PagesJaunes plans to spend the dividend in 2012

PagesJaunes announced Wednesday that its board would propose as an exceptional pass the dividend for 2011, after registering a decline in its revenues and profit margins last year.

Heavily in debt, the publisher of printed directories and online, the site owner geolocation Mappy, saw its net cash flow to fall by over 20% last year, penalized by including the rising cost of its debt.

The full year 2011, its turnover stood at 1.1 billion euros, in line with market expectations according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, This represents a decrease of 2.1% over the previous year.

Its gross operating margin (GOM) totaled 493.1 million euros, down 4.8%. 

The group said it expects for 2011 a decline of about 2% of its turnover and a GOM between 485 and 500 million euros, an objective that was lowered in July to reflect impact on its business of social movements before the summer.

For 2012, the group says aimed to stabilize its revenue after two years of decline, thanks to the growth of its business on the internet which should represent 60% of its total turnover.

It also anticipates a GOM between 470 and 485 million euros.