise	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001

Sales
France	2,991	2,867	2,782	2,730	2,963
UK	874	840	679	721	735
USA	579	513	447	574	820
Netherlands	518	478	486	595	622
Rest of Europe	1,368	1,273	1,111	1,078	1,177
Rest of World	521	504	465	456	449
	6,851	6,475	5,970	6,154	6,766
Operating income ¹⁾
France	96	88	78	71	120
UK	52	53	47	48	55
USA	35	21	14	12	40
Netherlands	14	9	11	29	33
Rest of Europe	37	33	15	8	9
Rest of World	24	23	20	17	21
	258	227	185	185	278
Special items	-	18	-	4	- 2
Corporate expenses	-26	- 14	- 11	- 11	- 9
	232	231	174	178	267
Operating margin	3.4%	3.3% ³⁾	2.9%	2.9%	3.9%
Finance costs	- 26	- 41	- 45	- 55	- 81

Net income ¹⁾	154	116	81	78	121

Intangible assets	912	822	819	1,082	1,308
Property and equipment	70	68	116	134	164
Operating working capital ²⁾	534	458	478	492	542
Total equity	1,026	905	826	1,003	1,204
Net interest-bearing assets and liabilities	- 536	- 488	- 587	- 698	- 775
Cash flow from operating activities	113	114	134	132	211
Net investments in tangible fixed assets	34	29	30	38	68
Depreciation and amortisation	37	44	44	51	54
Key figures per ordinary share
Net earnings after deduction of preference payments, excluding amortisation of goodwill and extraordinary result	0.82 ³⁾	0.63 ³⁾	0.47	0.46	0.84
Dividend/(proposed) payment from reserves	0.25	0.20	0.16	0.16	0.26
Average number of outstanding ordinary shares of G 0.05 (x 1,000)	167,893	165,506	163,545	161,324	138,634
Other information
Average number of full-time equivalents	12,779	11,905	11,424	12,051	13,224
Number of staffing branches	2,276	2,245	2,225	2,228	2,269

¹⁾ Amounts under Dutch GAAP exclude goodwill amortisation and extraordinary items.
²⁾ Operating working capital excludes short-term interest bearing assets and liabilities and provisions.
³⁾ Excluding special items.