sain t-gobain annu al report 2008 annual report

Trading volume since September 2007 (1) (Source: Euronext Paris SA.)
Paris Stock
Exchange ISIN
FR 0000125007
Number
of shares
Amount
(in €)
High
(in €)
Low
(in €)
2007
September 111,463,732 7,341,449,456 73.116 62.641
October 95,309,556 6,305,049,607 70.499 61.869
November 75,222,563 4,707,923,997 67.447 56.954
December 54,364,934 3,301,047,867 64.812 56.872
Total 336,360,784 21,655,470,927
2008
January 84,455,009 4,200,962,561 59.288 42.245
February 75,026,491 3,572,434,573 51.875 44.516
March 66,475,071 3,011,520,860 47.923 41.255
April 48,125,805 2,299,584,199 50.630 44.716
May 44,532,134 2,147,542,792 50.767 46.288
June 85,775,943 3,464,036,058 47.687 34.886
July 89,530,105 2,993,084,163 36.740 28.999
August 45,044,485 1,690,970,524 40.791 34.223
September 68,985,578 2,458,882,317 40.473 31.548
October 99,520,799 2,600,518,254 33.764 20.941
November 57,897,703 1,557,204,946 30.580 22.812
December 45,728,706 1,389,574,406 33.196 25.983
Total 811,097,829 31,386,315,653
2009
January 55,887,491 1,533,104,344 33.369 23.148
February 103,492,912 2,311,446,452 29.980 16.650
A total of 580,600 shares were traded on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange in 2008 (source: Datastream).
The other Group companies whose shares are traded on
a regulated market are Saint-Gobain Oberland
(Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges),
Hankuk Glass Industries (Seoul Stock Exchange), Grindwell
Norton and Saint-Gobain Sekurit India (Mumbai Stock
Exchange), Izocam (Istanbul Stock Exchange) and Compania
Industrial El Volcan (Santiago de Chile Stock Exchange).
Oceane bonds
(Convertible into new shares or exchangeable for existing
shares)
In February 2002, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain issued 4,380,953
5-year Oceane convertible/exchangeable bonds for a total
of €920 million. The bonds were traded on the Eurolist
by Euronext Paris market from February 18, 2002 until
January 2, 2007. On December 20, 2006, 4,355,403 bonds
were presented for conversion into 17,421,612 new shares,
leading to a 4.96% increase in the number of shares
outstanding at December 31, 2006.
Following conversion of an additional 21,100 bonds in 2007 (3) ,
the 4,450 bonds not presented for conversion were redeemed
at par on January 2, 2007 for an amount per bond of €210 plus
accrued interest of €5.5125.
Bonds
On September 16, 2008, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain carried
out a €750 million 7.25% bond issue due September 4, 2013,
followed on January 14, 2009, by a €1,000 million 8.25% issue
due July 24, 2014.
Both issues are listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Trading volume since October 2006 (Source: London Stock Exchange)
London Stock Exchange Number of shares Amount (in £)
2006
82
October 11,701,230 459,073,668
November 15,553,234 624,666,294
December 10,220,631 416,670,131
Total 37,475,095 1,500,410,093
2007
January 18,560,502 849,151,088
February 11,059,158 535,339,557
March 15,449,270 734,315,751
April 12,336,860 629,712,386
May 9,466,773 516,804,780
June 32,967,679 1,785,468,393
July 12,279,211 686,630,767
August 12,130,027 649,239,833
September 15,631,911 777,521,096
October (2) 18,320,857 920,814,245
Total 158,202,248 8,084,997,895
Saint-Gobain - 2008 Annual Report
(1)
In accordance with IAS 33, per share data for periods prior to the February 2009
rights issue have been adjusted using the coefficient published by Euronext.
(2)
The London Stock Exchange no longer provides details of trading volumes
since the end of October 2007.
(3)
These bonds were presented for conversion within the required time-frame, but
the Group was not aware that they had been presented until after the year-end.