Analysis of Shareholders

AT 30 JUNE 2004

 
 
  2004       
 
2003        
 
 
Number of
 
Number of
 
%
shares
%
shares
MAJOR BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS
Ordinary shares
Public Investment Commissioner
11.71
52 438 020
11.72
57 008 342
Sanlam
8.84
39 600 934
3.94
19 159 151
VenFin Securities (Pty) Limited
5.64
25 268 657
4.45
21 646 966
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company SA
5.49
24 581 155
8.24
40 065 527
Other
68.32
306 104 882
71.65
348 613 664
 
100.00
447 993 648
100.00
486 493 650
B ordinary shares
Rembrandt Trust (Pty) Limited
100.00
35 506 352
100.00
35 506 352
Total
483 500 000
522 000 002

No other shareholder held a beneficial interest of more than 5% in the ordinary shares in your Company on 30 June 2004.

DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREHOLDERS
2004
2003
2002   
2001*
Ordinary shares
Public shareholders
13 843
15 619
15 207**
7 354  
  Percentage of shareholders
99.90
99.95
99.92   
99.88  
  Number of shares
413 466 807
464 258 050
478 476 817   
486 110 409  
  Percentage of shares issued
92.29
95.43
98.35   
99.92  
Non-public shareholders
Directors and their associates/Share Trust/Treasury shares
14
8
12   
9  
  Percentage of shareholders
0.10
0.05
0.08   
0.12  
  Number of shares
34 526 841
22 235 600
8 016 833   
383 241  
  Percentage of shares issued
7.71
4.57
1.65   
0.08  
Number of shareholders
13 857
15 627
15 219   
7 363  
* The Company had a 31 March year-end in 2001.
**
 The increase in the number of shareholders, when compared to the prior year, is due to disclosure of beneficial ownership as from 2002 compared to the registered ownership in the previous year.
         
Number of shares in issue        
– Ordinary shares of 1 cent each
447 993 648 
486 493 650 
486 493 650 
486 493 650 
– 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
483 500 000 
522 000 002 
522 000 002 
522 000 002 
Ordinary shares repurchased and held in treasury
(25 268 657)
(21 646 966)
(7 400 000)
– 
Ordinary shares purchased by The VenFin Share Trust
  and accounted for as treasury shares
(8 668 746)
– 
– 
– 
 
449 562 597 
500 353 036 
514 600 002 
522 000 002 
Weighted number of shares
488 922 237 
510 601 673 
521 049 542 
522 000 002 
         
         
JSE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
SOUTH AFRICA
Market capitalisation at 30 June (R million)
– Ordinary shares only
8 906
8 173
8 514
8 295
Price (cents per share)
– 30 June
1 988
1 680
1 750
1 705
– Highest
2 175
1 910
2 115
2 900
– Lowest
1 661
1 485
1 590
1 550
Number of shares traded (’000)
304 279
205 439
282 821
150 776
         
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (2004)

Based on the information available, the pie charts below represent the best estimates of the nature and domicile
of investors in VenFin shares.
Interest of the directors in the issued share capital of the Company
Ordinary shares
Direct
Indirect
    
 
Non-
Non-
% of shares
 
    Beneficial
       beneficial
    Beneficial
       beneficial
Total
issued
30 June 2004
 
Liesbeth Botha
100
–
–
–
100
Jan Dreyer
–
–
–
1100
1 100
Jan Durand
4 515
–
–
–
4 515
G T Ferreira
30 000
–
128 625
–
158 625
Josua Malherbe
56 530
–
69 456
–
125 986
John Newbury
–
–
26 511
–
26 511
Johann Rupert
–
–
–
272 601
272 601
 
91 145
–
224 592
273 701
589 438
0.13
30 June 2003
 
Jan Dreyer
7 996
–
–
–
7 996
Jan Durand
4 515
–
–
–
4 515
G T Ferreira
30 000
–
128 625
–
158 625
Josua Malherbe
56 530
–
64 456
–
120 986
John Newbury
–
–
26 511
–
26 511
Johann Rupert
–
–
270 001
–
270 001
 
99 041
–
489 593
–
588 634
0.12
 

B ordinary shares
Mr Johann Rupert is a director of Rembrandt Trust (Proprietary) Limited which owns all the issued unlisted B ordinary shares.

Since the end of the financial year to the date of this report the interest of the directors remained unchanged.