Listing & Share Analysis
The Company's shares are listed on the London, Johannesburg, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges. The primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and the remaining listings are all secondary listings. Old Mutual listed on the Stockholm Exchange on 2 February 2006 and delisted on 7 September 2007. 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 two main markets on which they were listed during 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
|
2007
High |
2007
Low |
2006
High |
2006
Low |
|
| London Stock Exchange |
187.50p
|
144.0p
|
205.75p
|
150.75p
|
| JSE |
R26.23
|
R20.94
|
R25.57
|
R18.09
|
At 31 December 2007, the geographical analysis and shareholder profile of the Company's share register were as follows:
| Register |
Total shares
|
% of whole
|
Number
of holders |
| UK |
3,564,651,271
|
64.69
|
13,989
|
| South Africa |
1,736,931,573
|
31.52
|
29,9041
|
| Zimbabwe |
90,445,436
|
1.64
|
30,4271
|
| Namibia |
15,847,594
|
0.29
|
5981
|
| Malawi |
5,321,756
|
0.10
|
4,8601
|
| Treasury shares (UK) |
97,074,9072
|
1.76
|
1
|
| Total |
5,510,272,537
|
100
|
79,779
|
Source: Computershare Investor Services
| Size of holding |
Total shares
|
% of whole
|
Number
of holders |
| 1-1,000 |
23,378,078
|
0.43
|
65,182
|
| 1,001-10,000 |
35,959,701
|
0.65
|
12,164
|
| 10,001-100,000 |
45,092,346
|
0.82
|
1,569
|
| 100,001-250,000 |
38,733,931
|
0.70
|
237
|
| 250,001+ |
5,270,033,574
|
95.64
|
626
|
| Treasury shares (UK) |
97,074,9072
|
1.76
|
1
|
| Total |
5,510,272,537
|
100
|
79,779
|
Source: Computershare Investor Services
Notes
1 The registered shareholdings on the South African branch register included PLC Nominees (Pty) Limited, which held a total of 1,336,685,042 shares, including 375,141,299 shares held for the Company's sponsored nominee, Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited, for the benefit of 466,980 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Zimbabwe branch register included Old Mutual Zimbabwe Nominees (Pvt) Limited, which held a total of 779,900 shares as nominee for 3,510 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 5,082,383 shares as nominee for 7,367 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Malawi branch register included Old Mutual (Blantyre) Nominees Limited, which held a total of 47,100 shares as nominee for 139 underlying beneficial owners.
2 In addition to the 97,074,907 shares registered as treasury shares at 31 December 2007, the Company had also repurchased a further 8,026,152 shares into treasury which had not yet been registered in the Company's UK treasury shares account at that date.