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Top 10 shareholders

Analysis of shareholders
Ten major shareholders1
1H21 FY20 1H20 FY19
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) 230.5 14.2 229.5 14.2 225.1 13.9 215.0 13.3
Alexander Forbes Investments 35.8 2.2 34.2 2.1 30.4 1.9 24.3 1.5
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company 30.2 1.9 29.5 1.8 24.7 1.5 20.6 1.3
Allan Gray Balanced Fund 26.9 1.7 30.2 1.9 38.2 2.4 26.2 1.6
Prudential Equity Fund 19.5 1.2 14.2 0.9 11.7 0.7 1.1 0.1
Government of Norway 18.8 1.2 16.9 1.0 15.9 1.0 14.4 0.9
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (US) 17.5 1.1 16.2 1.0 17.3 1.1 19.3 1.2
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund 17.0 1.0 19.1 1.2 22.6 1.4 21.4 1.3
Government Institutions Pension Fund (NA) 15.8 1.0 16.6 1.0 13.2 0.8 12.2 0.8
737.0 45.6 731.4 45.2 724.1 44.8 679.5 42.1
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
1H21 FY20 1H20 FY19
Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding Number of shares (million) % holding
South Africa 806.6 49.8 833.7 51.5 806.6 49.8 769.9 47.5
Foreign shareholders 813.3 50.2 786.2 48.5 813.3 50.2 849.8 52.5
China 330.5 20.4 329.8 20.4 327.2 20.2 327.0 20.2
United States of America 197.4 12.2 207.7 12.8 211.7 13.1 232.8 14.4
Namibia 22.4 1.4 24.2 1.5 20.3 1.3 19.4 1.2
United Kingdom 21.8 1.3 23.5 1.5 24.0 1.5 24.7 1.5
Norway 19.1 1.2 17.2 1.1 17.9 1.1 15.7 1.0
United Arab Emirates 15.0 0.9 19.9 1.2 21.3 1.3 19.9 1.2
Ireland 14.8 0.9 14.1 0.9 13.4 0.8 13.8 0.9
Luxembourg 14.3 0.9 13.4 0.8 13.0 0.8 15.3 0.9
Singapore 13.9 0.9 21.5 1.3 27.5 1.7 34.9 2.2
Japan 13.0 0.8 12.7 0.8 15.8 1.0 14.9 0.9
Netherlands 11.9 0.7 14.0 0.9 13.2 0.8 15.3 0.9
Hong Kong 9.6 0.6 9.9 0.6 12.7 0.8 12.5 0.8
Switzerland 8.5 0.5 9.1 0.6 8.6 0.5 8.1 0.5
Saudi Arabia 8.0 0.5 5.7 0.4 7.9 0.5 7.7 0.5
Kuwait 5.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Denmark 4.9 0.3 3.6 0.2 5.9 0.4 7.1 0.4
Sweden 4.9 0.3 5.0 0.3 5.2 0.3 5.2 0.3
Other 97.8 6.1 54.9 3.2 67.7 4.1 75.5 4.7
1619.9 100.0 1619.9 100.0 1619.9 100.0 1619.7 100.0