2009 registration document and annual financial report - AMF

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PRESENTATION OF THE BNP PARIBAS GROUP
BNP Paribas and its shareholders
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BNP Paribas’ issue of ordinary shares between 30 September and
13 October 2009 ,
and the reduction in its capital through the cancellation, on
26 November, of non-voting shares issued on 31 March 2009 to
Société de Prise de Participation de l’État.
On 16 December 2005, the AXA Group and the BNP Paribas Group
informed the AMF (AMF disclosure no. 205C2221) about an agreement
under which the two groups would maintain stable cross-shareholdings
and reciprocal call options exercisable in the event of a change in control
affecting either group.
LISTING INFORMATION
When the shareholders of BNP and Paribas approved the merger between
the two banks at the Extraordinary General Meeting of 23 May 2000,
BNP shares became BNP Paribas shares. The Euroclear-France code
for BNP Paribas is the same as the previous BNP code (13110). Since
30 June 2003, BNP Paribas shares have been registered under ISIN code
FR0000131104.
BNP shares were first listed on the Cash Settlement Market of the Paris
Stock Exchange on 18 October 1993, following privatisation, before
being transferred to the Monthly Settlement Market on 25 October of
that year. When the monthly settlement system was discontinued on
25 September 2000, BNP Paribas shares became eligible for Euronext’s
Deferred Settlement Service (SRD). The shares are also traded on SEAQ
International in London and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Since
24 July 2006 they have been traded on the MTA International exchange
in Milan. Since privatisation, a Level 1 144A ADR programme has been
active in the USA, where JP Morgan Chase is the depositary bank (2
ADRs correspond to 1 BNP Paribas share).
To help increase the number of shares held by individual investors, BNP
Paribas carried out a two-for-one share split on 20 February 2002,
reducing the par value of the shares to EUR 2.
BNP became a constituent of the CAC 40 index on 17 November 1993 and
of the Euro Stoxx 50 index on 1 November 1999. Since 18 September 2000,
it has been a constituent of the Dow Jones Stoxx 50 index. In 2007, BNP
Paribas joined the Global Titans 50, an index comprising the 50 largest
corporations worldwide. BNP Paribas shares are also included in the
main benchmark indexes for sustainable development: ASPI Eurozone,
FTSE4Good (Global and Europe 50), DJ SI World and DJ SI STOXX. All of
these listings have fostered liquidity and share price appreciation, as the
BNP Paribas share is necessarily a component of every portfolio and fund
that tracks the performance of these indexes.
SHARE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN 29 DECEMBER 2006 AND 31 DECEMBER 2009
Comparison with the DJ EURO STOXX Banks, DJ STOXX Banks and CAC 40 indexes (rebased on share price)
Euros
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
France CAC40
BNP Paribas
DJ Euro Stoxx Banks
DJ Stoxx Banks
20
10
0
29.12.06
28.02.07
30.04.07
30.06.07
31.08.07
31.10.07
31.12.07
28.02.08
30.04.08
30.06.08
31.08.08
31.10.08
31.12.08
28.02.09
30.04.09
30.06.09
31.08.09
31.10.09
31.12.09
Source: Datastream
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2009 Registration document and financial report - BNP PARIBAS