annual report 2003
Woolworths Holdings Limited - WHL
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shareholder information

analysis of shareholders

shareholder spread
Pursuant to the requirements of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa and to the best knowledge of the directors, after reasonable enquiry, the spread of shareholders at 30 June 2003 was as follows;

Public and non-public Number
of holders
Number
of shares
% of issued
capital
Public shareholders 8 341 829 706 530 88.69
Non-public shareholders      
E-Com Investments 16 (Proprietary) Ltd 1 82 415 720 8.81
Shares held by directors 7 18 244 714 1.95
Share Incentive Trust (Excl directors) 1 5 140 695 0.55
Total shareholders 8 350 935 507 659 100

major shareholders

According to the company's register of shareholders, read in conjunction with the company's register of disclosure of beneficial interests made by registered shareholders acting in a nominee capacity, the following shareholders held beneficially directly and indirectly in excess of 3% of any class of the issued share capital at 30 June 2003.

Directly beneficial shareholders Shares held % of total
Old Mutual Group 85 454 574 9.13
E-Com Investments 16 (Proprietary) Ltd 82 415 720 8.81
Allan Gray Limited 70 169 089 7.50
Public Investment Commissioners 60 697 436 6.49
Liberty Group 48 208 703 5.15
Investment Solutions Funds 37 825 181 4.04
  384 770 703 41.12
Indirectly beneficial shareholders Shares held % of total
Allan Gray Asset Management 267 872 278 28.63
Old Mutual Asset Management 110 412 206 11.80
Stanlib Asset Management 84 412 125 9.02
Investec Asset Management 42 181 853 4.51
Sanlam Investment Management 40 571 129 4.34
RMB Asset Management 32 389 358 3.46
  577 838 949 61.76

To the best of the directors' knowledge, the percentage of the Company's shares held by non-South African shareholders at 30 June 2003 was 6.70%

Category Number
of holders
Shares
held
% of
total
Pension and Provident Funds 312 333 482 703 35.65
Growth Funds/Unit Trusts 208 214 941 330 22.98
Insurance Companies 29 135 550 728 14.49
Pty Limited Companies 176 94 615 827 10.11
Banks 71 51 334 607 5.49
Individuals 6 254 36 184 135 3.87
Investment Companies 84 33 721 573 3.60
Nominee Companies or Trusts 1 034 28 676 725 3.07
Other Corporate Bodies 59 5 364 419 0.57
Limited Companies 21 1 144 431 0.12
Close Corporations 89 256 363 0.03
Trustee of a Trust 14 234 818 0.02
Total 8 351 935 507 659 100.00