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Appendix 1: Estimated Market Shares of Publishers in Textbook Market - by Sales Turnover

a) Shares in Primary Segment

Publishers

2000/2001 % Shares

1999/2000 % Shares

1998/1999 % Shares

A

24.4 [1]

23.0 [2]

25.0 [1]

B

22.1 [2]

17.7 [3]

12.9 [4]

C

17.4 [3]

25.8 [1]

14.4 [3]

D

12.6 [4]

8.9 [4]

15.9 [2]

E

6.3 [5]

7.0 [5]

7.6 [5]

F

5.3 [6]

4.7 [6]

2.3 [10]

G

2.6 [7]

2.8 [7]

3.8 [7]

H

2.0 [8]

0.3 [17]

0.1 [23]

I

1.9 [9]

1.3 [10]

4.1 [6]

J

1.0 [10]

1.1 [11]

1.5 [11]

Others (Shares <1.0%)

4.4

7.4

12.3

Total:

100.0

100.0

100.0

# of publishers:

36

22

24

b) Shares in Secondary Segment

Publishers

2000/2001 % Shares

1999/2000 % Shares

1998/1999 % Shares

E

14.5 [1]

14.2 [1]

16.6 [1]

K

12.5 [2]

10.5 [3]

10.4 [3]

A

11.9 [3]

11.7 [2]

11.4 [2]

L

7.5 [4]

7.4 [5]

8.2 [4]

M

7.1 [5]

7.7 [4]

7.4 [5]

N

7.0 [6]

7.2 [6]

2.7 [13]

O

5.3 [7]

5.0 [8]

3.5 [9]

P

4.9 [8]

6.5 [7]

6.2 [6]

Q

4.5 [9]

4.8 [9]

6.2 [7]

R

3.7 [10]

3.9 [10]

4.9 [8]

S

3.0 [11]

2.7 [12]

1.8 [16]

T

2.5 [12]

2.6 [14]

2.9 [12]

D

2.1 [13]

2.6 [13]

2.9 [11]

U

2.0 [14]

3.1 [11]

3.1 [10]

V

1.6 [15]

2.0 [15]

2.2 [15]

W

1.4 [16]

0.5 [23]

-

X

1.0 [17]

0.5 [19]

1.4 [17]

Others (Shares <1.0%)

7.6

7.1

8.1

Total:

100.0

100.0

100.0

# of publishers:

59

50

57

Note:
-    [ ] - indicated market position of the company in that year
-    Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding off.
-    % Shares = (Book Count X Sales Price per Book) / Total SalesTurnover
-    Shares of publishers in primary school textbooks market aretaken for the first term only and shares for secondary school textbooks marketare taken for the whole school year.

Source:
The 2000/2001 figures are based on booklists supplied by 23 primary schools and49 secondary schools; the 1999/2000 figures are based on booklists supplied by29 primary schools and 52 secondary schools; the 1998/1999 figures are based onbooklists supplied by 26 primary schools and 56 secondary schools.