- Proposed dividend of €1.40 per share, a 4 percent increase
- Net income per share €3.23, up 163 percent
- Two Capital Market Days were held during 2010
Share price performance
Our share price increased 0.2 percent in 2010, underperforming both the DJ Stoxx Chemicals and AEX indices. The share price performance relative to these indices for a one-year and a five-year period is shown below.
Share price performance 2010
AkzoNobel share price in €

Share price performance 2006 – 2010
AkzoNobel share price in €

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2010 | ||
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Year-end (share price in €) |
29.44 |
46.40 |
46.49 | ||
Year-high (share price in €) |
57.11 |
46.52 |
47.70 | ||
Year-low (share price in €) |
22.85 |
26.01 |
37.18 | ||
Year-average (share price in €) |
42.57 |
35.92 |
43.39 | ||
Average daily trade (in € millions) |
94.0 |
43.4 |
52.1 | ||
Average daily trade (in millions of shares) |
2.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 | ||
Number of shares outstanding at year-end (in millions) |
231.7 |
232.2 |
233.5 | ||
Market capitalization at year-end (in € billions) |
6.8 |
10.8 |
10.9 | ||
Net income per share (in €) |
(4.38)1 |
1.23 |
3.23 | ||
Dividend per share (in €) |
1.80 |
1.35 |
1.40 | ||
Dividend yield (in %) |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.2 | ||
Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) |
(6.7)1 |
37.7 |
14.4 |
Listings
AkzoNobel’s common shares are listed on the stock exchange of Euronext Amsterdam. AkzoNobel is included in the AEX Index, which consists of the top 25 listed companies in the Netherlands, ranked on the basis of their turnover in the stock market and free float. The AkzoNobel weight in the AEX index was 3.7 percent at year-end 2010. In 2010, 311 million AkzoNobel shares were traded on Euronext Amsterdam (2009: 312 million). In 2007, the company decided to delist from the NASDAQ stock exchange and deregister from the SEC. AkzoNobel has a sponsored level 1 ADR program and ADRs can be traded on the international OTCQX platform in the US.
See the table below for stock codes and ticker symbols:
Euronext ticker symbol |
AKZA |
ISIN common share |
NL0000009132 |
OTC ticker symbol |
AKZOY |
ISIN ADR |
US0101993055 |