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Shares and shareholders

Stock exchange performance   1 March 2023  
to 29   
February  
2024   		1 March 2022  
to 28   February  
2023  
Shares traded as a percentage of issued shares (%)      
Total number of shares traded ('000)   36 906   60 811  
Shares traded as a percentage of issued shares (%)   16.21   27.79  
Total value of shares traded (R million)   1 377   2 373  
JSE Limited prices (SA cents)      
Closing   4 025   3 403  
High   4 200   4 876  
Low   3 101   2 800  
JSE Limited prices adjusted for special dividends: R12.50 in December 2022 (SA cents)      
Closing   4 025   3 403  
High   4 200   3 626  
Low   3 101   1 550  
Public/non-public shareholding      
Percentage non-public shareholders   34.02 % 36.54 %
Percentage public shareholders   65.98 % 63.46 %

Listed below are analyses of holdings extracted from the register of ordinary shareholders at 29 February 2024:

    Shareholders in SA Shareholders other than in SA Total shareholders
Shareholder type   Number Percentage
of shares 		Number Percentage
of shares 		Number Percentage
of shares
Directors   – – 3 16.66 3 16.66
Shareholders over 10%   1 17.11 – – 1 17.11
Treasury   1 0.25 – – 1 0.25
Total non-public   2 17.36 3 16.66 5 34.02
Public   4 988 47.26 292 18.72 5 280 65.98
Total   4 990 64.62 295 35.38 5 285 100.00

The following are the principal beneficial shareholders whose holding directly or indirectly in the Company total more than 5% of the issued share capital as at 29 February 2024:

    Number
of ordinary
shares 		Percentage
of issued
shares
Government Employees Pension Fund (PIC)   39 286 227 17.11
Jens Montanana (Director)   37 005 480 16.12
M&G Group – various funds*   14 204 293 6.19
Old Mutual Investment Group – various funds*   13 138 690 5.73

* Shareholdings are aggregates of several legal entities owned by the same overall group which individually are less than 5%.

Listed below are analyses of holdings extracted from the register of ordinary shareholders at 28 February 2023:

    Shareholders in SA Shareholders other than in SA Total shareholders
Shareholder type   Number Percentage of shares Number Percentage of shares Number Percentage of shares
Directors   — — 4 15.16 4 15.16
Shareholders over 10%   1 20.05 — — 1 20.05
Treasury   1 1.33 — — 1 1.33
Total non-public   2 21.38 4 15.16 6 36.54
Public   5 016 48.61 291 14.85 5 307 63.46
Total   5 018 69.99 295 30.01 5 313 100.00

The following are the principal beneficial shareholders whose holding directly or indirectly in the Company total more than 5% of the issued share capital as at 28 February 2023:

    Number
of ordinary
shares 		Percentage
of issued
shares
Government Employees Pension Fund (PIC)   45 092 788 20.05
Jens Montanana (director)   31 832 429 14.15
M&G Group *   13 594 291 6.04
Sanlam Group *   11 370 642 5.06
Old Mutual Group *   11 345 684 5.04

* Shareholdings are aggregates of several legal entities owned by the same overall group which individually are less than 5%.

Black people and black female economic interest and voting rights

An analysis of black beneficiation through mandated investment schemes invested in Datatec as at 29 February 2024:

    Number
of ordinary
shares 		Percentage
of issued
shares
Total mandated investments identified   127 723 594 55.65
Voting rights deemed to be held by black people on a flow-through basis   53 369 550 23.25
Voting rights deemed to be held by black women on a flow-through basis   25 962 913 11.31
Economic interest deemed to be held by black people on a flow-through basis   28 966 877 12.62
Economic interest deemed to be held by black women on a flow-through basis   14 635 059 6.38

An analysis of black beneficiation through mandated investment schemes invested in Datatec as at 28 February 2023:

    Number
of ordinary
shares 		Percentage
of issued
shares
Total mandated investments identified   136 176 883 60.55
Voting rights deemed to be held by black people on a flow-through basis   59 626 799 26.51
Voting rights deemed to be held by black women on a flow-through basis   29 543 792 13.14
Economic interest deemed to be held by black people on a flow-through basis   33 670 578 14.97
Economic interest deemed to be held by black women on a flow-through basis   17 226 396 7.66