GROUPE VIAL
Identification

Operation
Global Placement and Open Price Offer
Global Placement procedure - Number of shares: 2 568 202 shares representing 90% of the Offer - Book runner(s): ARKEON FINANCE Open Price Offer procedure - Subscription open for: Retail investors, legal entities and certain UCITS - Number of shares: 285 356 shares representing 10% of the Offer The number of shares offered within the OPO may be increased with shares offered in the Global Placement with limit of 20 % of the offer.
Admission on Eurolist by Euronext:
- 8 007 400 existing shares representing the outstanding capital of GROUPE VIAL, and,
- a maximum of 1 426 779 new shares by way of public offering.
A maximum of 2 853 558 shares, before extension option exercise, will be offered to public by the way of a Global Placement and an Open-Price Offer (OPO).
Extension option: up to 285 356 existing shares.
- Period of the Placement: from November 28, 2006 to December 11, 2006 (18:00) - Period of the Offer: from November 28, 2006 to December 11, 2006 (18:00) - First quotation: December 12, 2006 - Beginning of trading: December 18, 2006
ARKEON FINANCE