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Holding group of companies active in the publishing industry. Publications include weekly and monthly consumer magazines, professional magazines as well as daily newspapers and educational publications. Also the company has a considerable interest in databanks.

Year results
in EUR mln	2000	1999	1998	1997
turnover	3384.3	2809.2	2426.6	1779.0
operating result	515.3	496.5	434.2	246.6
net interest	-141.0	-114.1	-79.9	-2.5
result participations	28.6	34.5	17.8	13.6
fin. income/charges	-112.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
result before taxes	402.9	416.9	372.1	257.6
taxes	-161.9	-149.0	-129.8	-76.9
extraord. income/charges	577.2	-1.8	18.2	9.4
result participations	-19.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
minority interests	0.0	-21.2	-9.8	0.0
net result	799.0	244.9	250.7	190.1
dividend per share	0.52	0.48	0.43	0.32
result per share	4.63	1.27	1.32	1.00

Estimated EPS for
2001: EUR 1.89
2002: EUR 2.13
(Sep. 22 2001)

Section: AEX Index shares
Ticker: VNU

prices, EPS and dividend in EUR

NV Verenigd Bezit VNU
Ceylonpoort 5-25
2037 AA Haarlem
P.O.Box 4028
2003 EA Haarlem
Tel: 023-5463463
Fax: 023-5463912

http://www.vnu.com

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Half year results

in EUR mln 1st h
2000 1st h
1999

turnover 1542.5 1276.4

operating result 223.7 215.0

net interest -77.6 -48.9

result participations 17.9 19.7

fin. income/charges -59.7 -29.2

result before taxes 164.0 186.0

taxes -62.7 -65.0

extraord. income/charges 577.9 -1.8

minority interests -8.9 -8.8

net result 670.3 110.4

dividend per share 0.12 0.00

result per share 3.01 0.59

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