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Ordinary shareholders
There were 47,679 holders of Ordinary shares at 31 March 2007 and their holdings can be analysed as follows:
Percentage Number of
Number of of total number Ordinary shares Percentage of
shareholders of shareholders ‘000s Ordinary shares
Over 1,000,000 173 0.4 781,788 76.4
100,001 – 1,000,000 432 0.9 144,883 14.2
10,001 – 100,000 1,216 2.5 36,292 3.6
5,001 – 10,000 1,639 3.4 11,216 1.1
2,001 –5,000 6,568 13.8 20,047 2.0
1 – 2,000 37,651 79.0 28,056 2.7
47,679 100.0 1,022,282 100.0
Shareholders are further analysed as follows:
Percentage Number of
Number of of total number Ordinary shares Percentage of
shareholders of shareholders ‘000s Ordinary shares
Corporates 11,764 24.7 966,109 94.5
Individuals 35,915 75.3 56,173 5.5
47,679 100.0 1,022,282 100.0
Experian website
Afull range of investor information is available at www.experiangroup.com. The 2007 Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) will be broadcast live on
the Internet; further details are included in the notice of meeting and on the website.
Electronic shareholder communication
Shareholders may register for Shareview, an electronic communication service provided by Lloyds TSB Registrars on behalf of the Company’s
Registrar,Lloyds TSB (Jersey) Services Limited. Registration is via the Company’s website, www.experiangroup.com, or direct via
www.experianshareview.com.
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 Shareview, shareholders can select their preferred communication method, post or email. Subject to shareholder approval of
amendments to the Company’sArticles of Association, all shareholders will receive a written notification of the availability on the Group’s website of
shareholder documents, such as the interim and annual reports unless they have elected to receive either notification via email or paper copies of
shareholder documents.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’)
The DRIP enables shareholders to use their cash dividends to purchase Experian shares. Shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP for the first
time, in respect of the second interim dividend to be paid on 27 July 2007, should return a completed and signed DRIP mandate form to be received
by the Registrar, by no later than 29 June 2007. For further details please contact the Registrars at the address below.
Capital Gains Tax (‘CGT’ ) base cost for UK shareholders
On 10 October 2006, GUS plc separated its Experian business from its Home Retail Group business by way of demerger.Following the demerger,
GUS shareholders at 4.30 pm on Friday 6 October 2006 wereentitled to receive one sharein Experian Group Limited and one share in Home Retail
Group plc for every share they held in GUS plc at that time.
The previous base cost of any GUS plc shares held at 4.30pm on 6 October 2006 is apportioned for UK CGT purposes in the following ratio:
58.235% to Experian Group Limited shares and 41.765% to Home Retail Group plc shares (based on the closing prices of the respective shares on
their first day of trading after their admission to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange on 11 October 2006).
For GUS plc shares acquired prior to the demerger of Burberry on 13 December 2005 which are affected by both the Burberry demerger and the
subsequent separation of Experian and Home Retail Group, the original CGT base cost is apportioned 50.604% to Experian Group Limited shares,
36.293% to Home Retail Group plc shares and 13.103% to Burberry Group plc shares.
Shareholder information