Disclosure of Trading in Own Shares for March 2013
In compliance with general regulation, SOCIÉTÉ BIC declares below the transactions made on its own shares for March 2013:
Date
Number of shares
Average weighted price in ?
Amount in ?
01/03/2013
5 724
90,8600
520 082,64
04/03/2013
7 500
89,8800
674 100,00
06/03/2013
50 000
89,9500
4 497 500,00
07/03/2013
25 000
89,7100
2 242 750,00
08/03/2013
20 000
89,0800
1 781 600,00
11/03/2013
1 788
86,9990
155 554,21
12/03/2013
10 000
86,6710
866 710,00
13/03/2013
6 600
85,7750
566 115,00
TOTAL
126 612
89,2839
11 304 411,85
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Disclaimer: This document contains forward-looking statements. Although BIC believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, these statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. A description of the risks borne by BIC appears in the section, "Risk factors" in BIC's 2011 Registration Document filed with the French financial markets authority (AMF) on March 27, 2012.
Contacts
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2013 Agenda (all dates to be confirmed)
1st Quarter 2013 results
April 25, 2013
Conference call
2012 AGM
May, 15 2013
BIC Headquarters, Clichy
2nd Quarter and 1st Half 2013 results
August 1, 2013
Conference call
3rd Quarter 2013 results
October 23, 2013
Conference call
About BIC BIC is a world leader in stationery, lighters, shavers and promotional products. For more than 60 years, BIC has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, affordable products to consumers everywhere. Through this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most recognized brands in the world. BIC products are sold in more than 160 countries around the world. In 2012, BIC recorded net sales of 1,898.7 million euros. The Company is listed on "Euronext Paris" and is part of the SBF120 and CAC Mid 60 indexes. BIC is also part of the following SRI indexes: FTSE4Good Europe, ASPI Eurozone, Ethibel Excellence Europe, Gaia Index and Stoxx Global ESG Index.
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Bic is one the world leading manufacturers of stationery, lighters and razors. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- non-rechargeable lighters (39%);
- stationery (37.5%): ballpoint pens, pencils, mechanical pencils, felt-tip pens, correction pens, erasers, permanent markers, glues, adhesive notepads, etc.;
- razors (22.2%);
- other (1.3%): mainly sport articles (windsurfing boards, surf boards, etc.), batteries, magnets, adhesives, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (28.5%), North America (42.7%), Latin America (17.5%), Middle East and Africa (6.1%), Oceania and Asia (5.2%).