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Top 10 shareholders

Analysis of shareholders
Ten major shareholders1
FY20 1H20 FY19 1H19
Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 325.0 20.1 325.0 20.1 325.0 20.1 325.0 20.1
Government Employees Pension Fund (PIC) 229.5 14.2 225.1 13.9 215.0 13.3 198.2 12.2
Alexander Forbes Investments 34.2 2.1 30.4 1.9 24.3 1.5 24.5 1.5
Allan Gray Balanced Fund 30.2 1.9 38.2 2.4 26.2 1.6 22.4 1.4
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company 29.5 1.8 24.7 1.5 20.6 1.3 24.6 1.5
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund 19.1 1.2 22.6 1.4 21.4 1.3 20.1 1.2
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (AE) 19.1 1.2 13.3 0.8 13.2 0.8 7.4 0.5
GIC Asset Management 17.9 1.1 23.9 1.5 31.3 1.9 33.4 2.1
Government of Norway 16.9 1.0 15.9 1.0 14.4 0.9 14.3 0.9
Government Institutions Pensions Fund 16.6 1.0 13.2 0.8 12.2 0.8 9.6 0.6
738.0 45.6 732.3 45.3 703.6 43.5 679.5 42.0
1 Beneficial holdings detemined from the share register and investigations conducted on our behalf in terms of section 56 of the Companies Act.
Geographic spread of shareholders
FY20 1H20 FY19 1H19
Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding
South Africa 833.7 51.5 806.6 49.8 769.9 47.5 781.0 48.2
Foreign shareholders 786.2 48.5 813.3 50.2 849.8 52.5 838.2 51.8
China 329.8 20.4 327.2 20.2 327.0 20.2 325.0 20.1
United States of America 207.7 12.8 211.7 13.1 232.8 14.4 245.9 15.2
Namibia 24.2 1.5 20.3 1.3 19.4 1.2 17.9 1.1
United Kingdom 23.5 1.5 24.0 1.5 24.7 1.5 35.2 2.2
Singapore 21.5 1.3 27.5 1.7 34.9 2.2 36.0 2.2
United Arab Emirates 19.9 1.2 21.3 1.3 19.9 1.2 12.1 0.7
Norway 17.2 1.1 17.9 1.1 15.7 1.0 15.2 0.9
Ireland 14.1 0.9 13.4 0.8 13.8 0.9 10.7 0.7
Netherlands 14.0 0.9 13.2 0.8 15.3 0.9 14.2 0.9
Luxembourg 13.4 0.8 13.0 0.8 15.3 0.9 13.4 0.8
Japan 12.7 0.8 15.8 1.0 14.9 0.9 14.9 0.9
Hong Kong 9.9 0.6 12.7 0.8 12.5 0.8 13.4 0.8
Switzerland 9.1 0.6 8.6 0.5 8.1 0.5 8.1 0.5
Saudi Arabia 5.7 0.4 7.9 0.5 7.7 0.5 9.8 0.6
Other 63.5 3.7 78.8 4.8 87.8 5.4 66.4 4.2
1619.9 100.0 1619.9 100.0 1619.7 100.0 1619.2 100.0