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Invesco
2007 Annual Review |
Invesco is a leading independent global investment management company, dedicated to helping people
worldwide build their financial security. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive
worldwide investment management capabilities, including AIM, Atlantic Trust, Invesco, Perpetual,
PowerShares, Trimark and WL Ross, Invesco provides a comprehensive array of enduring solutions for
retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients around the world. Operating in 20 countries,
Invesco managed $500.1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2007. |
Helping people worldwide build their financial security |
We are passionate about our clients success |
We earn trust by acting with integrity |
People are the foundation of our success |
Working together, we achieve more |
We believe in the continuous pursuit of performance excellence |
Who We Are
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Letter to Shareholders
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
At the beginning of 2006, we announced a set of strategic initiatives that were designed to build
momentum in our business and unlock the tremendous potential of our global organization. To focus
our efforts on the greatest opportunities for taking our business forward, we reaffirmed four
strategic priorities of our long-term success:
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Achieving strong investment performance; |
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Delivering our investment capabilities anywhere in the world to meet client needs; |
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Unlocking the power of our global operating platform; |
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Building a high-performance organization. |
Over the past two years, we have accomplished what we set out to do: build momentum back into our
business and enhance the client experience. All the work that has been accomplished over the past
two years has resulted in clear improvements for our shareholders in AUM (assets under management),
operating income, net operating margin and EPS (earnings per share).
As a result of our continued focus on our long-term strategy, we are pleased to report that your
company delivered record earnings of $673.6 million in 2007. Diluted earnings per share were $1.64,
an increase of 37.8% over the prior year. Total dividends for 2007, including a final dividend of
$0.22 per share, were $0.384 per share, an increase of 6.1% over 2006. Net operating margin for
2007 was 36%. Assets under management ended the year at $500.1 billion, up 8.1% from 2006.
A strategic name change
A key milestone for our company in 2007 was the change in our name to better reflect our position
as an integrated, global investment management organization. With the approval of our shareholders,
we became Invesco (formerly, AMVESCAP), a brand recognized in every market in which we operate and
a name that reflects our focus on investment management. Later in the year, we introduced a new
company identity that will help Invesco stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Building
on brand work Invesco Perpetual has developed over the past 25 years, Invesco adopted the iconic
mountain imagery for our new company logo.
Letter to Shareholders
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Primary listing moves to the NYSE
Another critical initiative in 2007 was the transition of our listing to the New York Stock
Exchange. This move instantly raised Invescos visibility in the U.S. market, and will provide
greater clarity regarding our financial performance for investors. Just as importantly, it has
given us deeper and broader access to the worlds largest and most liquid market.
These significant achievements further support our efforts to improve our competitive position as a
global investment management organization. During the year, we made additional progress in other
areas as a result of our continued focus on our strategic priorities.
Achieving strong investment performance
Invesco is committed to achieving strong investment performance over the long term. In 2007, we
took steps that reinforced our investment culture and improved our ability to deliver investment
excellence for our clients.
We are dedicated to being a place of investors, for investors.
As part of our efforts to further strengthen our investment culture, we enhanced the role of our
Investors Forum. The Investors Forum gives our investment professionals a chance to share ideas and
best practices across our organization. The expanded communication provided through the Investors
Forum also increases their ability to provide superior investment performance for our clients by
drawing on the knowledge and experience of other investment professionals across our global
organization.
Our commitment to investment excellence starts with our disciplined and distinct investment
processes. In 2007, we took steps that further reward our investment teams for sticking to their
disciplines and delivering strong investment performance over the long term. These moves further
align the interests of our investment teams with those of our clients.
We also took steps to enhance our ability to oversee and measure investment performance across the
company as part of our goal to build a world-class performance measurement and risk analysis
platform. This effort underscores our commitment to a disciplined investment process and will help
our organization and our clients better understand our products, performance and risk.
Looking at the firm as a whole, Invesco had very strong investment performance in 2007. A combined
view of the investment performance of our retail assets versus peers and our institutional assets
versus benchmark shows that 70% of our AUM have a very strong 3-year track record (as of Dec. 31,
2007).
Letter to Shareholders
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Delivering our investment capabilities anywhere in the world to meet client needs
During 2007, we made further progress in delivering our investment capabilities to our clients
around the world. Throughout the year, Invesco PowerShares expanded the range and availability of
our exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These products complement our existing product line and, with
their competitive expense ratios and convenience, have experienced growing popularity. With the
fourth-quarter launch of Invesco PowerShares into the U.K. and Continental Europe, Invesco is now
uniquely positioned to compete in the market for ETFs globally. Invesco PowerShares managed
approximately $14.5 billion in assets as of December 31, 2007, and also sponsored the $26.7 billion
QQQs, offering investors a branded suite of products exceeding $41 billion and more than 100
domestic and international ETFs.
In 2007 we also brought our fixed income and cash teams together to form the new Invesco Worldwide
Fixed Income group. The move to a single fixed income organization was designed to increase our
global scale, provide greater clarity for our clients and enhance our ability to compete. The
combined organization now ranks as one of the worlds largest, with assets of nearly $150 billion
(as of Dec. 31, 2007), and offers a comprehensive range of products that few competitors can match.
WL Ross
& Co. assumed responsibility for our direct private equity
business in 2007. Led by Wilbur Ross, the group is one of the most recognized
distressed and restructuring investors in the industry. Their most recent offering, WLR Recovery
Fund IV, raised $4 billion nearly two times their original goal a significant accomplishment
that brought together the resources of our global organization. Our success in this area is a
prelude to the many global opportunities we see on the horizon.
Unlocking the power of our global operating platform
Over the past two years, Invesco has made significant progress in unifying its global operating
platform. In 2007, we took additional steps to build on this progress and strengthen our ability to
work as an integrated, global organization.
The global trading initiative we began in 2007 is designed to combine our trading as a global
institution. Over time, this effort will give us greater market access, providing benefits for our
investment teams and our clients. We also implemented leading technology that will enable us to
manage securities more efficiently as a global organization and provide better information more
quickly to our investment teams and clients.
We also took steps to improve communications with our
clients A new client reporting platform introduced in 2007 provides a comprehensive, web-based
reporting tool for our U.S. institutional clients and will be made available for clients worldwide
soon. Clients have responded positively to the simplicity and convenience of this new approach to
reporting on their investments.
Letter to Shareholders
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Building a high-performance organization
One of our five business principles is, People are the foundation of our success. In support of
this principle, Invesco has made a strong commitment to people development, which we view as
critical to our long-term success. During 2006, we introduced a number of programs to help our
people further develop their potential. Over the past year, we made enhancements to these programs
and expanded their availability.
Our People Development team introduced a curriculum of courses that enable individuals to sharpen
their skills and equip them to improve their career opportunities. We also launched the Management
Development Program, which gives our people the training, feedback and networking resources to
become better managers.
Also in 2006, we introduced a Talent Management Process (TMP) to provide a more comprehensive view
of the technical, managerial and leadership skills present across our organization, while
strengthening the pool of high performers who will be integral to our long-term success. During
2007, we expanded the pool of individuals included in the process and used the TMP to fill critical
roles within our organization.
Investing in our future
Throughout the year, we remained committed to executing our comprehensive plan and investing for
growth. Our focus on continuous improvement gave us the resources to invest in the long-term
success of our business. These resources were reinvested in the business to support our expansion
in key markets, launch new products, enhance our infrastructure and retain and motivate
high-performing employees. We remain focused on making further improvements in 2008, which will
give us the flexibility to continue investing for long-term growth.
Our business is much stronger today, which puts Invesco in a better position to improve our
competitive position and take advantage of opportunities in a turbulent market environment. Going
forward, we remain committed to our multi-year plan as a means of further unlocking the tremendous
potential of our global investment management organization.
Sincerely,
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Rex D. Adams
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Martin L. Flanagan |
Chairman
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Letter to Shareholders
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Invescos Investment
Expertise Around the Globe |
One of Invescos greatest competitive advantages
is the combined power of our distinctive
worldwide investment management capabilities.
With offices worldwide, capabilities in virtually
every asset class and investment style, a
disciplined approach to investment management and
a commitment to the highest standards for
performance and client service, Invesco is
uniquely positioned to compete in our evolving
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To deliver for our clients, Invescos investment teams draw on the strength of our global
resources: n The stability of $500 billion in assets under management (AUM) n More than 500
investment professionals worldwide n Investment centers in 25 cities in 12 countries n Client
support in 20 countries n The value of a single focus managing your money |
Invesco Aim Houston l Invesco Private Capital Austin Denver New York San Francisco Denver
AIM Trimark San Francisco Investment Expertise: Invesco Perpetua Toronto U.S., internationa
and ___Invesco G oba Equity Investment Expertise: g oba equities Hen ey, U.K. Fund of funds and
venture capita Invesco Rea Estate Investment Expertise: At anta private equities Canadian
equities, fixed income Investment Professiona s: 75 Investment Expertise: Da as and g oba va ue
Investment Expertise: U.K. equities, fixed income, Investment Professiona s: 10 New York AUM:
$76.5 bi ion G oba and internationa equities European equities, San Francisco Investment
Professiona s: 28 AUM: $2.1 bi ion At anta Invesco Wor dwide W Ross & Co. internationa
equities and Investment Professiona s: 19 emerging market equities Newport Beach Fixed Income
AUM: $41.4 bi ion ondon New York Invesco Asia-Pacific AUM: $16.1 bi ion Investment
Professiona s: 38 ouisvi e, KY Tokyo Invesco Quantitative Munich Strategies Hong Kong
Houston ___Mumbai, India Hong Kong AUM: $80.8 bi ion New York At antic Trust Prague Tokyo
Invesco Mu tip e-Asset New York ondon ___Investment Expertise: Paris ___Me bourne, Austra ia
Strategies Boston Frankfurt Distressed and restructuring Boston Madrid Taipei, Taiwan
Frankfurt Me bourne private equities Chicago At anta Invesco PowerShares Shenzhen, China
New York Investment Expertise: Investment Expertise: Investment Expertise: Investment Professiona
s: 13 Investment Expertise: Investment Expertise: Wheaton, I Quantitative active, enhanced G oba
direct rea estate Money market, stab e va ue, Investment Expertise: Asia ex Japan, Greater
China, G oba over ay strategies and and ong/short strategies, as we investing and pub ic rea
estate g oba fixed income and AUM: $6.8 bi ion High-net-worth mu timanagement Japan and Austra
ian equities tactica asset a ocation Investment Expertise: ETFs as tactica asset a ocation
securities investing a ternatives/financia structures Investment Professiona s: 31 Investment
Professiona s: 61 Investment Professiona s: 6 Investment Professiona s: 7 Investment Professiona s:
51 Investment Professiona s: 106 Investment Professiona s: 115 ___Primary investment
center ___Other ocations AUM: $17.5 bi ion AUM: $32.8 bi ion AUM: $2.0 bi ion AUM:
$14.5 bi ion AUM: $32.2 bi ion AUM: $28.0 bi ion AUM: $149.5 bi ion Data as of December 31, 2007
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A Look Back During the year, Invesco continued to build at 2007 momentum while making further
progress against our multi-year plan. Our accomplishments over the past year strengthened our
ability to compete globally and to further grow our business. |
AIM Investments rolls out Social 03/07 Security educational module for financial
Invesco opens a 09/07 advisors new representative 04/07 Invesco PowerShares launches
12/07 01/07 02/07 office in Beijing, 10 new FTSE RAFI ETFs on 11/07 Jerome P. Kenney
further extending The Fixed Income and Cash 06/07 the NASDAQ as Bruce Bond Australian
small joins Invescos Board AIM Trimark achieves Invesco named our strong position
Management teams join forces companies team participates in the closing 11/07 of
Directors record AUM of more than Equities Manager as a single organization under
Invesco announces in the growing China bell ceremonies The company introduces a new
awarded S&Ps top $CDN 50 billion of the Year at 2007 Karen Dunn Kelleys leadership,
$500,000,000 stock market brand identity research rating Global Pensions positioning
Invesco to become repurchase program Awards one of the leading fixed income providers in
the world |
January
February March
April
May June
July
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September October November &nbs
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03/07 05/07 10/07 |
Four AIM funds With approval from our 11/07 02/07 Marty Flanagan receive five 2007 shareholders, our
name Invesco Power -Atlantic Trust concludes two years |
U.S. Lipper awards, 04/07 changes from AMVESCAP to Shares
launches 11/07 12/07 12/07 celebrates 75 Years as president of four
AIM Trimark Invesco to better reflect our products on More than 97% of
Invesco Perpetual takes the Invesco Ltd. begins trading on WL Ross &
Co. receives Private the Investment funds win four position as an
integrated, European exchanges shareholders leadership position in
terms of the New York Stock Exchange Equity Firm of the Year and
Company Institute Canadian global company. The ticker approve the
relisting AUM in the U.K. |
International Deal of the Year
Lipper awards
symbol becomes IVZ of Invescos shares awards from The M&A Advisor on the New York Stock Exchange |
A Look Back at 2007
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Investing in our Communities
In 2007, Invesco supported a
number of activities around the
globe, including:
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Sponsorship of the FIT
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Invesco Japan and their
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Invesco Australias
charitable support of the
James Macready-Bryan
(JMB) Foundation to raise
money for victims of
acquired brain injury; |
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The Invesco Atlanta
Community Services
Committees participation
in blood drives and soup
kitchens and donation of
over 500 articles of
clothing; |
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AIM Trimarks annual
Play Day event to raise
money for Big Brothers
Big Sisters; |
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Monetary donations
made by Invesco Aims
technology colleagues
to support House of
Tiny Treasures and
Casa de Esperanza; |
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Invesco Enterprise
Services building
project for Habitat
for Humanity. |
Invesco supports a variety of local and
international programs for the arts, education,
sports, the environment and charitable
organizations. By donating time, energy and other
resources, Invesco encourages employees to play
an active role in the communities in which they
live and work.
Investing in our Communities
Invesco 2007 Annual Review
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Financial Highlights
Continued progress against our
multi-year plan resulted in
record company earnings in 2007.
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Operating Data |
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Operating revenues |
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3,878.9 |
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3,246.7 |
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2,872.6 |
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Net revenues* |
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2,888.4 |
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2,428.0 |
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2,166.6 |
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Operating income |
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994.3 |
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759.2 |
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407.9 |
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Net operating income* |
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1,039.8 |
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762.1 |
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407.9 |
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Operating margin |
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25.6 |
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36.0 |
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18.8 |
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673.6 |
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482.7 |
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219.8 |
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Per Share Data |
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Earnings per share: |
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- basic |
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1.69 |
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1.22 |
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0.55 |
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- diluted |
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1.64 |
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1.19 |
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0.54 |
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Dividends per share |
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0.372 |
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0.357 |
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0.330 |
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Balance Sheet Data |
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Total assets |
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12,925.2 |
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12,228.5 |
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10,702.7 |
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Long-term debt |
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1,276.4 |
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979.0 |
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1,220.0 |
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Shareholders equity |
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6,590.6 |
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6,164.0 |
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5,529.8 |
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Other Data |
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AUM (in billions) |
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500.1 |
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462.6 |
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386.3 |
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Headcount |
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5,475 |
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5,574 |
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5,798 |
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The following is a
reconciliation of
operating revenues,
operating income
and operating
margin on a U.S.
GAAP basis to net
revenues, net
operating income
and net operating
margin. Operating
margin is equal to
operating income
divided by
operating revenues.
Net operating
margin is equal to
net operating
income divided by
net revenues.
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$ in millions, except per share and other data |
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2007 |
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Operating revenues, GAAP basis |
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3,878.9 |
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3,246.7 |
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2,872.6 |
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Third-party distribution,
service and advisory costs |
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(1,051.1 |
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(826.8 |
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(706.0 |
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Proportional share of revenues, net of
third-party distribution costs, from joint
venture investments |
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60.6 |
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8.1 |
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Net revenues |
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2,888.4 |
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2,428.0 |
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2,166.6 |
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Operating income, GAAP basis |
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994.3 |
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759.2 |
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407.9 |
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Proportional share of operating income
from joint venture investments |
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45.5 |
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2.9 |
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Net operating income |
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1,039.8 |
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762.1 |
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407.9 |
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Operating margin |
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25.6 |
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23.4 |
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14.2 |
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Net operating margin |
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36.0 |
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31.4 |
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18.8 |
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Years Ended December 31
Financial Highlights
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This Annual Review contains only a condensed summary of selected
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(Annual Report) and our Proxy Statement for the Annual General
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This Annual Review may include statements that constitute
forward-looking statements under the United States securities
laws. Forward-looking statements include information concerning
possible or assumed future results of our operations, earnings,
liquidity, cash flow and capital expenditures, industry or market
conditions, assets under management, acquisition activities and the
effect of completed acquisitions, debt levels and the ability to
obtain additional financing or make payments on our debt, regulatory
developments, demand for and pricing of our products and other
aspects of our business or general economic conditions. In addition,
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Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance.
They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we
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reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will
not differ materially from our expectations. We caution investors
not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. In
connection with any forward-looking statements, you should
carefully consider the areas of risk described in our most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and any updates contained in
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC.
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whether as a result of new information, future events or
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