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Shareholder information
Analysis of ordinary shareholdings
Shareholdings Ordinary shares
By size of shareholding Number % Number %
Over 1,000,000 139 0.4 806,844,665 78.6
100,001 - 1,000,000 430 1.2 154,664,933 15.0
10,001 - 100,000 839 2.4 25,882,670 2.5
5,001 - 10,000 1,105 3.2 7,544,153 0.7
2,001 - 5,000 4,289 12.4 13,030,431 1.3
1 - 2,000 27,923 80.4 19,148,823 1.9
Total 34,725 100.0 1,027,115,675 100.0
Shareholdings Ordinary shares
By nature of shareholding Number % Number %
Corporates 6,411 18.5 957,557,662 93.2
Individuals 28,313 81.5 39,562,411 3.9
Treasury shares 1 – 29,995,602 2.9
Total 34,725 100.0 1,027,115,675 100.0
Company website
A full range of investor information is available at www.experianplc.com. Details of the 2011 annual general meeting (‘AGM’), to be held at
The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland at 9.30am on Wednesday, 20 July 2011, are given on the website and in the notice of
meeting.
Registrars
Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited were appointed as registrars of the Company with effect from 23 August 2010.
Electronic shareholder communication
Shareholders may register for Share Portal, an electronic communication service provided by Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited, via the
Company website or direct 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. All shareholders will receive
a written notication 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 notication via email or (ii) receive paper copies of shareholder documents where such documents are available in that
format.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’)
The DRIP enables those shareholders who receive their dividends under the Income Access Share election arrangements to use their cash
dividends to purchase Experian shares. Such shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP for the rst time, in respect of the second interim
dividend for the year ended 31 March 2011 to be paid on 22 July 2011, should return a completed and signed DRIP mandate form to be received by
the registrars, by no later than 24 June 2011. Shareholders should contact the registrars for further details.
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 plc shareholders at 4.30pm on 6 October 2006 were entitled to receive one share in Experian plc 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 plc shares and 41.765% to Home Retail Group plc shares (based on the closing prices of the respective shares on their rst
day of trading after their admission to the Ofcial 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 plc shares, 36.293%
to Home Retail Group plc shares and 13.103% to Burberry Group plc shares.
Shareholder security
Shareholders are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free reports about the Company.
More detailed information on such matters can be found at www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk. Details of any share dealing facilities that the
Company endorses will be included on the Company’s website or in Company mailings.