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DELHAIZE GROUP  ANNUAL REPORT 2004 83
Investors and M edia
For all questions regarding Delhaize Group and its stock, please contact:
Delhaize Group
Investor Relations Department
rue Osseghemstraat 53
1080 Brussels
Belgium
Tel. : +32 2 412 21 51
Fax. : +32 2 412 29 76
Questions can be sent to investor@delhaizegroup.com.
Information regarding Delhaize Group (press releases, annual reports,
share price) can be found in three languages (English, French and Dutch)
on Delhaize Group’s website w w w.delhaizegroup.com.
Delhaize Group News, the Company’s quarterly newsletter, provides sha-
reholders with recent information on the Company. You can download the
new sletter at www.delhaizegroup.com.
Delhaize Group’s website also offers the possibility to subscribe to email
alerts on several topics: agendas of the general meetings, press releases,
projects of modifications of Articles of Association, special reports from
the Board of Directors, publication of annual report, statutory accounts,
dividend payment, number of outstanding shares and w arrants, and trans-
parency notifications.
Delhaize Group
Investor Relations Department
P.O. Box 1330
Salisbury, NC 28145-1330
United States
Tel.: +1 704 633 8250, ext. 3398
Fax.: +1 704 645 2050
Information Delhaize Group Share
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Share price (in EUR)
Price: year-end 55.95 40.78 17.72 58.45 50.65 74.80 75.36 46.60 46.73 30.39
average (close) 44.98 28.15 39.93 61.28 59.27 80.00 65.64 46.18 38.80 30.76
highest (intraday) 59.75 43.99 61.10 72.00 76.50 91.70 84.28 52.06 47.10 34.36
low est (intraday) 36.61 11.90 15.00 48.72 48.05 64.90 46.60 35.20 29.95 27.07
Annual return Delhaize Group share
(1)
+39.9% +136.3% -69.1% +17.2% -31.3% +0.3% +63.6% +1.3% +57.0% -3.9%
Evolution Belgian All Shares Return index +38.2% +16.0% -22.5% -4.9% -5.0% -7.2% +43.5% +36.2% +25.2% +15.9%
Ratios
Dividend yield
(2)
1.5% 1.8% 3.7% 1.9% 2.0% 1.2% 1.1% 1.6% 1.4% 2.0%
Share price/ shareholders’ equity
(after appropriation)
1.6 1.1 0.5 1.3 1.9 3.6 4.3 2.9 3.4 2.6
Share price/ reported EPS
(3)
24.5 21.9 9.1 31.1 16.4 22.9 26.2 19.7 22.3 16.7
Number of Shares
Annual volume of Delhaize Group shares traded 3,581.0 2,020.7 2,568.5 3,198.6 1,520.6 1,930.4 1,688.2 1,048.6 892.4 493.3
(in millions of EUR; Euronext Brussels)
(4)
Annual volume of Delhaize Group shares traded 81.1 72.7 69.3 51.9 26.4 24.6 25.9 22.8 23.6 15.9
(in millions of shares; Euronext Brussels)
(4)
Number of shares
(in thousands; year-end)
93,669 92,625 92,393 92,393 52,032 52,017 51,963 51,717 51,717 51,315
Number of shares
(in thousands; annual average)
93,374 92,097 92,068 79,494 52,023 51,983 51,824 51,717 51,603 51,303
Stock market capitalization
(in millions of EUR; year-end)
5,240.8 3,777.2 1,637.2 5,400.4 2,635.4 3,890.0 3,915.9 2,410.2 2,416.6 1,559.5
(1) Capital gains recorded during the year, including net dividend and reinvestment.
(2) Net dividend divided by share price at year-end.
(3) Share price/ earnings before goodwill and exceptionals w as 12.7 in 2004, 9.7 in 2003 and 4.9 in 2002.
Enterprise value/ adjusted EBITDA w as 5.6 in 2004, 4.7 in 2003 and 3.6 in 2002.
(4) Excluding the shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.