at 31 August 2017
| Public and non-public shareholders | Number of shares |
Percentage of shares |
|---|---|---|
| Public shareholders | 235 980 664 | 96.0 |
| Non-public shareholders | ||
| Shares held by directors | 544 859 | 0.2 |
| Treasury stock held by New Clicks South Africa Proprietary Limited | 9 443 445 | 3.8 |
| Total non-public shareholders | 9 988 304 | 4.0 |
| Total shareholders | 245 968 968 | 100.0 |
According to the company’s register of shareholders, read in conjunction with the company’s register of disclosure of beneficial interests made by registered shareholders acting in a nominee capacity, the following shareholders held 3% or more of the issued share capital at 31 August 2017:
| Major beneficial shareholders holding 3% or more | 2017 Percentage of shares |
2016 Percentage of shares |
|---|---|---|
| Government Employees Pension Fund | 15.5 | 15.6 |
| GIC Private Limited | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Fidelity International Growth Fund | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Beneficial shareholder no longer holding 3%: | ||
| Mawer International Equity Pooled Fund | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| Major fund managers managing 3% or more | 2017 Percentage of shares |
2016 Percentage of shares |
|---|---|---|
| Public Investment Corporation (SA) | 14.2 | 14.5 |
| Baillie Gifford & Co (UK) | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Fidelity Management & Research (US) | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| GIC (Singapore) | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| JPMorgan Asset Management (UK and US) | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Mawer Investment Management (CA) | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| The Vanguard Group (US) | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| MFS Investment Management (US) | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Fund managers no longer managing over 3%: | ||
| Wasatch Advisors (US) | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management (UK) | 1.7 | 3.6 |