Primedia Limited Annual Report 2005 Annual Report 2005
Annual Report 2005

STOCK EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE AND SHAREHOLDER ANALYSISAnnexure 5

for the year ended 30 June 2005

SHARES AND SHAREHOLDERS
The company's ordinary shares and "N" shares are listed on the JSE Limited under the "Media and Entertainment" sector:
 Ordinary shares"N" sharesOrdinary shares"N" shares
 2005200520042004
Share code PMA PMN PMA PMN
Total shares in issue 52 086 276 176 541 569 50 636 696 173 366 966
Market capitalisation including treasury shares (R'000) 598 992 2 083 191 475 985 1 499 624
 
Listed below are analyses of holdings from the register of ordinary and "N" shareholders at 30 June 2005:
 
Stock exchange performance
Total number of shares traded ('000) 4 539 75 012 2 248 48 598
Total number of shares traded as a percentage
of total shares (%) 8,7 42,5 4,4 28,0
Total value of shares traded (R'000) 53 118 769 054 17 183 301 733
 
Prices (cents)
Closing 1 150 1 180 940 865
High 1 235 1 200 950 1 000
Low855 830 400 400
Percentage of shares held by non-public shareholders (%) 75,6 22,3 76,7 17,7
Percentage of shares held by public shareholders (%)24,4 77,7 23,3 82,3
The following are the principal shareholders whose holdings, directly or indirectly, including asset managers' investment funds, in the company total more than 5% of the issued share capital as at 30 June 2005:
 Ordinary shares"N" sharesOrdinary shares"N" shares
 2005200520042004
Active Value Advisors Limited 17 115 242 21 278 220 17 115 242 21 278 220
Coltell Investments Limited 5 614 351 5 061 819 4 913 851 4 920 719
Mineworkers Investment Company (Pty) Limited11 325 930 3 617 635 9 876 350 443 350
William Kirsh Family Trust4 648 767 4 051 303 984 057

 South African Non-South African   
 shareholders shareholdersTotal shareholders
 Number   NumberNumber  NumberNumber Number
 of shares   of share-of shares of share-of shares of share-
 '000%holders'000%holders'000%holders
Ordinary shares
Non-public 21 58969,8 3 17 11581,0 1 38 70474,3 4
Directors 2890,9 50,0 2890,6 5
Other – The Primedia Trust 3791,2 10,0 3790,7 1
Total non-public 22 25771,9 9 17 11581,0 1 39 37275,6 10
Public 8 69928,1 2 267 4 01519,0 44 12 71424,4 2 311
   30 956 100,0 2 276 21 130 100,0 45 52 086 100,0 2 321
"N" shares
Non-public 8 6796,0 2 21 27866,5 1 29 95717,0 3
Directors 2 8232,0 40,0 2 8231,6 4
Other – The Primedia Trust 6 5014,5 10,0 6 5013,7 1
Total non-public 18 00312,5 7 21 27866,5 1 39 28122,3 8
Public 126 52687,5 3 610 10 73533,5 73 137 26177,7 3 683
  144 529 100,0 3 617 32 013 100,0 74 176 542 100,0 3 691