The shares purchased by DnB NOR on behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 18 April 2006 for use in the group’s share saving plan have on 20 April 2006 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount. Following this, the share saving plan has 916,678 shares.
As participants in Statoil’s share saving plan, the primary insiders below have been allocated shares in accordance with their savings amount at an average price of NOK 178.75 per share:
| Name | New shares | New shares holding |
| Helge Lund |
428
|
3684
|
| Eldar Sætre |
115
|
1593
|
| Jon Arnt Jacobsen |
205
|
1912
|
| Terje Overvik |
228
|
1445
|
| Peter Mellbye |
92
|
2935
|
| Margareth Øvrum |
115
|
2143
|
| Inge Eivind Sørvik |
25
|
872
|
| Rune Bjørnson |
137
|
434
|
| Nina Udnes Tronstad |
138
|
138
|
| Reidar Gjærum |
118
|
1108
|
| Jacob S Middelthon |
48
|
1721
|
| Anne Margrethe Middelthon |
25
|
615
|
| Ola Morten Aanestad |
69
|
351
|
| Lars Troen Sørensen |
44
|
739
|
| Kjell-Erik Østdahl |
61
|
61
|
| Torgrim Reitan |
84
|
366
|
| Marit Bø Reitan |
25
|
212
|
| Kåre Thomsen |
90
|
2183
|
| May-Marie Thomsen |
39
|
573
|
| Ann-Elisabeth Serck-Hanssen |
48
|
442
|
| Sverre Serck-Hanssen |
70
|
909
|
| Stig H. Christiansen |
70
|
159
|
| Stein Egil Næss |
115
|
752
|
| Stein Bredal |
33
|
385
|
| Morten Svaan |
14
|
483
|
When Statoil was listed in 2001, 25 million shares were established for use in a bonus programme aimed at small shareholders. The number of unused shares remaining as of 20 April 2006 is 23,441,885. These shares are recorded in the share register as Statoil's own shares, but they cannot be used by the company without the approval of the annual general meeting.