Willis Group Holdings plc (WSH) reported that its fourth-quarter net income attributable to common shareholders were $79 million or $0.47 per share, compared to $62 million or $0.37 per share in the same quarter last year.
Reported net income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter was $79 million, or $0.47 per share, compared with $61 million, or $0.37 per share, in the same period a year ago.
Excluding these items, adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations were $0.47 in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with $0.36 in the fourth quarter of 2008. Foreign currency movements had a negative $0.03 impact on earnings per share in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Total reported revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $824 million compared with $792 million for the same period of 2008, an increase of 4 percent.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.48 per share on revenues of $807.52 million for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
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