13 Earnings per share


Earnings per share have been calculated using the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue and the (losses)/profits for the financial year. Reconciliations of the earnings and weighted average numbers of shares used in the calculations are set out below:

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Based on (loss)/profit attributable to equity holders

 

Loss
after tax
2008
£m

Number
of shares1
2008
m

Earnings
per share
2008
p

Profit
after tax
2007
£m

Number
of shares1
2007
m

Earnings
per share
2007
p

1.

Weighted average number of shares.

2.

Net shares under options allocable for no further consideration are anti-dilutive and have therefore been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.

(Loss)/profit attributable to equity holders of the Company

(1,067)

5,968

(17.88)

724

6,444

11.24

Net shares under options allocable for no further consideration2

22

34

(0.06)

Diluted earnings per share

(1,067)

5,990

(17.88)

724

6,478

11.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The number of shares in issue at 31 December 2008 was 5,861,627,994 (2007: 6,296,321,160).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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