Shares in Issue
A total of 5,510,272,537 shares in the Company were in issue at 31 December 2007. Changes since 1 March 2007 were made up as follows:
| Number of shares in issue at 1 March 2007 |
5,501,271,246
|
|---|---|
| Shares issued during the period on exercise of executive share options |
8,622,877
|
| Shares issued during the period on exercise of sharesave options |
378,414
|
| Shares in issue at 31 December 2007 |
5,510,272,537
|
Of this number, 105,101,059 shares had been repurchased into treasury, of which, 8,026,152 had been repurchased but had not been registered at 31 December 2007.