Financial year-end | 31 March |
Annual general meeting | Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
FINANCIAL REPORTS |
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Announcement of interim results | November |
Interim report | December |
Announcement of annual results | June |
Annual statements | July |
DIVIDENDS |
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Interim dividend | |
declared | November |
paid | January |
Final dividend | |
declared | June |
paid | August |
FINAL DIVIDEND NUMBER 14 |
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Ordinary dividend per share | 281 cents |
Last day to trade in order to participate in the final dividend | Friday, 10 August 2007 |
Trading on or after this date will be ex the final dividend | Monday, 13 August 2007 |
Record date | Friday, 17 August 2007 |
Payment date | Monday, 20 August 2007 |
2007 | 2006 | |||
Number of | Number of | |||
% | shares | % | shares | |
MAJOR BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS | ||||
Ordinary shares | ||||
Public Investment Commissioner | 15.68 | 70 376 263 | 13.36 | 59 954 389 |
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company SA | 5.47 | 24 558 168 | 6.05 | 27 164 496 |
Other | 78.85 | 353 867 776 | 80.59 | 361 683 322 |
100.00 | 448 802 207 | 100.00 | 448 802 207 | |
B ordinary shares | ||||
Rembrandt Trust (Pty) Limited | 100.00 | 35 506 352 | 100.00 | 35 506 352 |
Total | 484 308 559 | 484 308 559 | ||
No other shareholder held a beneficial interest of more than 5% in the ordinary shares in your Company on 31 March. | ||||
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |
DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREHOLDERS | ||||
Ordinary shares | ||||
Public shareholders | 28 728 | 30 929 | 27 321 | 25 600 |
Percentage of shareholders | 99.90 | 99.92 | 99.91 | 99.91 |
Number of shares | 432 253 223 | 440 740 885 | 448 808 224 | 462 478 974 |
Percentage of shares issued | 96.31 | 98.20 | 92.25 | 95.06 |
Non-public shareholders | ||||
Directors and their associates/Share Trust/Treasury shares | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
Percentage of shareholders | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Number of shares | 16 548 984 | 8 061 322 | 37 685 426 | 24 014 676 |
Percentage of shares issued | 3.69 | 1.80 | 7.75 | 4.94 |
Number of shareholders | 28 757 | 30 955 | 27 345 | 25 624 |
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |
NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE | ||||
Ordinary shares of 1 cent each | 448 802 207 | 448 802 207 | 486 493 650 | 486 493 650 |
Issued at 1 April | 448 802 207 | 486 493 650 | 486 493 650 | 486 493 650 |
Cancelled during the year | | (37 691 443) | | |
Unlisted B ordinary shares of 10 cents each | 35 506 352 | 35 506 352 | 35 506 352 | 35 506 352 |
Total number of shares in issue | 484 308 559 | 484 308 559 | 522 000 002 | 522 000 002 |
Number of shares held in treasury | (11 948 372) | (4 473 004) | (34 903 000) | (20 678 689) |
Ordinary shares repurchased and held in treasury | (8 554 019) | (1 379 635) | (30 521 841) | (16 442 602) |
Ordinary shares purchased by The Remgro Share Trust | ||||
and accounted for as treasury shares | (3 394 353) | (3 093 369) | (4 381 159) | (4 236 087) |
472 360 187 | 479 835 555 | 487 097 002 | 501 321 313 | |
Weighted number of shares | 474 123 689 | 483 154 691 | 497 292 403 | 503 280 054 |
Interests of the directors in the issued capital of the Company | |||||
Ordinary shares | |||||
Direct | Indirect | ||||
Non- | Non- | ||||
Beneficial | beneficial | Beneficial | beneficial | Total | |
31 Mach 2007 | |||||
P E Beyers | 70 024 | | 13 000 | | 83 024 |
W E Bührmann | 223 256 | | | | 223 256 |
G D de Jager | 38 740 | | 108 300 | | 147 040 |
D M Falck | 200 | | 18 133 | | 18 333 |
P K Harris | | | 169 118 | | 169 118 |
E de la H Hertzog | 228 245 | | 1 671 903 | 4 484 | 1 904 632 |
J Malherbe | 26 826 | | 207 799 | | 234 625 |
J A Preller | 75 069 | | | | 75 069 |
F Robertson | | | 5 000 | | 5 000 |
J P Rupert | | | | 270 001 | 270 001 |
T van Wyk | 117 585 | | | | 117 585 |
M H Visser | | | 715 145 | | 715 145 |
779 945 | | 2 908 398 | 274 485 | 3 962 828 | |
31 March 2006 | |||||
P E Beyers | 60 024 | | 12 500 | | 72 524 |
W E Bührmann | 223 256 | | | | 223 256 |
G D de Jager | 38 740 | | 108 300 | | 147 040 |
D M Falck | 200 | | 18 133 | | 18 333 |
P K Harris | | | 57 118 | | 57 118 |
E de la H Hertzog | 228 245 | | 1 671 903 | 4 484 | 1 904 632 |
E Molobi | 174 | | | | 174 |
J F Mouton | | | 20 000 | | 20 000 |
J A Preller | 75 069 | | | | 75 069 |
F Robertson | | | 1 000 | | 1 000 |
J P Rupert | | | | 270 001 | 270 001 |
T van Wyk | 59 926 | | | | 59 926 |
M H Visser | | | 733 945 | | 733 945 |
685 634 | | 2 622 899 | 274 485 | 3 583 018 | |
B ordinary shares Since the end of the financial year to the date of this report the interests of directors remained unchanged. |