31 Ordinary shares and share premium

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Number of  Ordinary  Share 
shares  shares  premium  Total 
m  £m  £m  £m 
At 1st January 2007  6,535  1,634  5,818  7,452 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  19  6  62  68 
Issued under the Incentive Share Option Plan  10  2  40  42 
Issued under the Executive Share Option Scheme a   –  –  1  1 
Issued under the Woolwich Executive Share Option Plan a   –  –  1  1 
Transfer to retained earnings  –  –  (7,223) (7,223)
Issue of new ordinary shares  337  84  1,357  1,441 
Repurchase of shares  (300) (75) –  (75)
At 31st December 2007  6,601  1,651  56  1,707 
At 1st January 2006  6,490  1,623  5,650  7,273 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  18  5  67  72 
Issued under the Incentive Share Option Plan  25  6  96  102 
Issued under the Executive Share Option Scheme a   1  –  3  3 
Issued under the Woolwich Executive Share Option Plan a   1  –  2  2 
At 31st December 2006  6,535  1,634  5,818  7,452 

The authorised share capital of Barclays PLC is £2,500m (2006: £2,500m), comprising 9,996 million (2006: 9,996 million) ordinary shares of 25p each and 1 million (2006: 1 million) staff shares of £1 each. All issued shares are fully paid.

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2007  2006 
Called up share capital, allotted and fully paid  £m  £m 
Ordinary shares: 
At beginning of year  1,633  1,622 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  6  5 
Issued under Incentive Share Option Plan  2  6 
Issue of new ordinary shares  84  – 
Repurchase of shares  (75) – 
At end of year  1,650  1,633 
Staff shares  1  1 
Total  1,651  1,634 
Note
a
The nominal value for share options issued during 2007 and 2006 for the Executive Share Option Scheme and Woolwich ESOP was less than £500,000 in each case.

31 Ordinary shares and share premium

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Number of  Ordinary  Share 
shares  shares  premium  Total 
m  £m  £m  £m 
At 1st January 2007  6,535  1,634  5,818  7,452 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  19  6  62  68 
Issued under the Incentive Share Option Plan  10  2  40  42 
Issued under the Executive Share Option Scheme a   –  –  1  1 
Issued under the Woolwich Executive Share Option Plan a   –  –  1  1 
Transfer to retained earnings  –  –  (7,223) (7,223)
Issue of new ordinary shares  337  84  1,357  1,441 
Repurchase of shares  (300) (75) –  (75)
At 31st December 2007  6,601  1,651  56  1,707 
At 1st January 2006  6,490  1,623  5,650  7,273 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  18  5  67  72 
Issued under the Incentive Share Option Plan  25  6  96  102 
Issued under the Executive Share Option Scheme a   1  –  3  3 
Issued under the Woolwich Executive Share Option Plan a   1  –  2  2 
At 31st December 2006  6,535  1,634  5,818  7,452 

The authorised share capital of Barclays PLC is £2,500m (2006: £2,500m), comprising 9,996 million (2006: 9,996 million) ordinary shares of 25p each and 1 million (2006: 1 million) staff shares of £1 each. All issued shares are fully paid.

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2007  2006 
Called up share capital, allotted and fully paid  £m  £m 
Ordinary shares: 
At beginning of year  1,633  1,622 
Issued to staff under the Sharesave Share Option Scheme  6  5 
Issued under Incentive Share Option Plan  2  6 
Issue of new ordinary shares  84  – 
Repurchase of shares  (75) – 
At end of year  1,650  1,633 
Staff shares  1  1 
Total  1,651  1,634 
Note
a
The nominal value for share options issued during 2007 and 2006 for the Executive Share Option Scheme and Woolwich ESOP was less than £500,000 in each case.