Shareholder Information
LISTINGS AND SHARE ANALYSIS
The Company’s shares are listed on the London, Malawi, Namibian and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges and on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
The primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and the other listings are all secondary listings. The ISIN number of the Company’s shares is
GB0007389926.
The high and low prices at which the Company’s shares are recorded as having traded on the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa during 2004 and 2003 were as follows:
| 2004 | 2003 | |||
High |
Low |
High |
Low |
|
| London Stock Exchange | 136.0p |
90.25p |
108p |
70p |
| JSE Securities Exchange South Africa | R15.30 |
R10.80 |
R13.30 |
R9.10 |
At 31 December 2004, the geographical analysis and shareholder profile of the Company’s share register were as follows:
| Register | Total shares | % of whole | Number of holders |
| UK | 1,594,326,285 |
41.37 |
12,468 |
| South Africa | 2,170,353,709 |
56.32 |
52,1231 |
| Malawi | 5,922,856 |
0.15 |
5,2851 |
| Namibia | 9,905,340 |
0.26 |
9,1741 |
| Zimbabwe | 73,434,800 |
1.90 |
33,5281 |
| Total | 3,853,942,990 |
100 |
112,578 |
| Range | Total shares | % of whole | Number of holders |
| 1-1,000 | 25,699,630 |
0.67 |
88,148 |
| 1,001-10,000 | 31,383,702 |
0.81 |
21,252 |
| 10,001-100,000 | 29,162,801 |
0.76 |
2,105 |
| 100,001-250,000 | 32,164,026 |
0.83 |
353 |
| 250,001 + | 3,735,532,831 |
96.93 |
720 |
| Total | 3,853,942,990 |
100.00 |
112,578 |
Note:
1 The registered shareholdings on the South African branch register included PLC Nominees (Pty) Limited, which held a total of 1,603,352,606
shares, including 525,137,062 shares held for the Company’s sponsored nominee, Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited, for the benefit
of 527,793 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Malawi branch register included Old Mutual (Blantyre) Nominees
Limited, which held a total of 43,400 shares as nominee for 150 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Namibian section
of the principal register included Old Mutual (Namibia) Nominees (Pty) Limited, which held a total of 6,072,500 shares as nominee for 8,436
underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Zimbabwe branch register included Old Mutual Zimbabwe Nominees (Pvt)
Limited, which held a total of 783,700 shares as nominee for 3,521 underlying beneficial owners.
REGISTRARS
The Company’s share register is administered by Computershare
Investor Services in conjunction with local representatives in
various jurisdictions. The following are the contact details:
UK
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 7NH
(PO Box 82, Bristol BS99 7NH)
Tel: +44 (0)870 702 0000
e-mail: web.queries@computershare.co.uk
South Africa
Computershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Ltd
70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 2001
(PO Box 61051, Marshalltown 2107)
Tel: +27 (0)11 370 5000
Malawi
Trust Finance Limited
Michiru House, Ground Floor
Victoria Avenue, Blantyre
(PO Box 1396, Blantyre)
Tel: +265 (0)623 856
Namibia
Transfer Secretaries (Pty) Limited
Kaiserkrone Centre
Shop No. 12, Windhoek
(PO Box 2401, Windhoek)
Tel: +264 (0)61 227 647
Zimbabwe
Corpserve (Private) Limited
4th Floor, Intermarket Centre
Corner 1st Street and
Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare
(PO Box 2208, Harare)
Tel: +263 (0)4 758393/750711
e-mail: corpserve@corpserve.co.zw
The Company’s South African Registrars, Computershare Investor Services, administer a telephone and postal sales service for shares held through Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited on the South African branch register and shares held through Old Mutual (Namibia) Nominees (Pty) Limited on the Namibian section of the principal register. If you hold your shares in this way and wish to sell your shares by telephone, Computershare may be contacted on 0861 60 9000 (a South African number) between 8.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. (local time) on Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays. A service fee is payable based on the value of the shares sold.
UNCLAIMED SHARES
The shares of policyholders who qualified for free shares when the
Company demutualised, but who have not yet claimed their shares
by confirming their personal details, are being kept on their behalf
in Unclaimed Shares Trusts. In order to claim such shares, persons
entitled should contact the Trust Administration and Confirmation
Department on 0861 61 9061 (a South African number) or on
+27 (0)21 509 8383 between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. (South African
time) on Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays.
STRATE
Since 21 January 2002, all transactions in the Company’s shares
on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa have been required to
be settled electronically through STRATE. Share certificates have no
longer been good for delivery in respect of transactions entered into
on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa since 14 January 2002.
The Company wrote to certificated shareholders on its South African branch register in October 2001 to inform them of these changes and of the courses of action available to them. The Company also wrote separately to certificated shareholders on the Namibian section of its principal register in January 2002 to explain the impact of STRATE. These included participating in Issuer-Sponsored Nominee Programmes to dematerialise (in the case of South Africa) or immobilise (in the case of Namibia) their previously certificated shareholdings in the Company. Shareholders who have any enquiries about these programmes or about the effect of STRATE on their holding in the Company should contact Computershare Investor Services in Johannesburg on +27 (0)861 10 0933.
CHECKING YOUR HOLDING ONLINE
An online service is situated at the Investor Centre option within the
website address www.computershare.comwhich gives shareholders
access to their account to confirm registered details, dividend mandate
instructions, dividend enquiries and a real-time shareholding balance.
A simple calculator function places a market quote against each holding
and allows shareholders to estimate its value. There are also a number
of downloadable forms from this site such as change of address,
dividend mandate instructions and stock transfer forms. Finally there
is an extensive list of frequently asked questions and the facility to
contact Computershare Investor Services by e-mail.
FINANCIAL CALENDAR
The Company’s financial calendar for the forthcoming year is as follows:
| Currency conversion date for the final dividend (Zimbabwe) | 30 March 2005 |
| Currency conversion date for the final dividend (Malawi, Namibia and South Africa) | 31 March 2005 |
| Announcement of currency equivalents of the final dividend | 1 April 2005 |
| Ex-dividend date in Zimbabwe opening of business on | 15 April 2005 |
| Ex-dividend date in Malawi, Namibia opening of business on and South Africa | 18 April 2005 |
| Ex-dividend date on the London opening of business on Stock Exchange | 20 April 2005 |
| Record date for the final dividend close of business on | 22 April 2005 |
| Annual General Meeting | 11 May 2005 |
| Final dividend payment date | 31 May 2005 |
| Interim results | August 2005 |
| Interim dividend payment date | 30 November 2005 |
| Final results for 2005 | February 2006 |
Note:
No dematerialisation or rematerialisation within STRATE and no transfers
between registers may take place in the period 18 to 22 April 2005
(15 to 22 April 2005 in the case of Zimbabwe), both dates inclusive.
RULE 144A ADRs
The Company has a Rule 144A American Depositary Receipt (Rule 144A
ADR) facility through The Bank of New York. Each Rule 144A ADR
represents 10 ordinary shares in the Company. At 31 December 2004,
none of the Company’s shares were held in the form of Rule 144A ADRs.
Any enquiries about the Company’s Rule 144A ADR facility should be
addressed to The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York,
NY 10286, USA.
WEBSITES
Further information on the Company can be found at the following
websites:
www.oldmutual.com
www.oldmutual.co.za
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONIC PROXY
APPOINTMENT
If you would like to receive future communications from the Company
by e-mail, please log on to our website, www.oldmutual.com, select the “Shareholder Information” section, click on “Electronic Communications”
and then follow the instructions for registration of your details. In order
to register, you will need your shareholder reference number, which
can be found on the payment advice notice or tax voucher accompanying
your last dividend payment or notification. The number is also printed
on forms of proxy (but not voting instruction forms) for the Annual
General Meeting.
Before you register, you will be asked to agree to the Terms and Conditions for Electronic Communication with Shareholders. It is important that you read these Terms and Conditions carefully, as they set out the basis on which electronic communications will be sent to you.
You should bear in mind that, in accessing documents electronically, you will incur the cost of online time. Any election to receive documents electronically will generally remain in force until you contact the Company’s Registrars (via the online address set out earlier in this section of the Report or otherwise) to terminate or change such election.
The use of the electronic communications facility described above is entirely voluntary. If you wish to continue to receive communications from the Company by post, then you do not need to take any action.
Electronic proxy appointment is available for this year’s Annual General Meeting. This enables proxy votes to be submitted electronically, as an alternative to filling out and posting a form of proxy. Further details are set out on the form of proxy. Electronic submission is not, however, available for voting instruction forms.
