| Number of | Percentage | Number of | Percentage | ||
| Public and non-public shareholders | holders | of holders | shares | of shares | |
| Public shareholders | 3 061 | 99.8% | 275 954 337 | 91.1% | |
| Non-public shareholders | |||||
| Shares held by directors | 6 | 0.2% | 351 882 | 0.1% | |
| The New Clicks Holdings Share Trust | 1 | 0.0% | 1 486 302 | 0.5% | |
| Treasury stock held by New Clicks South Africa (Pty) Limited | 1 | 0.0% | 25 048 880 | 8.3% | |
| Total non-public shareholders | 8 | 0.2% | 26 887 064 | 8.9% | |
| Total shareholders | 3 069 | 100.0% | 302 841 401 | 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:
| 2009 | 2008 | |
| Percentage | Percentage | |
| Major beneficial shareholders | of shares | of shares |
| Government Employees Pension Fund | 16.2% | 19.3% |
| New Clicks South Africa (Pty) Limited | 8.3% | 8.5% |
| Sanlam Investment Managers | 6.9% | |
| Investment Solutions | 5.5% | 5.4% |
| Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Liberty Life Association of Africa Limited | 2.6% | 4.0% |
| Trakprops 141 (Pty) Limited | | 6.4% |
| 2009 | 2008 | |
| Percentage | Percentage | |
| Major fund managers | of shares | of shares |
| Investec Asset Management | 19.8% | 15.5% |
| Public Investment Corporation | 16.0% | 4.6% |
| Sanlam Investment Managers | 7.8% | 7.1% |
| Oasis Asset Management | 5.9% | 5.7% |
| Old Mutual Investment Group | 5.6% | 7.5% |
| RMB Asset Management | 4.9% | 8.4% |
| Investec Securities | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| STANLIB Asset Management | 3.6% | 9.0% |
| Number of | Percentage | Number of | Percentage | |
| Classification of registered shareholdings | holders | of holders | shares | of shares |
| Pension funds | 151 | 5.0% | 94 152 552 | 31.1% |
| Mutual funds | 162 | 5.3% | 68 447 429 | 22.6% |
| Investment companies | 12 | 0.4% | 29 492 664 | 9.7% |
| Own holdings | 1 | 0.0% | 25 048 880 | 8.3% |
| Brokers | 30 | 1.0% | 23 568 784 | 7.8% |
| Insurance companies | 26 | 0.8% | 22 270 884 | 7.3% |
| Banks | 49 | 1.6% | 21 859 581 | 7.2% |
| Individuals | 2 134 | 69.5% | 6 294 687 | 2.1% |
| Nominees and trusts | 336 | 10.9% | 5 943 920 | 2.0% |
| Other | 168 | 5.5% | 5 762 020 | 1.9% |
| 3 069 | 100.0% | 302 841 401 | 100.0% | |
| Number of | Percentage | Number of | Percentage | |
| Distribution of registered shareholdings | holders | of holders | shares | of shares |
| 1 1 000 | 1 402 | 45.6% | 525 673 | 0.2% |
| 1 001 10 000 | 1 098 | 35.8% | 3 898 848 | 1.3% |
| 10 001 100 000 | 327 | 10.7% | 11 253 777 | 3.7% |
| 100 001 1 000 000 | 198 | 6.5% | 65 625 476 | 21.7% |
| 1 000 001 shares and over | 44 | 1.4% | 221 537 627 | 73.1% |
| 3 069 | 100.0% | 302 841 401 | 100.0% |