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1. ANALYSIS OF SHAREHOLDERS ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF SHARES AS AT 31.12.2005

  Resident Non-Resident Total
Shareholdings No. of No. of % No. of No. of % No. of No. of %
Share- Shares   Share- Shares   Share- Shares  
holders     holders     holders    
  12,973 6,034,942 0.33 22 13,300 0.00 12,995 6,048,242 0.33
  4,957 13,710,355 0.76 23 79,645 0.00 4,980 13,790,000 0.76
  3,196 25,680,126 1.42 17 147,000 0.01 3,213 25,827,126 1.43
  1,820 32,208,662 1.78 21 570,900 0.03 1,841 32,779,562 1.81
  120 9,287,512 0.51 3 172,100 0.01 123 9,459,612 0.52
  133 31,525,500 1.75 21 4,760,000 0.26 154 36,285,500 2.01
  19 13,409,800 0.74 7 4,953,947 0.27 26 18,363,747 1.01
  34 988,351,733 54.79 5 673,954,478 37.34 39 1,662,306,211 92.13
  23,252 1,120,208,630 62.08 119 684,651,370 37.92 23,371 1,804,860,000 100.00
 
2. CATEGORIES OF SHAREHOLDERS
  31 December 2005 31 December 2004
Analysis of Shareholders No. of Total Holdings % No. of Total Holdings %
Shareholders     Shareholders    
             
Individual 22,922 119,959,686 6.65 24,039 126,917,083 7.03
Institutional 449 1,684,900,314 93.35 364 1,677,942,917 92.97
  23,371 1,804,860,000 100.00 24,403 1,804,860,000 100.00
 
3. 20 LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AS AT THE BALANCE SHEET DATE
Name Sharesholdings %
Secretary to the Treasury 893,405,709 49.50
NTT Communications Corporation 635,076,318 35.19
HSBC INTL Nominees Limited - SSBTL-Global Advantageeng MK FD 22,378,460 1.24
HSBC INTL Non Limited - SSBT - Pro Fonds (Lux) Emerging Markets - DA50, 2203FC, C/o HSBC 13,535,400 0.75
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited - Life Fund 11,951,035 0.66
Mr. A. A. N. De Fonseka 7,285,800 0.40
Mr. M. M. Udeshi 6,786,900 0.38
DFCC Bank A/C No. 1 6,086,500 0.34
Bank of Ceylon A/C - Ceybank Unit Trust 5,484,800 0.30
Seylan Bank Limited/Mr. S. V. Somasundaram 5,285,700 0.29
National Savings Bank 4,500,000 0.25
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited - General Fund 3,561,200 0.20
Seylan Bank Limited/Softlogic International (Private) Limited 3,332,700 0.18
MAS Holdings (Private) Limited 3,226,500 0.18
Seylan Bank Limited/Mr. L. S. I. Perera 3,224,000 0.18
Employees' Provident Fund 2,619,689 0.15
Hatton National Bank Limited/ A/C No. 01 2,334,800 0.13
Waldock Mackenzie Limited/Hi-Line Trading (Private) Limited 2,293,500 0.13
Waldock Mackenzie Limited/Mr. A. F. Munas & Mrs. N. Munas 2,050,900 0.11
Phoenix Ventures Limited 2,000,000 0.11
TOTAL 1,636,419,911 90.67
 
4. MARKET VALUE OF SHARES
Market Value of the ordinay shares of the Company (Rs.) during the year 2005:

Name 2005 2004
     
- Highest (Rs.) 27.00 23.00
- Lowest (Rs.) 15.50 15.00
- Last traded price (Rs.) 16.50 15.50
 
5. RATIOS
  Group Company
31 December 2005 2004 2005 2004
         
Net Assets per Share (Rs.) 18.72 17.21 20.26 18.05
Debt Equity Ratio (Debt Equity) - Number of Times 0.40 0.45 0.30 0.35
Quick Asset Ratio - Number of Times 1.66 1.83 1.90 2.24

For the year 2005 2004 2005 2004
         
Interest Cover - Number of Times 4.35 1.70 8.52 2.70
 
6. DIVIDEND PAYMENT
First & Final Dividend - Rs. 0.50 per share paid on 26 May 2005.
 
7. SHARE TRADING INFORMATION
  2005 2004
     
No. of Transactions 33,762 23,669
No. of Shares traded 253,660,200 180,626,230
Value of Shares traded (Rs.) 5,406,140,775 3,225,939,589
 
8. DEBENTURES
The final tranch of the 1,500,000 unsecured redeemable 5 year Debentures (2000/2005) of Rs. 1,000/- each issued in 2000 was paid off and settled in full on 21 March 2005, and debt securities de-listed on 22 March 2005.
 
9. DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2005
Mr. S. B. Divaratne - Nil
Mr. Anil Obeyesekere - Nil
Mr. Nigel Hatch - Nil
Mr. Lalith De Mel - 35,500
Mr. Palitha Thenuwara - Nil
 
10. PUBLIC HOLDING - 15.31%
Issued Share Capital   1,804,860,000
Less: Secretary to the Treasury 893,405,709  
  NTT Communications Corp. 635,076,318  
  Mr. Lalith De Mel 35,500 (1,528,517,527)
      276,342,473