Registration document 2007 - Total.com

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History of the share capital
(Since January 1, 2004)
2004
May 6, 2004 Certification of the subscription to 3,434,830 new shares in connection with the capital increase reserved for Group
employees approved by the Board of Directors on November 6, 2003, raising the share capital by 34,348,300 euros,
from 6,491,182,360 euros to 6,525,530,660 euros.
November 9, 2004 Reduction of the share capital from 6,525,530,660 euros to 6,326,791,340 euros, through the cancellation of
19,873,932 treasury shares, par value 10 euros per share, effective November 20, 2004.
January 11, 2005 Certification of the issue of 2,335,974 new shares, par value 10 euros per share, between January 1 and December
31, 2004, raising the capital by a total of 23,359,740 euros from 6,326,791,340 euros to 6,350,151,080 euros
(including 950 new shares from the exercise of the Company’s stock options, and 2,335,024 new shares from the
exchange of 1,597,648 shares of Elf Aquitaine stock resulting from the exercise of Elf Aquitaine stock options and
eligible for a guaranteed exchange for TOTAL shares).
2005
July 19, 2005 Reduction of the share capital from 6,350,151,080 euros to 6,214,875,300 euros, through the cancellation of
13,527,578 treasury shares, par value 10 euros per share.
November 3, 2005 Reduction of the share capital from 6,214,875,300 euros to 6,139,395,400 euros, through the cancellation of
7,547,990 treasury shares, par value 10 euros per share, effective November 22, 2005.
January 10, 2006 Certification of the issue of 1,176,756 new shares, par value 10 euros per share, between January 1 and December
31, 2005, raising the capital by a total of 11,767,560 euros from 6,139,395,400 euros to 6,151,162,960 euros
(representing 133,257 new shares issued through the exercise of the Company’s stock options and 1,043,499 new
shares through the exchange of 713,973 shares of Elf Aquitaine stock resulting from the exercise of Elf Aquitaine
stock options and eligible for a guaranteed exchange for TOTAL shares).
2006
March 22, 2006 Certification of the subscription to 2,785,330 new shares, par value 10 euros per share, in connection with the
capital increase reserved for Group employees approved by the Board of Directors on November 3, 2005, raising the
share capital by 27,853,300 euros, from 6,151,162,960 euros to 6,179,016,260 euros.
May 18, 2006 Certification of the issue of 76,769 new shares, par value 10 euros per share, between January 1 and April 25, 2006,
raising the capital by a total of 767,690 euros from 6,179,016,260 euros to 6,179,783,950 euros (representing
45,305 new shares issued through the exercise of the Company’s stock options and 31,464 new shares through the
exchange of 21,528 shares of Elf Aquitaine stock resulting from the exercise of Elf Aquitaine stock options and
eligible for a guaranteed exchange for TOTAL shares).
Pursuant to the decision of the Shareholders’ General Meeting of May 12, 2006, reduction of the par value from 10
euros to 2.5 euros following the four-for-one stock split. Consequently, the number of shares increased from
617,978,395 to 2,471,913,580, the total share capital remains unchanged at 6,179,783,950 euros.
July, 18, 2006 Reduction of the share capital from 6,179,783,950 euros to 6,062,233,950 euros, through the cancellation of
47,020,000 treasury shares, par value 2.50 euros per share.
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General information
Share capital
TOTAL – Registration Document 2006