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Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
None.
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table details purchases by the Company of its Ordinary shares in the 2012 fiscal year.
Month / Period
Total Number of
Ordinary Shares
Purchased (a)
Average Price
Paid Per
Ordinary Share
(Millions)
(€)
April 1, 2011 to April 30, 2011
_
_
May 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011
–
–
June 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011
–
–
July 1, 2011 to July 31, 2011
–
–
August 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011
27.0
3.12
September 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011
–
–
October 1, 2011 to October 31, 2011
–
–
November 1, 2011 to November 30, 2011
–
–
December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
–
–
January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2012
–
–
February 1, 2012 to February 29, 2012
–
–
March 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012
9.5
4.11
Total (Year-end) ............
36.5
3.38
Post Year-end(b) .............
15.0
4.45
(a) The Ordinary Share purchases in the table above have not been made pursuant to publicly announced plans or
programs, and consist of open-market transactions conducted within defined parameters pursuant to the Company‘s
repurchase authority from shareholders granted via a special resolution.
(b) On March 29, 2012, the Company agreed to buy-back 15.0 million Ordinary Shares at a cost of €67.5 million and
the purchase settled in early April 2012. This is equivalent to 1.0% of the issued share capital of the Company at March
31, 2012. See Note 26 to our consolidated financial statements for further information.
See ―Item 8. Financial Information—Other Information—Share Buy-Back Program‖ and ―Item 9. The
Offer and Listing—Trading Markets and Share Prices‖ for further information regarding the Company‘s
Ordinary Share buy-back program, pursuant to which all of the shares purchased by the Company and disclosed
in the table above were purchased.
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certified Accountant
Not applicable.
Item 16G. Corporate Governance
See ―Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Directors—Exemptions from NASDAQ
Corporate Governance Rules‖ for further information regarding the ways in which the Company‘s corporate
governance practices differ from those followed by domestic companies listed on NASDAQ.