Shareholder information
Information on share buyback programme
Pursuant to approval given by shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 8 June 2007, as at 2 February 2008 the Company retains the authority to purchase a further 170,345,896 of its own shares up to the end of the annual general meeting to be held on 6 June 2008. On 19 July 2006, the Company announced its plans to buyback £50 million of its own shares, and this programme was substantially completed during the year.
| No of shares purchased |
Average price paid per share pence |
Total cost of purchasing shares $m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | 4,730,000 | 122.4 | 11.2 |
| March 2007 | 5,425,000 | 119.4 | 12.8 |
| April 2007 | 2,050,000 | 123.1 | 5.0 |
| Total | 12,205,000 | 121.2 | 29.0 |