La banque d'un monde qui change 2004 - BNP Paribas

88sustainable development89BNP Paribas ownership structure as of 31 December 2004(based on voting rights)• Public7.3%• Employees 5.4%• Axa 6.0%• Other and unidentified12.3%• Institutionalinvestors 69.0%European 56.0%• Outside Europe 13%To the best of BNP Paribas’knowledge, no shareholderother than Axa owns morethan 5% of BNP Paribas’ capitalor voting rights.Share performanceWhen the shareholders of BNP and Paribasapproved the merger between the two banksat the Extraordinary General Meetings of 23 May2000, BNP shares became BNP Paribas shares.The Euroclear-France code for BNP Paribas isthe same as the previous BNP code (13110).Since 30 June 2003, BNP Paribas shares havebeen registered under ISIN code FR0000131104.BNP shares were first listed on the CashSettlement Market of the Paris Stock Exchangeon 18 October 1993, following privatisation,before being transferred to the MonthlySettlement Market on 25 October of that year.When the monthly settlement system waseliminated on 25 September 2000, BNP Paribasshares became eligible for Euronext’s DeferredSettlement Service (SRD). The shares are alsotraded on SEAQ International in London andon the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, as well aslisted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 13 March2000 (and the First Section since 7 February2005). Since privatisation, a Level 1 144A ADRprogramme 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 heldby individual investors, BNP Paribas carried outa two-for-one share-split on 20 February 2002,reducing the par value of the shares to EUR 2.BNP became a component of the Cac 40 indexon 17 November 1993 and a component of theEuro Stoxx 50 index on 1 November 1999.Since 18 September 2000, BNP Paribas hasbeen a component of the Dow Jones Stoxx 50.BNP Paribas shares are also included in the fourmain sustainable development indices: AspiEurozone, FTSE4Good, DJ SI World and DJ SIStoxx. All of these listings have fostered liquidityand share price appreciation, as BNP Paribasshares feature in every portfolio and fundthat tracks the performance of these indexes.Share performance between 2 January 2002 and 31 December 2004Comparison with the DJ Euro Stoxx 50, DJ Euro Stoxx Bank and Cac 40(indexes rebased on share price)70605040BNP ParibasDJ Euro Stoxx BankFrance Cac 40DJ Euro Stoxx 50Source: Datastream3020 IJan. 02IMarch 02IMay 02IJuly 02ISept. 02INov. 02IJan. 03IMarch 03IMay 03IJuly 03ISept. 03INov. 03IJan. 04IMarch 04IMay 04IJuly 04ISept. 04INov. 04IJan. 05