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Register date: 30 June 2011 Number of shares
Issued ordinary shares at 1 July 2010 413 151 775
Conversion of “B” deferred ordinary shares to ordinary shares 14 516 617
Issued ordinary shares at 30 June 2011 427 668 392

Public/non-public shareholders Number of shares   %   Number of shares   %  
Non-public shareholders 18   0,6   124 995 291   29,2  
Executive directors and managers of the group 16   0,5   18 011 327   4,2  
Beneficial shareholders holding more than 10% 2   0,1   106 983 964   25,0  
Public shareholders 2 826   99,4   302 673 323   70,8  
  2 844   100,0   302 673 323   100,0  
Shareholder spread                
1 – 1 000 shares 1 735   61,0   585 754   0,1  
1 001 – 10 000 shares 597   21,0   1 946 258   0,4  
10 001 – 100 000 shares 210   7,6   8 336 606   2,0  
100 001 – 1 000 000 shares 216   7,4   73 352 878   17,2  
1 000 001 shares and above 86   3,0   343 446 896   80,3  
  2 844   100,0   427 668 392   100,0  
Beneficial shareholders holding 5% or more                
Old Mutual Group         55 167 229   12,9  

Public Investment Corporation

        51 816 735   12,1  

Coronation Fund Managers

        30 052 418   7,0  
Investment Solutions         22 563 204   5,2  
Fund managers holding 5% or more                
Coronation Fund Managers         126 188 319   29,5  
Old Mutual Investment Group         95 179 183   22,3  
Regarding Capital Management         40 073 845   9,4  
Geographical spread                
South Africa         401 541 643   93,9  
Foreign         26 126 749   6,1  
Shareholder type                
Collective investment schemes         141 823 922   33,2  
Retirement benefit funds         105 917 751   24,8  
Organs of state         51 816 735   12,1  
Assurance companies         46 404 169   10,9  
Private companies         39 971 680   9,3  
Other         41 734 072   9,7  
                 
Total share capital Number of shares   %          
Ordinary shares 427 668 392   96,2          
"A" deferred ordinary shares 16 781 968   3,8          
Total shares in issue 444 450 360          100,0          
BBBEE shareholding                
Ukhamba Holdings (Proprietary) Limited 26 142 843   5,9          
Nozala MCC (Proprietary) Limited 8 272 000   1,9          
Lereko Mobility (Proprietary) Limited 5 864 944   1,3          
Total BBBEE shares as % of total shares in issue 40 279 787   9,1          

Ms S Dakile-Hlongwane is a non-executive director of Eqstra and a 7,7% shareholder and director of Nozala who owns 1,9% of the ordinary issued share capital of Eqstra.

“A” and “B” deferred ordinary shares are not listed on the JSE Limited.  Dispensation was received from the JSE to create and authorise these shares to have full voting rights despite the fact that these shares are not listed on the JSE. After the conversion of “B” deferred ordinary shares to ordinary shares no “B” deferred ordinary shares were in issue.

Directors’ ordinary shareholding

Public/non-public shareholders Direct
beneficial shareholding
  Indirect
beneficial shareholding
  %
shareholding
 
Opening balance 2010 514 241   636 944   0,3  
WS Hill 465 951       0,1  
E Clarke 25 000       0,0  
PS Molefe 23 290       0,0  
S Dakile-Hlongwane     636 944   0,2  
Movements during the year 157 710          
Closing balance 2011 671 951   636 944   0,3  
WS Hill 619 951       0,1  
E Clarke 52 000       0,0  
S Dakile-Hlongwane     636 944   0,2  
             

 * Dr PS Molefe resigned as director in November 2010.

There were no changes to the directors’ interest in shares subsequent to the financial year-end and the date of the theal of the annual financial statements.

Listing and other information

The principal market for Eqstra is the JSE Limited and shares trade through the STRATE system.  Closing JSE share prices are published in most national and regional South African newspapers under the General Industries sector.  The share prices are also available during the day on the Eqstra website  as well as other websites such as Reuters, Moneyweb and Sharedata Online.

Eqstra has an over-the-counter sponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) facility with the Bank of New York (BoNY) under a deposit agreement. (Refer to the BoNY website www.adrbny.com for further information and the ADR program tab under Investor Relations on this website.)

Shareholder communication

Computershare is the transfer secretaries for Eqstra. All general enquiries and correspondence concerning shareholders (other than shares held in ADR form) should be directed to the secretaries. Shareholders must notify Computershare promptly of any change of address.

All queries concerning shares held in ADR form should be directed to BoNY.

Full details of how shareholders can obtain information regarding their own shareholding on the internet are provided on the Computershare website: www.computershare.com

Stock exchange performance 30 June 2011   30 June 2010  
Number of shares in issue 427 668 392   413 151 775  
Number of shares traded 139 705 722   65 094 800  
Value of shares traded (R) 856 501 914   417 579 225  
Market price (cents per share)        
Closing price at 30 June 680   487  
Highest closing market price 819   825  
Lowest closing market 480   451