Alexander Forbes Integrated Annual Report 2016

Annexure A – Shareholding Information
Below is an analysis of the shareholding at 31 March 2016:

2016

Analysis of
shareholders

Number of
shares as a
% of total

Beneficial shareholders holding 5% or more of the company’s listed ordinary share capital

Mercer Africa Limited

442 801 129

33.0

Government Employee Pension Fund (PLC)

114 456 908

8.5

Liberty Life Association of Africa Limited

82 320 426

6.1

639 578 463

47.6

Investment management interests above 3% of the company’s listed ordinary share capital

STANLIB Asset Management Limited

114 093 483

8.5

Allan Gray Proprietary Limited

107 588 399

8.0

Public Investment Corporation Limited

100 618 328

7.5

Abax Investments Proprietary Limited

70 346 360

5.2

Neuberger Berman, LLC

57 736 793

4.3

GIC Private Limited

55 085 081

4.1

Kagiso Asset Management Proprietary Limited

40 465 359

3.0

545 933 803

40.6

Shareholding spread at 31 March 2016

Size of holding

Number of
shareholders

% of total

Number of shares

% of total

1 – 1 000

1 381

39.6

446 654

0.0

1 001 – 10 000

1 147

32.9

4 470 727

0.3

10 001 – 100 000

548

15.8

18 324 140

1.4

100 001 – 1 000 000

297

8.5

95 573 546

7.1

1 000 001 +

111

3.2

1 222 611 896

91.2

3 484

100.0

1 341 426 963

100.0

Shareholder type at 31 March 2016

Shareholders and percentage
of issued share capital

Number of
shareholders

Number of shares

% of total

Public

3 474

844 361 720

63.0

Non-public

10

497 065 243

37.0

Mercer Africa Limited

1

442 801 129

33.0

Own holding

1

152 734

0.0

Executive directors and prescribed officers

5

7 389 565

0.5

Trustees of employee share trusts

3

46 721 815

3.5

Total

3 484

1 341 426 963

100.0

2015

Analysis of
shareholders

Number of
shares as a
% of total

Beneficial shareholders holding 5% or more of the company’s listed ordinary share capital

Mercer Africa Limited

442 801 129

34.0

Government Employee Pension Fund (PIC)

113 308 792

8.7

Liberty Life Association of Africa Limited

78 287 396

6.0

634 397 317

48.7

Investment management interests above 3% of the company’s listed ordinary share capital

STANLIB Asset Management

118 267 162

9.1

PIC

94 826 600

7.3

Allan Gray Investment Council

81 436 326

6.2

Abax Investments

69 754 671

5.4

Kagiso Asset Management Proprietary Limited

45 323 718

3.5

Neuberger Berman Management LLC

44 051 865

3.4

453 660 342

34.9

Shareholding spread at 31 March 2015

Size of holding

Number of shareholders

% of total

Number
of shares

% of total

1 – 1 000

1 158

28.53

449 422

0.04

1 001 – 10 000

1 691

41.66

6 899 128

0.53

10 001 – 100 000

827

20.37

26 183 371

2.01

100 001 – 1 000 000

274

6.75

90 666 885

6.96

1 000 001 +

109

2.69

1 178 157 457

90.46

4 059

100.00

1 302 356 263

100.00

Shareholder type at 31 March 2015

Shareholders and percentage
of issued share capital

Number of
shareholders

Number
of shares

% of total

Public

4 048

851 701 372

65.40

Non-public

11

450 654 891

34.60

Mercer Africa Limited

1

442 801 129

34.00

Own holding

1

152 734

0.01

Executive directors and officers

7

7 531 324

0.58

Trustees of employee share trusts

2

169 704

0.01

Total

4 059

1 302 356 263

100.00