Analyses of ordinary shareholders at 31 December 2007

  Shareholdings Number
of shares – millions
%
Individuals 174,438 693.7 6.9
Banks and nominee companies 25,434 8,898.1 88.9
Investment trusts 172 4.3 0.1
Insurance companies 329 5.1 0.1
Other companies 2,148 321.6 3.2
Pension trusts 45 32.7 0.3
Other corporate bodies 94 50.7 0.5
  202,660 10,006.2 100.00
     
Range of shareholdings:      
1 – 1,000 84,387 34.5 0.3
1,001 – 10,000 99,951 336.1 3.4
10,001 – 100,000 16,400 351.8 3.5
100,001 – 1,000,000 1,202 420.8 4.2
1,000,001 – 10,000,000 569 1,853.4 18.5
10,000,001 and over 151 7,009.6 70.1
  202,660 10,006.2 100.00