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CHANGES IN LVMH SHARE PRICE
Continuing a three-year trend, the European
stock markets rose again in 2006. After a brief
decline in May and June, related to fears over
inflation and raw materials prices, the equity
markets again began to climb in the second half,
supported by an economic environment that
remained globally positive, with forecasts for
moderate growth in the United States and
control of inflation. The CAC 40 and DJ-Euros-
toxx 50 indices thus closed the year with gains
of 17.5% and 15.1% respectively, after advan-
cing 23.4% and 21.3% respectively the previous
year.
In a less favorable currency environment,
marked by the depreciation of the dollar and
yen against the euro, the LVMH share appre-
ciated by 6.5% after rising more than 33% in
2005.
The LVMH share ended the year at 79.95
euros. LVMH's market capitalization thus rose
to 39.1 billion euros, ranking it twelfth in the
CAC 40.
LVMH is included in the principal French and
European indices used by fund managers: CAC
40, DJ-EuroStoxx 50, MSCI Euro, FTSE-Euro-
top 100.
LVMH shares are traded on the Eurolist of Euro-
next Paris (Reuters code: LVMH.PA, Bloomberg
code: MC FP, ISIN code: FR0000121014). In
addition, options based on LVMH shares are
traded on the Paris Monep options exchange.
LVMH is among the French companies recognized
by the main socially responsible investment
indexes in France and Europe.
TOTAL RETURN FOR SHAREHOLDERS
An LVMH shareholder who had invested
¤1,000 on January 1, 2005 would have capi-
tal of ¤1,458 as of December 31, 2006, based
on reinvested dividends. In two years, his invest-
ment would have given him an average annual
return of 20.7%.
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THE LVMH SHARE
THE LVMH SHARE
2007 AGENDA
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Publication of 2006 revenue and annual results
April 2007 Publication of 2007 first-quarter revenue
Thursday, May 10, 2007 Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Payment of the balance of the dividend for 2006
July 2007 Publication of 2007 half-year revenue and results
October 2007 Publication of 2007 third-quarter revenue
2005 2006
COMPARISON OF LVMH SHARE PRICE AND THE CAC 40 SINCE JANUARY 1, 2005
Trading Volume LVMH CAC 40 Average monthly volume