Financial Highlights
| Years ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data) | 2007 | 2006 | % Change | ||||||
| Revenue | $ | 6,772.3 | $ | 6,255.1 | 8.3 | ||||
| Net income | 1,013.6 | (a) | 882.2 | (b) | 14.9 | ||||
| Diluted earnings per share | 2.94 | (a) | 2.40 | (b) | 22.5 | ||||
| Dividends per share of common stock(c) | 0.820 | 0.726 | 12.9 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 6,357.3 | $ | 6,042.9 | 5.2 | ||||
| Capital expenditures(d) | 545.2 | 426.4 | 27.9 | ||||||
| Total debt | 1,197.4 | 2.7 | NM | ||||||
| Shareholders' equity | 1,606.7 | 2,679.6 | (e) | -40.0 | |||||
NM = Not Meaningful
(a) Includes a $0.03 diluted per share gain on the
divestiture of a mutual fund data business and a $0.08
restructuring charge.
(b) Includes a $0.04 one-time charge for the elimination
of the Company's restoration stock option program and a
$0.06 restructuring charge.
(c) Dividends paid were $0.2050 per quarter in 2007 and
$0.1815 per quarter in 2006.
(d) Includes investments in prepublication costs, purchases of
property and equipment and additions to technology projects.
(e) Includes the incremental effect of Adopting Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 158,
"Employer's Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and
Other Postretirement Plans," which resulted in a reduction
of shareholders' equity of $69.4 million.
(f) Assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2002 and
total return includes reinvestment of dividends through
December 31, 2007.
