| Movement in Fully Paid Ordinary Shares |
The movement in ordinary fully paid shares during the year is as follows:
| |
|
2026
No. shares
|
|
|
2025
No. shares
|
|
|
2024
No. shares
|
|
|
At the beginning of the financial year
|
|
|
11,543,296,014
|
|
|
|
10,293,296,014
|
|
|
|
10,039,138,024
|
|
|
Shares issued – pre-share consolidation
|
|
|
13,721,852,304
|
|
|
|
1,250,000,000
|
|
|
|
204,157,990
|
|
| Reduction in ordinary fully paid
shares on consolidation (1) |
|
|
(25,096,689,477 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
Shares issued – post-share consolidation
|
|
|
24,670,928
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
Employee share awards vested
|
|
|
1,301,917
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
10,000,000
|
|
| Exercise of options |
|
|
255,830 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
40,000,000 |
|
|
Movement in treasury shares under Employee Share Plans
|
|
|
(671,487
|
)
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
At the end of the financial year
|
|
|
194,016,029
|
|
|
|
11,543,296,014
|
|
|
|
10,293,296,014
|
|
|
Comprising:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares held by the public
|
|
|
193,020,849
|
|
|
|
11,293,296,014
|
|
|
|
10,293,296,014
|
|
|
Treasury shares
|
|
|
995,180
|
|
|
|
250,000,000
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
| |
|
2026
$’000
|
|
|
2025
$’000
|
|
|
2024
$’000
|
|
|
At the beginning of the financial year
|
|
|
586,472
|
|
|
|
561,903
|
|
|
|
535,385
|
|
|
Shares issued (2)
|
|
|
259,792
|
|
|
|
25,899
|
|
|
|
25,413
|
|
| Shares issued on acquisition of subsidiaries, operations and joint operations |
|
|
196,624 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
| Employee share awards vested |
|
|
4,306 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1,186 |
|
|
Transaction costs associated with share issues
|
|
|
(9,144
|
)
|
|
|
(1,330
|
)
|
|
|
(81
|
)
|
|
At the end of the financial year
|
|
|
1,038,050
|
|
|
|
586,472
|
|
|
|
561,903
|
|
|
(1)
|
On 22 September 2025, the
Company consolidated the number of shares on issue on a 150:1 basis, resulting in the conversion of every 150 shares into one share.
|
|
(2)
|
Amount reported for the year
ended 30 June 2026 includes non-cash share issuances totalling 854,276 ordinary fully paid shares for consideration
of $5.9 million (2025 and 2024: Nil).
|
|
| Movement in Options |
The movement in options during the year is as follows:
| |
|
2026
No. options
|
|
|
2025
No. options
|
|
|
2024
No. options
|
|
|
At the beginning of the financial year
|
|
|
2,234,482
|
|
|
|
12,234,482
|
|
|
|
42,234,482
|
|
|
Granted during the year – pre-share consolidation
|
|
|
408,541,913
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
10,000,000
|
|
|
Reduction in options on consolidation(1)
|
|
|
(408,037,885 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
Granted during the year – post-share consolidation
|
|
|
7,486,535 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
Exercised during the year
|
|
|
(255,830
|
)
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
(40,000,000
|
)
|
|
Forfeited / lapsed during the year
|
|
|
(14,897
|
)
|
|
|
(10,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
At the end of the financial year
|
|
|
9,954,318
|
|
|
|
2,234,482
|
|
|
|
12,234,482
|
|
|
Comprising:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed options
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
Unlisted options
|
|
|
9,954,318
|
|
|
|
2,234,482
|
|
|
|
12,234,482
|
|
|
(1)
|
On 22 September 2025, the Company consolidated
the number of options on issue on a 150:1 basis, resulting in the conversion of every 150 options into one option. The exercise price of the options was adjusted in inverse proportion to the consolidation ratio.
|
|