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20Own shares held
Treasury | ||
At 1 January 2010 |
| 65,102 |
Issuance of shares |
| (43,043) |
At 31 December 2010 | 22,059 | |
At 1 January 2009 |
| 107,963 |
Issuance of shares |
| (42,861) |
At 31 December 2009 | 65,102 |
No shares were repurchased during 2010 and 2009.
At 31 December 2010, a total of 21.6 million shares (2009: 60.3 million) were held as treasury stock. At 31 December 2010, own shares held have a nominal value of 0.05 pence (2009: 0.05 pence) and in total represent 1.6% (2009: 4.5%) of called-up share capital.