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Company Secretary and Registered Office
N D Jennings, FCA
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London W8 5TT
England
Telephone: 020 7938 6629
Facsimile: 020 7938 4626
Registered Number: 184594
Website
The Group has an internet website which gives information on
the Company and its operating subsidiaries and provides details
of significant Group announcements. It also has a site giving details
of job opportunities within the Group.
The addresses are: http://www.dmgt.co.uk
http://www.dmgtopportunities.com
Financial Calendar 2003
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| 8th January | Annual Report published | |
| 12th February | Annual General Meeting | |
| 14th February | Payment of final dividend | |
| 30th March | Half year end | |
| 31st March | Payment of interest on loan notes | |
| 29th May | Half year results and dividend announced | |
| 11th June | Interim ex-dividend date | |
| 13th June | Interim record date | |
| 11th July | Payment of interim dividend | |
| 28th September | Year end | |
| 30th September | Payment of interest on loan notes | |
| 27th November | Annual results and final dividend announced | |
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Capital Gains Tax
The market value of both the Ordinary and ‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting
shares in the Company on 31st March, 1982 (adjusted for the 1994
bonus issue of ‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting shares and for the four-for-one
share split in 2000) was 9.75 pence.
Registrars
All enquiries regarding shareholdings, dividends, lost share
certificates, loan notes in the Company and in Daily Mail and General
Investments plc, or changes of address should be directed to Lloyds
TSB Registrars at the address set out on page 89.
Electronic Communications
Our registrars, Lloyds TSB Registrars, have introduced a service to
provide shareholders with on-line internet access to details of their
shareholdings and to receive documentation from the Company
electronically. The service is free, secure and easy to use. Shareholders
may register for the service at www.shareview.co.uk, using their
shareholder reference number (which can be found on their dividend
counterfoil or on their share certificate).
Low Cost Share Dealing Service
The Company has arranged with its brokers, Cazenove & Co. Limited,
to provide a simple, low-cost share dealing service for Ordinary and
'A' Ordinary Non-Voting shares in Daily Mail and General Trust plc.
The main features are: a basic commission of 1% on both purchases
and sales (subject to a minimum commission of £10 per transaction);
reduced commission rates for transactions over £5,000; and no
minimum investment. For further details, please contact Cazenove
& Co. Limited, Company Share Schemes, at 12 Tokenhouse Yard,
London, EC2R 7AN; the telephone number is 020 7606 1768.
Loan Notes
Loan notes issued by the Company and by Daily Mail and General
Investments plc, a subsidiary, are repayable in whole or in part at
the option of loan note holders every six months. Loan note holders
requiring repayment should complete the redemption section on
the back of their loan note and send it to reach the Registrars by
28th February or 31st August for repayments on 31st March or
30th September respectively.
Eurobond Paying Agent
The principal paying agent for the Company’s 10% Bonds due
2021 and the 7.5% Bonds due 2013 is Deutsche Bank AG London,
Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester St, London EC2N 2DB. The
principal paying agent for the 9.75% Bonds due 2005 is The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., Woolgate House, Coleman Street, London
EC2P 2HD. Inquiries should be directed to John Donegan, Group
Accountant, who can be contacted on 020 7938 6627 and whose
e-mail address is john.donegan@dmgt.co.uk.
Share Price Information
The current price of the Company’s Ordinary and ‘A’ Ordinary
Non-Voting shares can be found on page 526 of Teletext on Channel 4
and on its website at teletext.co.uk/finance. The current share prices
are also available on the DMGT website at www.dmgt.co.uk/investor_relations/.
A graph, illustrating the recent performance of the ‘A’ shares, is shown on page 8.
Crest
The Company’s Ordinary and ‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting shares entered
CREST in September 1996. Shareholders have the choice either of
holding their shares in electronic form in an account on the CREST
system or of continuing to hold them in the physical form of share
certificates.
Investor Relations
Investor relations are the responsibility of Nicholas Jennings,
Company Secretary whose office is responsible for distribution of the
Annual Report. He is assisted by Fran Ranger who can be contacted
on 020 7938 6629. The investor relations’ e-mail address is
investor.relations@dmgt.co.uk.
Shareholdings at 29th September, 2002
Ordinary Shares
| Range of holdings | | Number of shareholders | | % | | Shares | | % | |
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| 1 – 1,000 | | 748 | | 70.9 | | 305,407 | | 1.5 | |
| 1,001 – 5,000 | | 249 | | 23.6 | | 530,303 | | 2.7 | |
| 5,001 – 10,000 | | 23 | | 2.2 | | 156,895 | | 0.8 | |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | | 14 | | 1.3 | | 214,439 | | 1.1 | |
| 20,001 – 50,000 | | 6 | | 0.6 | | 197,331 | | 1.0 | |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | | 4 | | 0.4 | | 334,498 | | 1.7 | |
| 100,001 – 500,000 | | 8 | | 0.7 | | 1,317,756 | | 6.6 | |
| 500,001 & over | | 3 | | 0.3 | | 16,829,843 | | 84.6 | |
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| | 1,055 | | 100.0 | | 19,886,472 | | 100.0 | |
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‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting Shares
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| Range of holdings | | Number of shareholders | | % | | Shares | | % | |
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| 1 – 1,000 | | 1,314 | | 32.6 | | 622,245 | | 0.2 | |
| 1,001 – 5,000 | | 1,092 | | 27.1 | | 2,822,277 | | 0.8 | |
| 5,001 – 10,000 | | 503 | | 12.5 | | 3,696,909 | | 1.0 | |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | | 381 | | 9.5 | | 5,499,119 | | 1.4 | |
| 20,001 – 50,000 | | 288 | | 7.1 | | 8,925,021 | | 2.3 | |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | | 128 | | 3.2 | | 9,219,205 | | 2.4 | |
| 100,001 – 500,000 | | 213 | | 5.3 | | 48,280,381 | | 12.7 | |
| 500,001 – 1,000,000 | | 45 | | 1.1 | | 33,967,296 | | 8.9 | |
| 1,000,001 – 5,000,000 | | 51 | | 1.3 | | 115,627,170 | | 30.3 | |
| 5,000,001 & over | | 12 | | 0.3 | | 152,470,025 | | 40.0 | |
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| | 4,027 | | 100.0 | | 381,129,648 | | 100.0 | |
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Advisers
Stockbrokers
Cazenove & Co. Limited
12 Tokenhouse Yard
London EC2R 7AN
Telephone: 020 7588 2828
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche
180 Strand
London WC2R 1BL
Telephone: 020 7936 3000
Registrars
Lloyds TSB Registrars
The Causeway
Worthing
West Sussex BN99 6DA
Telephone: 0870 600 3964
Facsimile: 0870 600 3980
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