Shareholders' information
STATISTICS AT 31 MARCH 2010
2010 |
2009 | |||
Number of |
Number of | |||
% |
shares |
% | shares | |
Major beneficial shareholders |
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Ordinary shares |
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| Public Investment Commissioner | 12.53 |
60 268 519 |
15.60 | 68 544 387 |
| Other | 87.47 |
420 837 851 |
84.40 | 370 935 364 |
100.00 |
481 106 370 |
100.00 | 439 479 751 | |
B ordinary shares |
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| Rembrandt Trust (Pty) Limited | 100.00 |
35 506 352 |
100.00 | 35 506 352 |
| Total | 516 612 722 |
474 986 103 |
No other shareholder held a beneficial interest of more than 5% in the ordinary shares in your Company on 31 March.
2010 |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
Distribution of shareholders |
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Ordinary shares |
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| Public shareholders | 42 794 |
41 686 | 41 832 | 28 728 |
| Percentage of shareholders | 99.92 |
99.93 | 99.94 | 99.90 |
| Number of shares | 464 176 248 |
430 447 901 | 433 151 212 | 432 253 223 |
| Percentage of shares issued | 96.48 |
97.94 | 96.47 | 96.31 |
| Non-public shareholders | ||||
| Directors and their associates/Share Trust/Treasury shares |
36 |
28 | 27 | 29 |
| Percentage of shareholders | 0.08 |
0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| Number of shares | 16 930 122 |
9 031 850 | 15 852 394 | 16 548 984 |
| Percentage of shares issued | 3.52 |
2.06 | 3.53 | 3.69 |
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| Number of shareholders | 42 830 |
41 714 | 41 859 | 28 757 |
2010 |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE |
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| – Ordinary shares of 1 cent each | 481 106 370 |
439 479 751 | 449 003 606 | 448 802 207 |
| Issued at 1 April | 439 479 751 |
449 003 606 | 448 802 207 | 448 802 207 |
| Issued during the year | 41 626 619 |
– | 201 399 | – |
| Cancelled during the year | – |
(9 523 855) | – | – |
| – 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 | 516 612 722 |
474 986 103 | 484 509 958 | 484 308 559 |
| Number of shares held in treasury | (3 424 044) |
(3 500 000) | (11 972 555) | (11 948 372) |
| Ordinary shares repurchased and held in treasury |
(3 424 044) |
(3 500 000) | (8 554 019) | (8 554 019) |
| Ordinary shares purchased by The Remgro Share Trust and accounted for as treasury shares |
– |
– | (3 418 536) | (3 394 353) |
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513 188 678 |
471 486 103 | 472 537 403 | 472 360 187 | |
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| Weighted number of shares | 486 152 822 |
471 798 001 | 472 052 993 | 474 123 689 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
INTERESTS OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE ISSUED CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY |
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Ordinary shares |
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Direct |
Indirect |
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| Directors | beneficial |
beneficial |
Associates |
Total |
31 March 2010 |
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| P E Beyers | 52 524 |
174 130 |
226 654 |
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| W E Bührmann | 256 200 |
256 200 |
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| J W Dreyer | 191 130 |
2 776 |
193 906 |
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| J J Durand | 311 462 |
780 |
312 242 |
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| G T Ferreira | 30 000 |
128 625 |
560 000 |
718 625 |
| P K Harris | 169 118 |
169 118 |
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| E de la H Hertzog | 264 764 |
1 928 942 |
129 984 |
2 323 690 |
| J Malherbe | 26 826 |
1 049 101 |
1 075 927 |
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| J A Preller | 111 059 |
111 059 |
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| F Robertson | 7 000 |
7 000 |
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| J P Rupert | 6 867 150 |
6 867 150 |
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| T van Wyk | 131 640 |
100 |
131 740 |
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| M H Visser | 114 164 |
994 124 |
1 108 288 |
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| H Wessels | 4 500 |
4 500 |
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987 177 |
3 904 531 |
8 614 391 |
13 506 099 |
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On 5 August 2009 when Mr G D de Jager retired as an independent non-executive director, he held 57 740 ordinary shares in Remgro Limited.
| Direct | Indirect | |||
| Directors | beneficial | beneficial | Associates | Total |
| 31 March 2009 | ||||
| P E Beyers | 70 024 | 204 130 | 274 154 | |
| W E Bührmann | 255 880 | 255 880 | ||
| G D de Jager | 57 740 | 57 740 | ||
| J W Dreyer | 191 130 | 2 600 | 193 730 | |
| P K Harris | 169 118 | 169 118 | ||
| E de la H Hertzog | 228 245 | 1 671 903 | 129 984 | 2 030 132 |
| J Malherbe | 26 826 | 246 711 | 273 537 | |
| J A Preller | 111 059 | 111 059 | ||
| F Robertson | 5 000 | 5 000 | ||
| J P Rupert | 916 972 | 916 972 | ||
| T van Wyk | 131 640 | 100 | 131 740 | |
| M H Visser | 114 164 | 994 124 | 1 108 288 | |
| H Wessels | 4 500 | 4 500 | ||
| 995 578 | 3 235 405 | 1 300 867 | 5 531 850 |
B ordinary shares
Mr J P Rupert is a director of Rembrandt Trust (Pty) Limited which owns all the issued unlisted B ordinary shares.
Since the end of the financial year to the date of this report the interests of directors remained unchanged.
Dates of importance to shareholders
| Financial year-end | 31 March |
| Annual general meeting | Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
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 20 |
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| Ordinary dividend per share | 125 cents |
| Last day to trade in order to participate in the final dividend | Friday, 13 August 2010 |
| Trading on or after this date will be ex the final dividend | Monday, 16 August 2010 |
| Record date | Friday, 20 August 2010 |
| Payment date | Monday, 23 August 2010 |