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| Shareholders’ information |
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| Stock exchange listings |
The primary listing of the company’s
ordinary shares is on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa
(JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on stock exchanges
in London and Paris, as well as being quoted in Brussels in
the form of International Depositary Receipts (IDRs), in New
York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) and in
Australia, in the form of Clearing House Electronic Subregister
System Depositary Interests (CDIs).
Stock exchange information as at 31 December |
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2000 |
1999 |
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| JSE Securities Exchange
South Africa |
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| Rands per share: |
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| Market price |
? high |
339.00 |
347.00 |
248.00 |
192.50 |
214.00 |
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? low |
191.00 |
200.00 |
104.20 |
93.00 |
112.50 |
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? year end |
313.99 |
290.50 |
211.00 |
110.50 |
158.30 |
| Shares traded |
? 000 |
88,025 |
117,543 |
91,318 |
49,804 |
63,574 |
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| London Stock Exchange |
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| Pounds per share: |
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| Market price |
? high |
23.68 |
23.26 |
13.90 |
17.76 |
20.86 |
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? low |
16.58 |
4.20 |
9.13 |
8.57 |
11.43 |
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? year end |
26.42 |
10.54 |
12.09 |
9.73 |
16.00 |
| Shares traded |
? 000 |
1,187 |
8,643 |
18,862 |
4,984 |
6,625 |
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| Euronext Paris |
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| Euros per share: |
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| Market price |
? high |
41.23 |
37.73 |
25.00 |
28.90 |
34.30 |
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? low |
24.10 |
18.78 |
14.26 |
14.10 |
16.62 |
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? year end |
38.00 |
33.00 |
19.53 |
15.93 |
25.45 |
| Shares traded |
? 000 |
841 |
1,917 |
1,678 |
1,894 |
2,824 |
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| Euronext Brussels |
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| Euros per share: |
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| Market price |
? high |
40.50 |
37.50 |
24.90 |
24.98 |
34.10 |
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? low |
24.10 |
32.00 |
14.52 |
14.28 |
16.75 |
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? year end |
36.55 |
32.05 |
20.25 |
15.93 |
25.43 |
| IDRs traded |
? 000 |
973 |
3,138 |
1,638 |
2,004 |
5,270 |
| Each IDR is equal to one
ordinary share. |
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| New York Stock Exchange |
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| US Dollars per ADS: |
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| Market price |
? high |
49.95 |
35.33 |
22.34 |
28.69 |
37.00 |
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? low |
32.80 |
17.62 |
13.15 |
12.25 |
18.31 |
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? year end |
46.70 |
34.26 |
18.06 |
14.94 |
25.69 |
| ADSs traded |
? 000 |
249,791 |
210,933 |
106,231 |
46,940 |
41,355 |
| Each ADS is equal to one
ordinary share. |
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| Australian Stock Exchange |
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| (listing commenced 15 November
1999) |
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| Australian Dollars per CDI: |
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| Market price |
? high |
13.55 |
12.00 |
8.00 |
8.68 |
8.90 |
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? low |
8.61 |
7.00 |
4.80 |
4.75 |
7.10 |
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? year end |
12.80 |
12.00 |
7.55 |
5.48 |
7.64 |
| CDIs traded |
? 000 |
12,788 |
6,758 |
62,576 |
17,830 |
4,870 |
| Each CDI is equal to one-fifth
of one ordinary share. |
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| Australian Stock Exchange Listing
Rules |
The following disclosures
are made pursuant to the Listing Rules of the Australian Stock
Exchange and according to information available to the directors:
The 20 largest holders of the ordinary share capital of the
company as at 31 January 2004 were: |
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Ordinary
shares held |
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Number |
% |
| Anglo American plc |
121,502,197 |
54.45 |
| The Bank of New York |
27,555,996 |
12.34 |
| ANZ Nominees Limited |
10,891,245 |
4.88 |
| JP Morgan Chase Bank |
9,295,833 |
4.16 |
| Public Investment Commissioners |
7,164,807 |
3.21 |
| Old Mutual Group |
3,549,498 |
1.59 |
| Soges Fiducem SA |
3,503,096 |
1.57 |
| Sanlam Group |
2,512,517 |
1.13 |
| State Street Bank and Trust |
2,441,107 |
1.09 |
| Mines Pension Fund |
1,929,670 |
0.86 |
| National Nominees Limited |
1,505,566 |
0.67 |
| SIS Segaintersettle AG |
1,344,072 |
0.60 |
| Euroclear France SA |
1,331,190 |
0.60 |
| Liberty Group |
1,125,204 |
0.50 |
| Engineering Industries Pension Fund |
847,592 |
0.38 |
| Allan Gray Funds |
826,699 |
0.37 |
| Investment Solutions |
818,765 |
0.37 |
| Citibank (Global) |
736,840 |
0.33 |
| Prudential M&G Funds |
730,268 |
0.33 |
| Investors Bank and Trust Company West |
658,172 |
0.29 |
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The above list of shareholders
may not necessarily reflect the beneficial shareholders.
Analysis of ordinary shareholdings at 31 January 2004 |
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Number of |
of total |
Number of |
of shares |
| Size of holding |
shareholders |
shareholders |
shares |
issued |
1 ? 100 shares |
6,428 |
38.78 |
430,013 |
0.19 |
101 ? 500 shares |
6,861 |
41.40 |
1,618,926 |
0.73 |
501 ? 1,000 shares |
1,350 |
8.15 |
978,813 |
0.44 |
1,001 ? 5,000 shares |
1,237 |
7.46 |
2,717,873 |
1.22 |
5,001 ? 10,000 shares |
244 |
1.47 |
1,777,876 |
0.80 |
10,001 ? 100,000
shares |
382 |
2.30 |
11,364,372 |
5.09 |
Over 100,000 |
72 |
0.44 |
204,331,769 |
91.53 |
| Total |
16,574 |
100.00 |
223,219,642 |
100.00 |
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Shareholder
spread as at 31 January 2004
Pursuant to the Listings Requirements of the JSE, with the
best knowledge of the directors and after reasonable enquiry,
the spread of shareholders was as follows: |
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Number
of holders |
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| Ordinary shares |
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| Non-public shareholders: |
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| Directors |
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7 |
0.03 |
| Shares held by Anglo American plc |
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1 |
0.01 |
| Public shareholders |
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16,566 |
99.96 |
| Total |
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16,574 |
100.00 |
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| A redeemable preference shares |
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All shares are held by a
wholly owned subsidiary company |
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| B redeemable preference shares |
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Major
shareholders as at 24 February 2004
According to information available to the directors, the following
are the only shareholders beneficially holding, directly or
indirectly, in excess of 5% of the ordinary share capital
of the company: |
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Ordinary
shares held |
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24
February 2004 |
31
December 2003 |
31
December 2002 |
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Number |
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Number |
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Number |
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| Anglo American plc |
122,863,176 |
55.04 |
121,502,197 |
54.45 |
114,457,368 |
51.41 |
| The Bank of New York* |
36,017,376 |
16.13 |
36,753,386 |
16.47 |
39,879,957 |
17.91 |
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* Shares held through
various custodians in respect of ADSs issued by the Bank. |
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| Voting rights |
The articles of association
provide that every member present at a meeting in person or,
in the case of a body corporate, represented, is entitled
to one vote only on a show of hands. Upon a poll, members
present or any duly appointed proxy shall have one vote for
every share held. There are no limitations on the right of
non-South African shareholders to hold or exercise voting
rights attaching to any shares of the company. CDI holders
are not entitled to vote in person at meetings, but may vote
by way of proxy.
Options granted in terms of share incentive schemes do not
carry a right to vote. |
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| Diary |
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| Financial year end |
31 December |
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| Annual financial statements issued |
15 March 2004 |
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| Annual general meeting |
11:00 on 29 April 2004 |
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| Quarterly reports
released (on or about) |
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| Quarter ended 31 March 2004 |
29 April 2004 |
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| Quarter and six months ended 30 June
2004 |
29 July 2004 |
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| Quarter and nine months ended 30 September
2004 |
28 October 2004 |
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| Quarter and year ended 31 December
2004 |
28 January 2005 |
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| Dividends |
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Last date to trade |
Payment |
Payment |
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ordinary shares |
date to |
date to |
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Declared |
cum dividend |
shareholders |
ADS holders |
| Final ? No. 95 |
29 January 2004 |
13 February 2004 |
27 February 2004 |
8 March 2004 |
| Interim ? No. 96 |
28 July 2004* |
13 August 2004* |
27 August 2004* |
10 September 2004* |
| Final ? No. 97 |
27 January 2005* |
11 February 2005* |
25 February 2005* |
11 March 2005* |
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| * Approximate dates. |
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| Currency
conversion guide At 31 December one Rand
was equal to: |
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2003 |
2002 |
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| Australian Dollar |
0.20 |
0.20 |
| Euro |
0.12 |
0.11 |
| Japanese Yen |
16.08 |
13.72 |
| Swiss Franc |
0.19 |
0.16 |
| British Pound |
0.08 |
0.07 |
| US Dollar |
0.15 |
0.12 |
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