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| Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
| 44. |
Analysis of shareholders (continued) |
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An analysis of the share register at year end showed the following: |
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Preference shares |
2007 |
2006 |
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Size of shareholding |
Number of
shareholders |
Percentage of
issued capital |
Number of shareholders |
Percentage of issued capital |
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1 – 1,000 |
2,127 |
12.69 |
2,632 |
3.75 |
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1,001 – 10,000 |
85 |
9.71 |
184 |
5.38 |
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10,001 – 100,000 |
13 |
29.54 |
42 |
12.57 |
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100,001 – 1,000,000 |
6 |
48.06 |
13 |
37.00 |
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1,000,001 – and over |
— |
— |
3 |
41.30 |
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|
2,231 |
100.00 |
2,874 |
100.00 |
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Category of shareholder |
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Companies |
106 |
2.61 |
130 |
3.13 |
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Individuals |
1,604 |
11.50 |
2,015 |
3.72 |
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Pension and provident funds |
28 |
28.28 |
52 |
13.08 |
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Insurance companies |
5 |
7.51 |
9 |
6.36 |
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Bank, nominee and finance companies |
29 |
14.86 |
551 |
59.87 |
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Trust funds and investment companies |
448 |
35.21 |
84 |
13.78 |
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Other corporate bodies |
11 |
0.03 |
33 |
0.06 |
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|
2,231 |
100.00 |
2,874 |
100.00 |
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Shareholder spread |
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|
|
|
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Public shareholders |
2,230 |
87.83 |
2,868 |
58.70 |
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Non-public shareholders |
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|
|
|
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– Directors and associates |
— |
— |
3 |
— |
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– Persons interested, directly or indirectly, in |
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|
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10% or more |
1 |
12.17 |
3 |
41.30 |
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|
2,231 |
100.00 |
2,874 |
100.00 |
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Major shareholders |
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According to the Company's share register at year end, the following shareholders held shares equal to or in excess of 3%
of the preference share capital of the Company: |
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2007 |
2006 |
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Number
of shares |
Percentage |
Number of shares |
Percentage |
|
Rand Merchant Bank |
— |
— |
2,913,563 |
29.91 |
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Deutsche Bank |
— |
— |
1,112,773 |
11.42 |
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Computershare Investor Services Corporate |
|
|
|
|
|
Action Account |
— |
— |
816,203 |
8.38 |
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Old Mutual Group |
|
|
660,033 |
6.78 |
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PSG Group |
251,420 |
12.17 |
— |
— |
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Eskom Pension & Provident Fund |
204,026 |
9.88 |
— |
— |
|
SA Stockbrokers (Broker Proprietary) |
164,211 |
7.95 |
— |
— |
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Public Investment Corporation |
158,047 |
7.65 |
— |
— |
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Engineering Industries Pension Fund |
152,401 |
7.38 |
— |
— |
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Liberty Group |
110,791 |
5.36 |
— |
— |
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Metal Industries Provident Fund |
94,097 |
4.56 |
— |
— |
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Advantage Asset Managers |
85,716 |
4.15 |
— |
— |
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Geographical analysis of shareholders |
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Resident shareholders held 1,729,408 shares (83.72%) (2006: 83.80%) and non-resident shareholders held 336,313 shares
(16.28%) (2006: 16.20%) of the Company's issued preference share capital of 2,065,721 shares at 31 December 2007
(2006: 9,741,545). |
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