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Shareholders’ information
as at 31 December 2009
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31 December 2009 |
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31 December 2008 |
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Number of |
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% of issued |
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Number of |
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% of issued |
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Spread of ordinary shareholders |
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shares |
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share capital |
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shares |
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share capital |
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Public |
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1 184 393 703 |
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64,35 |
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1 396 012 143 |
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74,73 |
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Non-public |
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656 142 788 |
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35,65 |
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471 998 161 |
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25,27 |
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Directors of MTN Group Limited and major subsidiaries |
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9 006 155 |
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0,49 |
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4 023 540 |
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0,22 |
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Empowerment entities* |
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10 412 747 |
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0,57 |
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Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (M1 Limited) |
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190 084 630 |
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10,33 |
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190 084 630 |
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10,18 |
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Newshelf 664 (Proprietary) Limited |
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277 889 991 |
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14,87 |
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Strategic Holdings** |
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446 639 256 |
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24,26 |
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Total issued share capital |
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1 840 536 491 |
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100,00 |
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1 868 010 304 |
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100,00 |
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* National Empowerment Fund and StratEquity Empowerment Investments.
** Government Employee Pension Fund managed through various asset, investment and fund managers.
Shareholding (% holding)

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Stock exchange performance |
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December 2009 |
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December 2008 |
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Closing price (cents per share) as at 31 December |
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11790 |
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10850 |
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Highest price (cents per share) |
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13600 |
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16500 |
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Lowest price (cents per share) |
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8181 |
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7325 |
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Total number of shares traded (million) |
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1 782,38 |
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2 109,29 |
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Total value of shares traded (Rm) |
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203 273 |
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253 881 |
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Number of issued shares (million) |
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1 841 |
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1 868,0 |
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Number of shares traded as a percentage of issued shares (%) |
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96,8 |
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112,22 |
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Number of transactions |
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947 733 |
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798 903 |
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Average weighted trading price (cents per share) |
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11405 |
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12036 |
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Average telecommunications index |
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56 104 |
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58 316 |
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Average industrial index |
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23 241 |
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24 888 |
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Average mobile index |
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185,8 |
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191,7 |
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Dividend yield (%) |
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1,5 |
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1,8 |
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Earnings yield (%) (headline earnings) |
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7,7 |
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14,9 |
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Price/earnings multiple (adjusted headline earnings) as at 31 December |
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13,00 |
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12,00 |
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Market capitalisation as at 31 December (Rbn) |
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217 |
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203 |
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