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21ADDITIONAL INFORMATION21.1. SHARE CAPITAL21.1. SHARE CAPITAL21.1.1. Issued share capital and number of sharesfor each classThe amount of the share capital as at December31, 2009 is € 179,600,000 divided into 44,900,000shares of € 4 each. The Company’s shares are fullysubscribed, paid up and all of the same class.21.1.2. Authorised but unissued share capitalNot applicable.21.1.3. Shares held by the Company or for its accountAt the end of the financial year 2009, after distributing166,064 shares to employees, the Company held1,083,443 of its own shares, or 2.41 % of the authorisedshare capital.Description of the 2009 share purchase programmeIn accordance with the authorisation given by theCombined General Meeting of May 15, 2009, theCompany purchased (excluding liquidity agreements),based on the current authorised capital,2177.8 (i.e. 960 shares + 12,178 tenth parts of shares)of its own shares on the stock exchange in 2009 fora nominal price of € 4 at a mean price of € 51.23 pershare.Distribution of transferable securities by purposeAcquisitions in view of the allocation of shares topersonnel within the framework of participation andprofit-sharing : 2177.8 shares representing an acquisitionprice of € 111,561.09.Acquisitions in order to promote the market forthe securities and their liquidity through a liquidityagreement in conformity with the ethical charterof the Association française des marchés financiers(AMAFI), as recognised by the AMF : acquisition of191,249 shares and sale of 311,899 shares duringthe year and partial buy-back of 30,000 shares on28 January 2009, representing 10,000 shares as atDecember 31, 2009.Volume of shares used by objectivesShares allocated to personnel within the frameworkof the participation and profit-sharing : 250,276shares.Promotion of a market of the securities and their liquiditythrough a liquidity agreement conforming tothe ethical charter of the AMAFI as recognised by theAMF : 10,000 shares.No shares purchased have been allocated to otherpurposes and the Company did not use derivativesto achieve its share purchase programme.Description of the planned share purchase programmefor 2010The fifth resolution to be submitted to a vote by theOrdinary General Meeting on May 17, 2010 is intendedto allow the Company to purchase or otherwiseengage in operations in relation to its own shares.The Company may acquire, sell, transfer or swap, byany means, all or part of the shares thus acquired incompliance with current legislative and regulatoryprovisions and in compliance with changes to thesubstantive law and by respecting the limits below :• The unit purchase price must not exceed € 100 pershare (excluding acquisition expenses) ;• The total shares held shall not exceed 10 % of theCompany’s share capital, this threshold of 10 %having to be calculated on the actual date whenthe purchases will be made. This limit is reduced to5 % of the share capital in the situation mentionedin paragraph (c) below. On January 1, 2010, thislimit corresponds, given shares already owned bythe Company, to a maximum number of 3,406,557shares, each with a nominal value of € 4, equal toa maximum amount of € 340,655,700.The shares may be purchased at a single time or ininstalments, and by all means including by mutualagreement, in order (without order of priority) :a. To allot shares to employees and in particularwithin the framework of participation and profitsharing.b. To promote the market for the securities and theirliquidity through a liquidity agreement complyingwith the ethical charter of the AMAFI as recognisedby the AMF.c. To deliver the shares as payment or exchange withinthe framework of external growth operations incompliance with market practice as permitted bythe AMF. It is specified that the maximum numberof shares acquired by the Company for their retentionand later delivery in payment or exchangewithin the framework of a merger, scission or contributionoperation may not exceed 5 % of its authorisedshare capital.d. To cancel shares, subject in this last case to a voteby an Extraordinary General Meeting on a specificresolution.188 VICAT - 2009 registration document