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Issued share capital | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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19 . | Issued share capital
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Number of equity ordinary shares |  | m |  |  | m |  |  | m |
At the beginning of the period |  |  | 1,328.2 |  |  |  | 1,332.7 |  |  |  | 1,332.7 |
Share cancellations |  |  | (32.1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4.5 | )
At the end of the period |  |  | 1,296.1 |  |  |  | 1,332.7 |  |  |  | 1,328.2 |

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