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Shareholders' equity and dividends (Table)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Shareholders equity and dividends [Abstract]  
Dividends
At 31 December
(in USD million)20192018
Dividends declared3,4533,064
USD per share or ADS1.04000.9200
Dividends paid in cash3,3422,672
USD per share or ADS1.01000.9101
NOK per share8.96647.4907
Scrip dividends0338
Number of shares issued (millions)0.015.5
Sum dividends settled3,3423,010
Share buy-back programme
Number of shares2019
Share buy-back programme at 1 January-
Purchase23,578,410
Cancellation-
Share buy-back programme at 31 December23,578,410
Treasury shares
Employees share saving plan
Number of shares20192018
Share saving plan at 1 January10,352,67111,243,234
Purchase3,403,4692,740,657
Allocated to employees(3,681,428)(3,631,220)
Share saving plan at 31 December10,074,71210,352,671