Using the PricewaterhouseCoopers European Automotive Shareholder Value Indices, this award recognizes the company with the top shareholder value performance in each of the three segments over the periods of one or three years. Three elements of the value chain have been considered separately. European vehicle manufacturers, European parts suppliers with sales over €100 million, of which over 50% are the automotive sector, and European retail distribution companies with sales over € 250 million have been included.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers European Automotive Shareholder Value Indices represent the average return of each portfolio weighted according to the market capitalisation constituents.
The 2006 European awards were presented June 21, 2006, at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Vienna, Austria. The 2007 European awards will be presented June 26, 2007 at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.
PwC congratulates the winners of the 7th annual European Automotive Shareholder Value Awards: