Shares and shareholders
Wärtsilä Corporation's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Large Cap list on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The Annual General Meeting, held on 3 March 2011, approved the free share issue proposed by the Board of Directors. Thereby, Wärtsilä's total number of shares at the end of the financial period was 197,241,130.
| Key figures for Wärtsilä share | |||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
| Earnings per share (EPS)3 | EUR | 1.44 | 1.96 | 1.97 | 1.94 | 1.37 | |
| Book value of equity per share3 | EUR | 8.30 | 8.30 | 7.59 | 6.01 | 6.85 | |
| Dividend per share3 | EUR | 0.901 | 1.38 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 2.13 | |
| Dividend per earnings | % | 62.7 | 70.3 | 44.4 | 38.7 | 155.1 | |
| Dividend yield | % | ||||||
| Series A | - | - | - | - | 8.01 | ||
| WRT1V2 | 4.03 | 4.82 | 6.23 | 7.14 | 8.16 | ||
| Price per earnings (P/E) | |||||||
| Series A | - | - | - | - | 19.4 | ||
| WRT1V2 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 19.0 | ||
| Price to book-value (P/BV) | |||||||
| Series A | - | - | - | - | 3.9 | ||
| WRT1V2 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Adjusted number of shares | x 1 000 | ||||||
| end of financial year | 197 241 | 98 621 | 98 621 | 98 621 | 95 970 | ||
| on average | 197 241 | 98 621 | 98 621 | 97 944 | 95 751 | ||
| 1 Proposal of the Board of Directors. | |||||||
| 2 Series B until 26 March 2008, thereafter WRT1V. | |||||||
| 3 The share issue approved by Wärtsilä Corporation’s Annual General Meeting on 3 March 2011 increased the total number of Wärtsilä shares to 197,241,130. The figures in the comparison periods have been adjusted to reflect the increased number of shares. | |||||||