Five-year summary

€ million

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Result

     

Revenue

1,697

1,584

1,540

1,594

1,744

Total income

1,840

1,723

1,680

1,729

1,846

Total operating expenses

-1,535

-1,516

-1,341

-1,245

-1,389

Operating profit

305

207

339

484

457

Profit after tax

203

282

235

323

288

      

Balance sheet

     

Net working capital

-87

-145

-211

-172

-94

Property, plant and equipment

6,793

6,529

5,899

6,218

6,012

Total assets

8,069

7,735

7,726

7,672

7,548

Equity

3,942

3,864

3,687

3,579

3,375

Total interest-bearing debt

1,784

1,564

1,668

1,775

1,895

Total financing

5,726

5,428

5,355

5,354

5,270

Capital expenditure on non-current assets

652

685

577

572

575

      

Cash flows

     

Cash flow from operating activities

454

376

513

623

683

Cash flow from investing activities

-549

-232

-492

-410

-493

Cash flow from financing activities

148

-185

-99

-201

-135

Free cash flow

-95

144

21

213

190

      

Ratios

     

Non-current interest-bearing debt as % of total interest-bearing debt

87%

95%

72%

91%

85%

ROIC

4.6%

3.5%

4.9%

6.3%

7.6%

FFO/Net debt

27.4%

26.6%

28.1%

34.0%

38.7%

Interest cover

10.2

8.3

7.6

7.6

8.0

Solvency

56.7%

58.5%

55.7%

53.6%

51.1%

      

Shares (as at 31 December)

     

Number of shares issued (thousand)

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

Total number of shares, including unissued shares (thousand)

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

      

Other

     

- Electricity

     

Active connections as at 31 December (x 1,000)

3,135

3,109

3,100

3,078

3,063

New connections (x 1,000)

36

37

31

26

29

Cables laid (km)

834

859

918

816

904

- Gas

     

Active connections as at 31 December (x 1,000)

2,520

2,510

2,671

2,658

2,649

New connections (x 1,000)

20

21

19

18

20

Mains laid (km)

132

151

159

136

160

- Volumes transported

     

Electricity (GWh)

29,960

29,990

29,882

29,936

30,314

Gas (million m3)

6,228

6,367

6,012

6,115

7,790

- Other

     

Number of disconnections (consumer and business market)

4,805

7,468

9,465

10,310

12,742

Facilitated supplier switches (x 1,000)

903

973

956

929

930

Annual electricity outage Liander (minutes)

20.9

23.3

21.9

19.9

24.0

Average number of permanent staff(fte)

5,719

5,621

5,572

5,547

5,878