Experian 2014 Annual Report Download - page 174

Shareholder profile
By size of shareholding
Number of
shareholders
% Number of
shares
%
Over 1,000,000 120 0.4 839,881,164 81.5
100,001 to 1,000,000 370 1.2 133,532,001 12.9
10,001 to 100,000 783 2.6 24,958,347 2.4
5,001 to 10,000 931 3.1 6,368,958 0.6
2,001 to 5,000 3,509 11.6 10,632,586 1.0
1 to 2,000 24,645 81.1 16,263,708 1.6
Tot al 30,358 100.0 1,031,636,764 100.0
By nature of shareholding
Number of
shareholders
% Number of
shares
%
Corporates 6,427 21.2 9 61,358,118 93.2
Individuals 23,930 78.8 31,742,027 3.1
Treasury shares 1 – 38,536,619 3.7
Tot al 30,358 100.0 1,031,636,764 100.0
Company website
A full range of investor information is available at www.experianplc.com. Details of the 2014 annual general meeting (‘AGM’),
to be held at The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland at 9.30am on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, are given on the
website and in the notice of meeting.
Electronic shareholder communication
Shareholders may register for Share Portal, an electronic communication service provided by Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited,
via the Company website at www.experianplc.com/shares.
The service enables shareholders to access a comprehensive range of shareholder services online, including dividend payment
information, the ability to check shareholdings, amend address or bank details and submit AGM proxy voting instructions.
When registering for Share Portal, shareholders can select their preferred communication method – email or post. Shareholders
will receive a written notification of the availability on the Company’s website of shareholder documents, such as the annual report,
unless they have elected to either (i) receive such notification by email or (ii) receive paper copies of shareholder documents where
such documents are available in that format.
Dividend information
Dividends for the year ended 31 March 2014
A second interim dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2014 of 26.00 US cents per ordinary share will be paid on
25 July 2014 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 27 June 2014. Unless shareholders elect by 27 June 2014
to receive US dollars, their dividends will be paid in sterling at a rate per share calculated on the basis of the exchange rate from
US dollars to sterling on 4 July 2014. A first interim dividend of 11.50 US cents per ordinary share was paid on 31 January 2014.
Income Access Share arrangements
As its ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange, the Company has a large number of UK resident shareholders.
In order that shareholders may receive Experian dividends from a UK source, should they wish, the Income Access Share
Arrangements (the ‘IAS Arrangements’) have been put in place. The purpose of the IAS Arrangements is to preserve the tax
treatment of dividends paid to Experian shareholders in the UK, in respect of dividends paid by the Company. Shareholders who
elect, or are deemed to elect, to receive their dividends via the IAS Arrangements will receive their dividends from a UK source
(rather than directly from the Company) for UK tax purposes.
Shareholders who hold 50,000 or fewer Experian shares on the first dividend record date after they become shareholders,
unless they elect otherwise, will be deemed to have elected to receive their dividends under the IAS Arrangements.
Shareholders who hold more than 50,000 shares and who wish to receive their dividends from a UK source must make an
election to receive dividends via the IAS Arrangements. All elections remain in force indefinitely unless revoked.
Unless shareholders have made an election to receive dividends via the IAS Arrangements, or are deemed to have made
such an election, dividends will be received from an Irish source and will be taxed accordingly.
Financial statements • Shareholder information
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