Determine a debt rating for each half-year end during the years 2002 - 2007

	IFRS								Dutch GAAP
	2007 H2	2007H1	2006 H2	2006 H1	2005 H2	2005 H1	2004 H2	2004 H1	2003 H2	2003 H1	2002 H2	2002 H1	2001 H2	2001 H1	2000 H2	2000 H1
Revenue	1224	1280	1285	1342	1271	1322	918	1188	1263	1363	1757	1838	2048	2101	2214	1913
Cost of Sales	-996	-1051	-1007	-1095	-988	-1079	-740	-981	-1044	-1131	-1463	-1495	-1703	-1723	-1768	-1514
Gross Profit	228	229	278	247	283	243	178	207	219	232	294	343	345	378	446	399
Selling expenses	-91	-97	-96	-111	-95	-98	-68	-86	-85	-92	-124	-132	-135	-131	-131	-125
General and administrative expenses	-153	-108	-107	-110	-98	-106	-67	-94	-106	-128	-126	-151	-145	-162	-180	-161
Other expenses, net of other income	0	-13	-2	-11	-30	-3	-3	6	-5	176	-33	-2	-15	-69	-29	37
Amortisation/impairment of intangible assets	-13	-88	-65	0	0	0	0	0	-22	-21	-403	-30	-983	-49	-50	-48
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)	-29	-77	8	15	60	36	40	33	1	167	-392	28	-933	-33	56	102
Interest income	14	11	8	5	10	-	7	-	3	-	4	8	-	-	-	-
Interest expense (including preferred dividends)	-43	-33	-48	-28	-33	-40	-13	-17	-35	-12	-30	-21	-30	-30	-37	-19
Earnings before taxes (EBT)	-58	-99	-32	-8	37	-4	34	16	-31	155	-418	15	-963	-63	19	83
Income taxes	6	-9	-38	24	24	0	60	-4	22	74	-9	-11	-12	-14	-26	-22
Income from discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	1	0	-34	-57	-53	0	-50	0	13	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-6
Group profit or loss	-51	-108	-104	-41	8	-4	44	12	4	229	-427	4	-976	-76	-6	55
Intangible non-current assets	517	534	681	896	913	925	530	553	606	-	654	1213	1238	2196	2201	2258
Tangible non-current assets	109	102	95	107	113	143	73	76	100	-	144	177	185	240	223	202
Other non-current operating and investment assets	322	281	281	352	283	241	147	191	140	-	91	79	88	100	168	161
Total non-current assets	948	917	1057	1355	1309	1309	750	820	846	833	889	1469	1511	2536	2592	2621
Total current assets	701	714	793	841	907	963	889	872	1083	1042	1287	1564	1752	1805	1882	1604
- of which cash and cash equivalents	134	122	174	144	251	141	236	217	429	214	296	269	387	250	292	150
Assets held for sale	0	161	90	22	181	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total assets	1649	1792	1940	2218	2397	2272	1639	1692	1929	1875	2176	3033	3263	4341	4474	4225
Shareholders' equity	409	321	408	524	597	602	357	386	65	86	-112	288	298	975	1023	1083
Non-controlling interest in equity	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	3
Preference shares (reclassified as debt under IFRS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	234	234	234	234	234	234	234	234
Subordinated convertibles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	520	522	554	849	849	849
Short-term interest bearning debt	67	223	137	85	100	10	6	2	105	38	15	12	24	20	15	15
Long-term debt	347	340	323	551	337	453	197	199	330	301	80	367	427	542	435	395
Provisions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	286	337	391	411	413	458	452
Employee benefit plans	95	110	119	155	160	185	202	237	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Provisions for liabilities and charges	27	16	26	51	39	40	22	23	81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deferred income tax liabilities	10	7	6	20	12	72	12	51	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other non-current liabilities	13	29	24	6	15	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-current liabilities and short-term debt	559	725	635	868	663	760	443	512	692	625	432	770	862	975	908	862
Current liabilities (excl. short-term debt)	681	684	862	814	888	910	839	792	936	929	1100	1217	1312	1305	1456	1194
Liabilities from discontinued activities	0	62	35	12	249	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total equity and liabilities	1649	1792	1940	2218	2397	2272	1639	1692	1929	1875	2176	3033	3263	4341	4474	4225
Cash flow from operations	12	-148	144	-142	95	-160	34	-141	96	-103	175	5	229	-27	-16	-13
Cash flow from capital expenditures	13	-26	65	-81	-28	-344	-19	-1	32	259	150	-17	22	-83	-29	-127
Cash flow from financing activities	-20	115	-203	127	48	403	9	-53	92	-231	-307	-97	-114	68	181	130
Market capitalization	771	674	753	1031	1392	1196	846	856	679	458	237	790	1489	1667	2116	5458
Statutory tax rate	25.50%	25.50%	29.60%	29.60%	31.50%	31.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%	34.50%

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