Share performance 

No of
share
holders		 Share
percentage of
share holders		 Share
holders
owned stock		 Percentage
of share
capital
 1 - 500

1 729

 82.5

   219,022

4.9

501 - 1 000

   170

   8.1

   137,145

  3.1

1 001 - 10 000

     163

   7.8

   508,039

11.3

10 001 - 100 000

     25

   1.2

   790,606

 17.6

10 001 -

      8

   0.4

2,832,072

 63.1

Total

2 095

100.0

4,486,884

100,0



Market Value
and Trading Volume 

XPonCard Group AB’s share has been listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm since 1993. Final stock price of December 29, 2006, was SEK 126. In 2006, XPonCard has a total turnover of 1,133,606 shares, correspondong to a value of SEK 186m. The stock exchange price fell 38 percent in 2006, from 203.5 to 126.


Shares and
Capital Stock

 

 The number of shares amounts to 2,951,657 with a quota value per share of SEK 1. Each share carries one vote and an equal entitlement to the Company´s assets and profit. The 7 largest shareholders hold 70.5 percent of the capital. As of December 31, 2006, the proportion of institutional shareholders was 32.1 percent and that of foreign shareholders was 10.4 percent of the share capital. In 2006 the number of shareholders decreased by 1,001, equal to 36 percent.

Warrants for Key Personnel

 

XPonCard’s options program for key employees expired on June 2004.
The program entitled holders to subscribe to 90,000 shares at
a price of SEK 146 per share. On the day of exercise, no option holder
chose to subscribe to the outstanding warrants. Consequently,XPonCard
has no ongoing option program and therefore no dilution of the number
of shares and votes.


Stock Buyback

The 2007 Annual General Meeting approved a stock buyback program
for a maximum of 10 percent of outstanding shares. No repurchase was
carried out during the period.


Dividends

The 2007 Annual General Meeting approved a dividend of SEK 2.50 
per share.Calculated based on the share price as of December 31, 2006, this represents a yield of 2.0 percent.


Dividend Policy

The future dividend will be adapted to refl ect XPonCard’s earnings,
financial position, and future growth opportunities. The long-term
objective is to make the dividend account for 30 percent of earnings
after tax. However, the proportion of the annual dividend should be
viewed in relation to any stock buyback program and the company’s
need for investments.