Ipsos SA announced Liz Musch has been named Global CEO of Ipsos ASI. Ms. Musch succeeds Alex Gronberger, who takes on the new role of regional CEO of Ipsos Latin America. She will oversee Ipsos ASI's global network of 60 offices from the company's Paris corporate headquarters. As part of her expanded responsibilities, Musch also joins the Ipsos Management Board. Prior to her promotion, Liz was global CEO of the Ipsos Loyalty division, joining Ipsos in January 2009. Ipsos Loyalty will be led by Ralf Ganzenmueller, former Ipsos Germany CEO.

Ipsos SA reported consolidated earnings results for the year ended December 31, 2012. For the year, the company reported profit attributable to the group of €74,070,000 or €1.62 per diluted share on revenue of €1,789,521,000 compared to profit attributable to the group of €84,048,000 or €2.20 per diluted share on revenue of €1,362,895,000 for the last year. Operating profit was €136,876,000 compared to €131,590,000 for same period a year ago. Profit before tax was €109,243,000 compared to €124,787,000 for same period a year ago. Adjusted net profit attributable to the group was €118,463,000 or €2.59 per diluted share compared to €115,364,000 or €3.02 per diluted share for same period a year ago. Cash flow from operating activities was €51,456,000 compared to €101,646,000 for same period a year ago. Acquisitions of property, plant, equipment and intangible assets were €26,219,000 compared to €19,719,000 for the same period a year ago. Net debt came to €623.5 million as on December 31, 2012, representing gearing of 67.2%, compared to €585.9 million as on December 31, 2011. In 2013, the company plans to grow faster than its market and to improve its operating margin by 100 basis points to 11%.

Ipsos SA announces that a dividend of EUR 0.64 per share will be proposed at the annual general meeting, representing around 24.5% of the adjusted earnings per share and an increase of 1.6% relative to the previous dividend.