Company Profile For Wolters Kluwer NV

Wolters Kluwer is a Netherlands-based company that is engaged in creating content solutions. The Company has four divisions: Wolters Kluwer Health (information and business intelligence for healthcare professionals); Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services (portfolio of products, services, and solutions for professionals in the legal, banking, securities, and insurance markets); Wolters Kluwer Tax, Accounting & Legal (research, software, and workflow tools in tax, accounting, audit, legal and business compliance markets); and Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe (information, software, and services for professional customers in the European markets). The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer maintains operations in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

BRIEF: For the six months ended 30 June 2009, Wolters Kluwer's revenues increased 7% to EUR1.72B. Net income from continuing operations for the period decreased 8% to EUR132M. Revenues reflect increased sales from Corporate & Financial Services (CFS) and Tax, Accounting & Legal (TAL). Net income from continuing operations was offset by higher general- and administrative costs and higher amortization charges.