2019 Annual financial report

Chapter 6. Consolidated financial statements 2019 year

Headline earnings per share (basic and diluted)

(in millions of euros, except for share data)

2019
2018

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Net income used to calculate headline earnings per share*


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Group net income


 

2019


841

2018


919

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Items excluded:


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Amortization of intangibles from acquisitions, net of tax


 

2019


153

2018


55

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Impairment loss(2), net of tax


 

2019


163

2018


103

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Main capital gains and losses on disposal of assets and fair value adjustment of financial assets, net of tax


 

2019


(21)

2018


10

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Epsilon acquisition - related costs, net of tax


 

2019


30

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Net effect of the tax reform in the United States


 

2019


 

2018


(18)

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Revaluation of earn-out payments


 

2019


22

2018


13

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Headline Group net income


E

2019


1,188

2018


1,082

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Impact of dilutive instruments:


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Savings in financial expenses related to the conversion of debt instruments, net of tax


 

2019


-

2018


-

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Headline Group net income, diluted


F

2019


1,188

2018


1,082

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Number of shares used to calculate earnings per share


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Number of shares at January 1


 

2019


235,249,801

2018


230,627,725

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Shares created over the year


 

2019


2,457,867

2018


2,426,498

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Treasury shares to be deducted (average for the year)


 

2019


(3,414,634)

2018


(3,822,546)

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Average number of shares used for the calculation


C

2019


234,293,034

2018


229,231,677

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Impact of dilutive instruments:


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Free shares and dilutive stock options


 

2019


1,951,354

2018


4,815,491

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


•   Equity warrants


 

2019


364,209

2018


517,214

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Number of diluted shares


D

2019


236,608,597

2018


234,564,382

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


(in euros)


 

2019


 

2018


 

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Headline earnings per share(1)


E/C

2019


5.07

2018


4.72

(in millions of euros, except for share data)


Headline earnings per share – diluted(1)


F/D

2019


5.02

2018


4.61

(1) EPS after elimination of the impairment losses, amortization of intangibles from acquisitions, the main capital gains and losses on disposal of assets, the fair value adjustment of financial assets, the revaluation of earn-out payments and the cost of the Epsilon acquisition.
(2) This amount includes impairment losses on right-of-use assets related to leases for euro 95 million in 2019 and euro 114 million in 2018.