Five year share price performance 2001-2005

Under the requirements of the Directors’ Remuneration Report Regulations 2002, the Company is required to include a graph showing the Company’s performance compared to an appropriate index. Set out below, the graph illustrates the Company’s annual total shareholder return (share price growth plus dividends that have been declared, paid and reinvested in the Company’s shares) relative to the FTSE Industrial Engineering Index for the five year period 2001-2005, assuming an initial investment of £100. The Industrial Engineering Index is the broad market index that includes the Company and comprises comparable companies. With effect from the beginning of January 2006, the Engineering and Machinery Index was re-classified as Industrial Engineering.

Five-year historical total shareholder return performance. Growth in the value of a hypothetical £100 holding over five years.

FTSE Industrial Engineering Index comparison based on 30 trading day average values

Graph shows growth in the value of a hypothetical £100 holding over five years.

FTSE Industrial Engineering Index
The Vitec Group plc