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183Shareholder and corporate information
Shareholder and corporate information
Analysis of share register at 31 March 2016
By size of shareholding
Number of
shareholders %
Number
of shares %
Over 1,000,000 140 0.5 857,348,826 83.8
100,001 to 1,000,000 336 1.2 111,28 3,746 10.9
10,001 to 100,000 736 2.6 24,031,405 2.3
5,001 to 10,000 841 3.0 5,727,16 0 0.6
2,001 to 5,000 3,151 11.1 9,534,243 0.9
1 to 2,000 23,119 81.6 15,075,869 1.5
Total 28,323 100.0 1,023,001,249 100.0
By nature of shareholding
Number of
shareholders %
Number
of shares %
Corporates 6,628 23.4 932,222,147 91.1
Individuals 21,694 76.6 27,614,780 2.7
Treasury shares 1 – 63,16 4,322 6.2
Total 28,323 100.0 1,023,001,249 100.0
Company website
A full range of investor information is available at
www.experianplc.com. Details of the 2016 Annual General
Meeting (‘AGM’), to be held at The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion
Street, Dublin 2, D02 KF79, Ireland at 9.30am on Wednesday,
20 July 2016, are given on the website and in the notice of
meeting. Information on the Company’s share price is
available on the website.
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 is free and it facilitates the use of a
comprehensive range of shareholder services online.
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 2016
A second interim dividend in respect of the year ended
31 March 2016 of 27.50 US cents per ordinary share will be paid
on 22 July 2016, to shareholders on the register at the close
of business on 24 June 2016. Unless shareholders elect by
24 June 2016 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 1 July 2016. A first
interim dividend of 12.50 US cents per ordinary share was paid
on 29 January 2016.
Income Access Share (‘IAS’) 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 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.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’)
The DRIP enables those shareholders who receive their
dividends under the IAS arrangements to use their cash
dividends to buy more shares in the Company. Eligible
shareholders, who wish to participate in the DRIP in respect of
the second interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2016 to
be paid on 22 July 2016, should return a completed and signed
DRIP application form, to be received by the registrars no later
than 24 June 2016. Shareholders should contact the registrars
for further details.