Company Secretary and Registered Office
N D Jennings, FCA
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London W8 5TT
England
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7938 6629
Facsimile: +44 (0) 20 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 2004
| 7th January | Annual Report published |
| 4th February | Annual General Meeting |
| 6th February | Payment of final dividend |
| 31st March | Payment of interest on loan notes |
| 4th April | Half year end |
| 3rd June | Half year results and dividend announced |
| 9th June | Interim ex-dividend date |
| 11th June | Interim record date |
| 9th July | Payment of interim dividend |
| 30th September | Payment of interest on loan notes |
| 3rd October | Year end |
| 2nd December | Annual results and final dividend announced |
| 8th | December Ex-dividend date |
| 10th | December Record date |
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 85.
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 20 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA; the telephone number is 020 7155 5155.
A low cost telephone dealing service has also been arranged with Stocktrade which provides a simple way for buying or selling the Company’s Ordinary and ‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting shares. Basic commission is 0.5% up to £10,000, reducing to 0.2% thereafter (subject to a minimum commission of £15). Sales are carried out on a ten day settlement basis with purchases on a five day basis. When purchasing shares payment must be made by debit card at the time of dealing. For further information, please call 0845 601 0995 and quote reference Low Co131.
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. The principal paying agent for the Company’s 5.75%
Bonds due 2018 is HSBC Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys Street,
London EC3N 4DA. 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 516 of Teletext on Channel 4 and on
its website at teletext.co.uk/finance. A graph, illustrating the recent
performance of the ‘A’ shares, is shown in the Chief Executive’s review.
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.
Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Ordinary Shares
| Range of holdings | Number of shareholders | % | Shares | % |
| 1 – 1,000 | 715 | 71.7 | 286,126 | 1.4 |
| 1,001 – 5,000 | 227 | 22.8 | 489,487 | 2.5 |
| 5,001 – 10,000 | 19 | 1.9 | 134,390 | 0.7 |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | 18 | 1.8 | 275,223 | 1.4 |
| 20,001 – 50,000 | 2 | 0.2 | 75,245 | 0.4 |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | 3 | 0.3 | 237,664 | 1.2 |
| 100,001 – 500,000 | 10 | 1.0 | 1,558,494 | 7.8 |
| 500,001 & over | 3 | 0.3 | 16,829,843 | 84.6 |
| 997 | 100.0 | 19,886,472 | 100.0 | |
‘A’ Ordinary Non-Voting Shares
Range of holdings | Number of shareholders | % | Shares | % |
| 1 – 1,000 | 1,300 | 32.3 | 616,161 | 0.2 |
| 1,001 – 5,000 | 1,141 | 28.3 | 2,896,452 | 0.8 |
| 5,001 – 10,000 | 474 | 11.8 | 3,453,749 | 0.9 |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | 388 | 9.6 | 5,517,359 | 1.4 |
| 20,001 – 50,000 | 285 | 7.1 | 8,938,472 | 2.3 |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | 118 | 2.9 | 8,202,342 | 2.2 |
| 100,001 – 500,000 | 215 | 5.4 | 50,061,957 | 13.1 |
| 500,001 – 1,000,000 | 34 | 0.8 | 24,913,885 | 6.5 |
| 1,000,001 – 5,000,000 | 57 | 1.4 | 117,307,309 | 30.8 |
| 5,000,001 & over | 14 | 0.4 | 159,477,962 | 41.8 |
| 4,026 | 100.0 | 381,385,648 | 100.0 | |
Advisers
Stockbrokers
Cazenove & Co. Limited
20 Moorgate
London EC2R 6DA
Telephone: 020 7588 2828
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hill House
1 Little New Street
London EC4A 3TR
Telephone: 020 7936 3000
Registrars
Lloyds TSB Registrars
The Causeway
Worthing
West Sussex BN99 6DA
Telephone: 0870 600 3964
Facsimile: 0870 600 3980