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Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers
The following table provides details of ordinary shares repurchased.
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Total number of shares Maximum number of
$purchased as part of shares that may yet
Total number of Average price publicly announced be purchased under
ab c
shares purchased paid per share programmes the programme
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2007
January 73,361,264 10.80 73,361,264
February 83,747,871 10.52 83,747,871
March 80,807,070 10.21 80,807,070
April 74,516,902 11.31 74,516,902
May 52,957,411 11.33 52,957,411
June 48,331,426 11.50 48,331,426
July 50,630,000 12.29 50,630,000
August 44,808,000 11.08 44,808,000
September 32,815,000 11.61 32,815,000
October 43,067,439 12.36 43,067,439
November 46,775,350 12.34 46,775,350
December 31,331,795 12.44 31,331,795
2008
January 41,187,000 11.26 41,187,000
February (to 19 February) 11,293,523 10.77 11,293,523
aAll share purchases were open market transactions.
bAll shares were repurchased for cancellation.
cAt the AGM on 12 April 2007, authorization was given to repurchase up to 1.95 billion ordinary shares in the period to the next AGM in 2008 or 11 July 2008, the latest date
by which an AGM must be held. This authorization is renewed annually at the AGM.
The following table provides details of share purchases made by ESOP trusts.
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Total number of shares Maximum number of
$purchased as part of shares that may yet
Total number of Average price publicly announced be purchased under
a a
shares purchased paid per share programmes the programme
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2007
January 77,553 11.15
February 326,535 10.75
March 194 11.42
April 8,207 11.56
May 5,181,599 11.60
June 13,140 11.37
July 3,507,928 12.32
August ––
September ––
October ––
November ––
December 2,000,000 11.78
2008
January ––
February (to 19 February) 2,943,710 11.25
aNo shares were repurchased pursuant to a publicly announced plan. Transactions represent the purchase of ordinary shares by ESOP trusts to satisfy future requirements
of employee share schemes.
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