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Listing markets and indexes
Listing markets
The Company's shares are listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment
A – Deferred Settlement Department; ISIN Code: FR 0000120644;
ticker: “BN”) and also have a secondary listing on the Swiss Stock
Exchange (SWX Suisse Exchange).
Between 1997 and 2007, the Company's shares were also listed on
the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary
Shares (ADS). Due to the low trading volume of these ADS on this
market, in 2007 the Group decided to delist the shares from that
market and to deregister them with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, pursuant to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The Group nevertheless maintains a sponsored Level 1 program
of American Depositary Receipts (ADR), which are traded over the
counter through the OTCQX platform under the symbol DANOY
(each ADR representing one-fifth of a DANONE share). OTCQX is
an information platform representing over 300 international groups
and enabling them to access US investors while guaranteeing price
transparency.
Indexes
The Company's shares are included in the following indexes:
•
CAC 40, the principal index of Euronext Paris;
•
Eurostoxx 50, which lists the 50 largest market capitalizations
in the euro zone.
The Company is also included in themain social responsibility indexes
such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Vigeo (World 120, Eurozone
120, Europe 120 and France 120) and Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI)
(Excellence Europe and Excellence Global) comprise the best-per-
forming companies selected annually based on strict criteria such
as the quality of corporate governance, social responsibility policy,
their criteria relating to innovation, and their economic performance.
Stock price and trading volumes
Year ended December 31, 2015
Number of shares traded
Volumes traded
Stock price
Total
Daily average
Total amount
traded
Monthly
average stock
price
High
Low
(in number
of shares)
(in number
of shares)
(in €
billions)
(in €
per share)
(in €
per share)
(in €
per share)
January
47,139,066
2,244,717
2.66
56.12
60.53
51.88
February
43,230,076
2,161,504
2.56
59.24
62.38
56.82
March
38,060,946
1,730,043
2.36
62.24
63.39
60.80
April
39,987,564
1,999,378
2.62
65.47
67.74
61.85
May
32,491,537
1,624,577
2.05
63.30
65.58
61.03
June
44,142,193
2,006,463
2.68
60.79
64.08
57.99
July
36,201,045
1,573,958
2.19
60.84
63.33
57.33
August
36,034,833
1,715,944
2.09
59.19
63.49
51.73
September
42,277,780
1,921,717
2.32
54.46
56.52
52.88
October
39,855,284
1,811,604
2.39
59.70
65.16
55.15
November
30,758,583
1,464,694
1.98
64.29
66.35
62.28
December
35,274,965
1,603,407
2.21
62.68
66.50
60.35
Source: Euronext Paris. Includes over-the-counter transactions.