“Our Accelerate! initiatives helped us to achieve our mid-term 2013 targets. We are implementing the Philips Business System across the company to improve customer focus and operational excellence, and drive our businesses systematically to global leadership performance. With our mission to deliver meaningful innovation to make the world healthier and more sustainable, we are well positioned to improve our growth rate.”

Frans van Houten, CEO

Dear stakeholder,

In 2013 we passed a major milestone on our Accelerate! transformation journey to unlock Philips’ full potential. Despite economic headwinds, especially in Europe and the United States, our Accelerate! initiatives helped us to achieve our mid-term 2013 targets. I am delighted with this result, as it underlines yet again that Philips is, above all, a case of self-help.

Accelerate! is helping us get closer to our customers, as illustrated by our landmark alliance with Georgia Regents Medical Center. And the transformation of our value chains is speeding up the introduction of locally relevant innovations in key markets around the world. Innovations like our EPIQ ultrasound imaging system, our Smart Air Purifier and Airfryer home appliances, and our energy-efficient CityTouch lighting management system.

We are also seeing the steady development of a growth and performance culture characterized by strong employee engagement, teamwork, the drive for operational excellence and accountability for results. This is making us more agile, entrepreneurial and innovative.

Financial performance

The economic environment in 2013 was challenging. Full-year sales declined by 1% in nominal terms, but increased by 3% on a comparable basis. Closing the year with strong 7% top-line growth in the fourth quarter, we delivered a compound annual growth rate for comparable sales over the period 2012-2013 of 4.5%, compared to our target of 4-6%. In regional terms, our growth geographies delivered 11% comparable sales growth in 2013 and now make up 36% of total sales.

Profitability improved significantly on the back of increased gross margins and productivitygains from our Accelerate! program. This resulted in a reported EBITA of 10.5%, within the target bandwidth of 10-12%. And our return on invested capital was 15.3%, above the targeted range of 12-14%.

Our Healthcare business increased operational earnings despite a virtually flat top line. With the issues surrounding health care reform in the US and budget constraints in key markets, we are increasingly focusing on becoming the technology solutions partner of choice to major hospitals as a way to unlock new growth. Reflecting the success of its innovative propositions for personal health and well-being, Consumer Lifestyle posted strong growth and good earnings, while Lighting recorded higher sales, driven by a 38% increase in LED-based sales, and improved operational earnings.

In 2013 we also completed the execution of our EUR 2 billion share buy-back program, thereby improving the efficiency of our balance sheet, and announced a new EUR 1.5 billion program to be concluded over the next 2-3 years. By the end of 2013 we had completed 7% of this new program.

Other 2013 highlights

In 2013 we rose to # 40 on Interbrand’s annual ranking of the top-100 global brands, with our brand value increasing by 8% to close to USD 10 billion. And in November we unveiled our new brand positioning and brand line – “innovation and you” – and our redesigned shield, which enjoyed an enthusiastic reception from customers, employees and other stakeholders.

In 2014 we celebrate 100 years of Philips Research, and over the past year we underlined our commitment to innovation by investing EUR 1.7 billion in research and development. We filed over 1,500 patent applications in 2013. Other innovation highlights included the increasing adoption of our Digital Pathology solution and the development of the 200 lm/W TLED prototype to replace fluorescent tube lighting.

We also continued to deliver on our EcoVision sustainability commitments in 2013, improving the lives of 1.8 billion people around the globe and hitting our Green Product sales target of 50% of total sales two years ahead of schedule. In Buenos Aires we were awarded the order to renovate most of the city’s 125,000 street lights with our CityTouch system, and in Dubai we were selected to transform over 260 Municipality buildings with intelligent LED solutions – both projects reducing energy consumption by some 50%. Our efforts to create a healthier and more sustainable world received recognition in the form of a rise to 23rd place in Interbrand’s ranking of the top 50 Best Global Green Brands, as well as a top rating from the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Of course, no year is entirely free of disappointment, and in 2013 we had to contend with the termination of the deal with Funai for our Audio, Video, Multimedia and Accessories business. We also faced compliance issues relating to our General Business Principles, which we are refining and strengthening.

Looking ahead – our Path to Value by 2016

Philips is a diversified technology company with a portfolio of some 40 businesses across various strategic domains. Over half of these businesses hold global leadership positions. Our portfolio is underpinned by strong assets: deep market insights; world-class innovation capabilities – technology, know-how and strong IP positions; our global footprint; our talented, engaged people; and the Philips brand.

The significant changes we have made to our portfolio in recent years have created a better growth platform with higher profit potential. And with the transformation of our business model architecture, we are increasingly becoming a technology solutions partner, with recurring revenue streams accounting for over 25% of sales.

Meeting the needs of a changing world

In light of the mega-trends and challenges the world is facing, we are confident in our chosen strategic direction. With its focus on health and sustainability, our vision to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025 helps to differentiate us from the competition, have a closer relationship with our customers, create IP and ultimately create more value.

We see the shift from a linear to a circular economy as a further opportunity to create value. In a linear economy, products are used briefly and then discarded as waste. In a circular economy, products are designed so they become part of a value network where re-use and refurbishment ensure continuous re-exploitation of resources.

We are redesigning our products in order to capture their residual value. And we are shifting from transactions to relationships via service and solution business models. A good example is the 10-year performance contract we were awarded to install, monitor and maintain 13,000 connected lighting fixtures and energy management controls for parking garages in Washington, DC. Because we are ensuring light levels and delivering the solutions as a service that is paid for by the energy savings, Washington gets brighter, safer LED lighting for its garages with none of the up-front cost, thereby removing one of the main barriers to the adoption of energy-efficient technology.

Driving productivity improvement

Over the coming years we will continue to drive operational excellence and invest in innovation and sales development. We will also continue to focus on improving profitability, e.g. by further reducing overhead costs and driving value engineering through our Design for Excellence (DfX) program. Altogether we see significant potential to improve productivity over the next few years. We also have scope for value-creating bolt-on acquisitions, but will remain prudent with our capital allocation. Most of our growth opportunities are organic.

In 2014 we will roll out a new IT landscape to make Philips a truly real-time company, and we will further embed the Philips Business System (PBS). The PBS is the way we run our company to ensure business success is repeatable. This year will also see our new brand positioning being activated across the globe.

New growth initiatives

I am pleased to say that Philips has multiple new growth opportunities in the making. Within our Healthcare sector we have established the Healthcare Informatics Solutions & Services business group, which is focusing on a digital connected healthcare delivery platform, advanced informatics and big data analytics, and world-class integration and consulting services. At Consumer Lifestyle we have a new business initiative on Personal Health. And in our Innovation, Group & Services sector we have several highly promising start-ups, although it will be a few years before they are margin-accretive because of the necessary investments. Examples of these exciting new business areas include point-of-care diagnostics as well as horticultural and city farming technology.

Confident in the future

While remaining cautious about the short-term macro-economic outlook, we are committed to delivering on our 2016 financial performance targets. As a sign of our confidence in Philips’ future, we are proposing to the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders to increase this year’s dividend to EUR 0.80 per common share, in cash or stock.

 

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