Statoil share 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
           
Share price STL high (NOK) 146.80 214.10 191.50 210.50 166.50
Share price STL low (NOK) 108.90 96.40 151.50 147.25 91.25
Share price STL average (NOK) 129.50 153.60 169.70 174.25 130.60
Share price STL year-end (NOK) 144.80 113.90 169.00 165.25 155.00
           
Market value year-end (NOK billion) 462 363 539 358 336
Daily turnover (million shares) 9.6 13.5 16.5 12.6 10.1
           
Ordinary and diluted earnings per share (EPS) (NOK) 1) 5.75 13.58 13.80 15.82 14.19
P/E 1) 2) 25.18 8.39 12.25 10.45 10.92
           
Total dividend per share (NOK) 3) 6.00 7.25 8.50 9.12 8.20
Ordinary dividend per share (NOK) 3) 6.00 4.40 4.20 4.00 3.60
Special dividend per share (NOK)  0.00 2.85 4.30 5.12 4.60
Growth in ordinary dividend per share 4) 36.4 % 4.8 % 5.0 % 11.1 % 12.5 %
Growth in total dividend per share (17.2 %) (14.7 %) (6.8 %) 11.2 % 54.7 %
Total dividend per share (USD) 5) 1.04 1.26 1.47 1.58 1.42
Pay-out ratio 6) 104% 53% 61% 57% 58%
Dividend yield 7) 4.1 % 6.4 % 5.0 % 5.5 % 5.3 %
           
Net interest bearing debt to capital employed 1) 27.3% 17.5% 12.4% 20.5 % 15.1 %
Ordinary shares outstanding, weighted average 3,183,873,643 3,185,953,538 3,195,866,843 3,230,849,707 2,165,740,054
Ordinary shares outstanding, year-end 3,188,647,103 3,188,647,103 3,188,647,103 3,208,800,400 2,189,585,600

1) Figures for 2005 are USGAAP, only former Statoil figures.
2) Share price at year-end divided by EPS.
3) Proposed cash dividend for 2009.
4) Excluding special dividend and share buy-back.
5) The USD amounts are based on the Norwegian Central Bank's exchange rate at 31 December 2009.
 6) Total dividend paid per share divided by EPS. Total capital distribution in 2006 is 67%, including share buy-back of NOK 1.55 per share in 2006.
7) Total dividend paid per share divided by year-end share price.

As of 31 December 2009, Statoil represented 31% of the total value of all companies registered on the Oslo Stock Exchange, with a market value of NOK 462 billion.

Statoil's share price closed at NOK 144.80 at the end of 2009. Taking into consideration the dividend of NOK 7.25 per share paid in 2009, the total return was NOK 38.15 or 33%. Quote history shows the development of the Statoil share price compared with the oil price and the Oslo Stock Exchange Benchmark Index (OSEBX).The board of directors proposes a dividend of NOK 6.00 per share for 2009, for approval by the annual general meeting on 19 May 2010. The NOK 6.00 dividend per share it is proposed to distribute to our shareholders is equivalent to a direct yield of approximately 4.1%, and we will distribute 104% of net income from 2009. Net income per share amounted to NOK 5.75 in 2009, a decrease of 57.7% compared with 2008.

Turnover of shares is a measure of traded volumes. On average, 9.6 million Statoil shares were traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange every day in 2009, a decrease of 29% on the previous year. Statoil shares accounted for 22% of the total market value traded throughout the year (see illustration).

Statoil ASA had 3,188,647,103 ordinary shares outstanding at year end. Statoil ASA has one class of shares, and each share confers one vote at the general meeting.

As of 31 December 2009, Statoil had approximately 103,900 shareholders registered in the Norwegian Central Securities Depository (VPS), which is virtually unchanged from 103,400 shareholders the year before. There is no duty to register as an ADR-holder in the USA, and the actual number of registered ADR holders as of 31 December 2009 was 719, while the number of beneficial holders is not known. Dividend for 2008 was paid to approximately 113,000 beneficiaries in the USA according to the records of The Bank of New York Mellon. The number of American Depositary Receipts traded on the New York Stock Exchange decreased by 28% during the course of the year to 61.3 million shares at the end of 2009.