sTOCK MARKeT RePORT stoCk Market and listinG EvS shares (IS<strong>IN</strong> BE0003820371) are listed on the continuous NySE EUroNEXt Brussels market. the market capitalization of the company at the end of 2009 was EUr 610 million, based on a share price of EUr 44.80. the EvS Ipo on the first Brussels stock market took place in 1998 at a price of EUr 7.44 (EUr 37.20 before share split on June 5, 2005). this share split made it possible to accelerate the dematerialization of the EvS shares, the proportion of which rose from 90.0% at the end of 2004 to 99.1% at the end of 2009. In fact, as at December 31, 2009, 0.9% of the company’s shares is represented by physical notes representing a number of shares between 1 and 999 thanks to the prIoS (printing on Demand Services from Euroclear) formula. evs sHare and indeXes EvS is part of the Next150 and Belmid indexes and of the “Next Economy” segment, which includes other technological growth companies. In 2009, when looking at the average market capitalization, EvS was amongst the 25 largest companies on Euronext Brussels. During 2009, the maximum value reached by the stock price was EUr 53.24 on october 1, 2009 and the minimum value of EUr 21.22 was reached on January 21, 2009. In 2009, the BEL20 gained 31.6%, the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx technology gained 20.6%, the Nasdaq 43.9% of their value, while the EvS share increased by 75.7%. FROM THE IPO UNTIL TODAY – STOCK PRICE TREND COMPARISON S<strong>IN</strong>CE THE IPO ON 14 OCTOBER 1998 (BASE 100) 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 60 50 40 30 20 10 10/98 10/99 10/00 10/01 10/02 10/03 10/04 10/05 10/06 10/07 10/08 10/09 SHARE PRICE AND VOLUMES Share price (EUR) 0 January 2009 > décember 2009 Volumes (number of shares) 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 LIQUIDITY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME ON THE STOCK MARKET Value (EUR thousands) number of shares (thousands) 3,000 60 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 00 01 02 03 04 20 05 06 07 08 <strong>EVS</strong> NASDAQ BEL20 DJ ES TECHNO 36.3 50 40 1,318.3 30 09 20 10 0 In 2009, when looking at the average market capitalization, EvS was amongst the 25 largest companies on Euronext Brussels
21 EvS <strong>IN</strong>SIDE ISSUE 15 aNNUaL rEvIEW 2009
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