Note 21.- Share Capital

As of 31 December 2009 the share capital of the company was € 22,617,420, made up of 90,469,680 ordinary shares of one class all with equal voting and economical rights, of € 0.25 nominal value allocated and paid up.

All shares are accounted for, and are listed on the stock exchanges of Madrid, Barcelona and the Network Stock Exchange System (Sistema de Interconexión Bursátil SIB) (a continuous stock market) since 29 November 1996.

In accordance with notifications received by the company and in compliance with reporting requirements to communicate percentage shareholdings and in accordance with information received from related parties, shareholders with a significant holding as at 31 December 2009 are:

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The Abengoa, S.A. Ordinary Shareholder Meeting of 5th April 2009, authorised the Board of Directors to:

1.- Increase the share capital, one or more times, up to € 11,308,710 Euros, being 50% more than the shares at the time of authorisation, during a period of 5 years.

2.- Authorize the issuance of simple or convertible and/or exchangeable bonds, warrants and other negotiable values, including, where appropriate, to exclude pre-emptive rights. The Board of Directors may use said authorization on one or many occasions and for a maximum period of five (5) years.

3.- Agree the emission of other titles which recognise or create a debt or application of capital, within the applicable legal limits of each case.

4.- Indirectly acquire own shares, within legal limits, at a price of between € 0.03 and € 120.20 per share within a period of up to 18 months.

The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting for Abengoa dated 16 October 2005 gave permission to the Board of Directors to approve and enter into a Share Purchase Plan for the Executives of the Group (from here on in “the Plan”). These included directors of the Business Groups, directors of business units, key R&D and Technical managers those responsible for corporate services. The plan is open to all those executives across all subsidiaries and business groups, present or future, who wish to voluntarily join the scheme, excluding the Board of Directors of Abengoa. Those participating will have access to a bank loan so as to fund the purchase of Abengoa shares at market price, complying with article 81.2 of the Anonymous Company Law. The loan, in aggregate is up to € 87 M with a 5 year term to maturity. The number of Abengoa shares which may be purchased is up to 3,200,000, accounting for 3.53% of the total share capital of the company. The Plan was implemented as of February 2006.