04/15/2014

At the Combined Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on April 15, 2014 and chaired by Mr. Hervé Le Bouc, the Shareholders of Colas approved all resolutions put to vote.

Key figures 2013

Consolidated revenue for fiscal 2013 amounted to 13 billion euros, stable from fiscal 2012.Net profit attributable to the Group totaled 312 million euros (302 million euros in 2012), with free cash flow 1 at 387 million euros (407 million euros in 2012). Shareholders' equity amounts to 2.5 billion euros and net cash amounts to 39 million euros compared to 170 million euros in net debt at the end of December 2012.

The parent company Colas posted net profit at 170 million euros, compared to 253 million in 2012. 

Dividend remains high: €7.26 per share

A dividend of 7.26 euros per share, identical to the past year, will be paid out in cash as follows: ex-dividend date - April 24, 2014, record date - April 28, 2014, and payment date - April 29, 2014.

1 Free cash flow = cash flow (determined after cost of net debt and net income tax expense but before changes in working capital) minus net capital expenditure for the period, excluding the acquisition of assets attributable to external growth (5 million euros in 2013, 29 million euros in 2012).

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