Shareholders’ information
as at 31 December 2005
| Public |
42 794 |
|
1 420 414 139 |
|
85,29 |
| Non-public |
9 |
|
244 903 286 |
|
14,71 |
| – Directors of MTN Group Limited and major subsidiaries |
6 |
|
1 386 383 |
|
0,08 |
| – MTN Group employees shares held by MTN Holdings Share Trust |
1 |
|
13 492 |
|
0,00 |
| – MTN Uganda Staff Provident Fund |
1 |
|
3 400 |
|
0,00 |
| – Newshelf 664 (Proprietary) Limited |
1 |
|
243 500 011 |
|
14,63 |
|
| Total issued share capital |
42 803 |
|
1 665 317 425 |
|
100,00 |
|

Stock exchange performance
Closing price (cents per share) |
6 215 |
4 400 |
Highest price (cents per share) |
6 400 |
5 030 |
Lowest price (cents per share) |
4 100 |
2 500 |
Total number of shares traded (million) |
882,2 |
1 309,3 |
Total value of shares traded (Rm) |
43 654,9 |
45 322 |
Number of issued shares (million) |
1 665,3 |
1 662,5 |
Number of shares traded as a percentage of issued shares (%) |
52,9 |
78,8 |
Number of transactions |
127 520 |
143 877 |
Average weighted trading price (cents per share) |
4 948 |
2 726 |
Average telecommunications index |
1 081 |
765 |
Average industrial index |
11 215 |
8 422 |
Dividend yield (%) |
1,05 |
1,5 |
Earnings yield (%) (headline earnings) |
5,79 |
8,68 |
Earnings yield (%) (adjusted headline earnings) |
5,44 |
8,32 |
Price/earnings multiple (adjusted headline earnings) |
18 |
12 |
Market capitalisation (billion) |
103,50 |
73,2 |
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