Bic : RELEASE AND AVAILABILITY OF THE 2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
March 20, 2019 at 01:50 pm EDT
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CLICHY - 20 MARCH 2019
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RELEASE AND AVAILABILITY OF THE 2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
The French version of the 2018 registration document was filed with the A.M.F. (Autorité des Marchés Financiers: French Financial Markets Authority) on March 20, 2019.
The document is available on the BIC website(www.bicworld.com)as well as on the website of the A.M.F.(www.amf-france.org).
This document includes:
• the Integrated Report,
• the Annual Financial Report,
• the Management report of the Board of Directors for 2018,
• the Report on Corporate Governance of the Board of Directors, as well as the related Statutory Auditors' findings,
• information related to the fees paid to the auditors,
• the description of the share buyback program,
• the draft resolutions submitted by the Board of Directors' to the Annual General Meeting to be held on May 22, 2019, as well as the Board of Directors' report on the draft resolutions.
CONTACTS
Sophie Palliez-Capian - VP, Corporate Stakeholder Engagement -sophie.palliez@bicworld.com
Investor Relations Contact: +33 1 45 19 52 00
Michèle Venturamichele.ventura@bicworld.com
Press Contacts
Albane de La Tour d'ArtaiseAlbane.DeLaTourD'Artaise@bicworld.com
Isabelle de Segonzac: +33 1 53 70 74 70isegonzac@image7.fr
For more information, please consult the corporate website:www.bicworld.com
2019 AGENDA
First Quarter 2019 results
25 April 2019
Conference call
2019 AGM
22 May 2019
Meeting - BIC Headquarters
First Half 2019 results
31 July 2019
Conference call
First Quarter 2019 results
23 October 2019
Conference call
ABOUT BIC
BIC is a world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers. For more than 70 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 and is a trademark registered worldwide for identifying BIC products which are sold in more than 160 countries around the world. In 2018, BIC Net Sales were 1,949.8 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 Socially Responsible Investment indexes: CDP A list and CDP "Supplier Engagement rating Leader board", Euronext Vigeo - Eurozone 120, Euronext Vigeo - Europe 120, FTSE4Good indexes, Ethibel Pioneer and Ethibel Excellence Investment Registers, Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI) Excellence Europe, Stoxx Global ESG Leaders 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:
- lighters (38%);
- stationery (37%): ballpoint pens, pencils, mechanical pencils, felt-tip pens, correction pens, erasers, permanent markers, glues, adhesive notepads, etc.;
- razors (24%);
- other (1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (30%), North America (39%), Latin America (20%), Middle East and Africa (7%), Oceania and Asia (4%).