Share Data
Under IFRS, own shares (treasury stock) are deducted from the total issued share capital when calculating earnings per share. During the period, 4,664,407 shares were disposed of and six million shares were issued to the Share Ownership Trust (an employees’ share scheme as that term is defined for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985 and within the provisions) to service the exercise of employee share options. During the year, Batiss Investments purchased 6.92 million shares under the equity capital management programme, at an average price of £36.85 per share, bringing the total number of shares held by Batiss Investments to 16.23 million, representing 1.66% of Xstrata’s issued share capital.
| Share price | ||
|---|---|---|
| XTA LSE (GBP) |
XTA SWX (SFR) |
|
| Closing price 31.12.07 | 35.50 | 81.75 |
| Closing price 31.12.08 | 6.40 | 9.80 |
| Period high | 44.20 | 90.80 |
| Period low | 5.75 | 9.70 |
| Period average | 29.04 | 9.69 |
| Shares in issue for EPS calculations | |
|---|---|
| Number of shares (000s) |
|
| Weighted average for year ended 31.12.08 used for statutory eps calculation | 958,667 |
| Weighted average for year ended 31.12.07 used for statutory eps calculation | 959,549 |
| Total issued share capital as at 31.12.08 | 977,671 |
| Publicly disclosed major shareholders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name of shareholder | Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each |
% of ordinary issued share capital |
| Glencore International AG* | 336,801,333 | 34.45 |
| Capital Research and Management | 51,492,225 | 5.27 |
| AXA S.A. | 41,225,636 | 4.21 |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 29,999,246 | 3.06 |
- *The voting rights comprised in this interest are directly controlled by Finges Investment B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG