Per share data (in EUR)

Earnings per share (EPS) ¹⁾

2.01

0.41

1.70

2.59

1.97

2.57

2.83

2.30

Dividend per share (DPS) ²⁾

0.88

0.88

0.92

1.04

0.87

0.97

1.17

1.18

Shareholders' equity per share

10.70

8.39

9.16

11.04

11.97

14.75

15.98

15.08

Stock exchange data

Highest quotation ²⁾

36.19

29.10

17.80

20.63

17.27

22.73

28.05

29.59

Lowest quotation ²⁾

20.26

12.51

9.26

16.40

13.73

17.04

21.03

16.22

Year end quotation ²⁾

29.13

16.73

15.96

20.36

17.04

22.54

27.06

18.05

Price / earnings ratio

14.5

40.8

9.4

7.9

8.7

8.8

9.6

7.8

Price / equity ratio

2.7

2.0

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.8

2.0

1.2

Number of shares outstanding   x 1,000

- At year end, statutory

1,293,566

1,335,063

1,337,883

1,340,787

1,340,787

1,340,822

1,342,815

2,366,595

- Treasury shares

(39,683)

(39,683)

(39,683)

(59,947)

(57,212)

(50,698)

(174,633)

At year end

1,293,566

1,295,380

1,298,200

1,301,104

1,280,840

1,283,610

1,292,117

2,191,962

- Average during the year ²⁾

1,293,282

1,294,417

1,295,387

1,298,288

1,525,213

1,532,521

1,539,973

1,735,985

As of 17-12-2001:

ISIN code BE0003801181

Euronext Brussels:

Bloomberg code: FORB BB

Reuters code: FOR.BR

Euronext Amsterdam:

Bloomberg code: FORA NA

Reuters code: FOR.AS