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Annual Report 2007 in PDF - Cairn Energy PLC

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS<br />

CONTINUED<br />

Number Number Number<br />

5p 10p 6 2 /13p 10p 6 2 /13p<br />

B Shares Ord<strong>in</strong>ary Ord<strong>in</strong>ary Ord<strong>in</strong>ary Ord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

’000 ’000 ’000 $’000 $’000<br />

Allotted, issued and fully paid ord<strong>in</strong>ary shares<br />

At 1 January 2006 – 159,767 – 25,775 –<br />

Issued and allotted for employee share options – 520 – 95 –<br />

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At 1 January <strong>2007</strong> – 160,287 – 25,870 –<br />

Issued and allotted for employee share options<br />

pre-consolidation – 181 – 36 –<br />

Consolidation of shares 160,468 (160,468) 130,380 (25,906) 15,795<br />

B Shares repurchased and cancelled (160,468) – – – –<br />

Issued and allotted for employee share options<br />

post-consolidation – – 183 – 50<br />

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At 31 December <strong>2007</strong> – – 130,563 – 15,845<br />

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At an extraord<strong>in</strong>ary general meet<strong>in</strong>g held on 22 March <strong>2007</strong>, it was resolved that the 160,467,920 exist<strong>in</strong>g ord<strong>in</strong>ary shares of<br />

10 pence each be replaced by 130,380,185 new ord<strong>in</strong>ary shares of 6 2 /13 pence each and 160,467,920 B shares of 5 pence each.<br />

The effective date of this transaction was 23 March <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

The B share scheme allowed <strong>Cairn</strong> to return to shareholders $936m (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g expenses) of the proceeds from the flotation<br />

of its Indian bus<strong>in</strong>ess, <strong>Cairn</strong> India. The B shares were not listed on the Official List nor admitted to trad<strong>in</strong>g on the London Stock<br />

Exchange. As at the Balance Sheet date, all B shares had been fully converted to cash.<br />

In order to make the market price of a <strong>Cairn</strong> share comparable before and after the return of cash to shareholders, a share<br />

consolidation was carried out to convert 16 exist<strong>in</strong>g ord<strong>in</strong>ary shares of 10 pence each to 13 new ord<strong>in</strong>ary shares of 6 2 /13 pence<br />

each.<br />

Follow<strong>in</strong>g the share capital consolidation, <strong>Cairn</strong>’s authorised equity share capital was 365,625,000 shares of 6 2 /13 pence each.<br />

28. Share Premium<br />

<strong>2007</strong> 2006<br />

Group and Company $’000 $’000<br />

At 1 January 201,019 197,895<br />

Aris<strong>in</strong>g on shares issued for employee share options 9,882 3,124<br />

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At 31 December 210,901 201,019<br />

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CAIRN ENERGY <strong>PLC</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2007</strong> 117

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