INVESTOR INFORMATION
 
 
 
ANALYSIS OF SHAREHOLDERS ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF SHARES AS AT 31.12.2002
 
  Resident Non-Resident Total
No. of
Share-
holders
No. of Shares % No. of Share- holders No. of
Shares
% No. of
Share-
holders
No. of
Shares
%
1 - 1,000 15,733
8,145,916 0.45
5 3,900 0.00 15,738 8,149,816 0.45
1001 - 5,000 6,054 16,956,212 0.94 9 30,100 0.00 6,063 16,986,312 0.94
5,001 - 10,000 4,586 37,096,782
2.06 8 63,500 0.00 4,594 37,160,282 2.06
10,001 - 50,000 2,344 38,135,371 2.11 7 188,000 0.01 2,351 38,323,371 2.12
50,001 - 100,000 112 8,850,608 0.49 3 248,100 0.01 115 9,098,708 0.50
100,001 - 500,000 93 21,145,554 1.17 7 1,794,000 0.10 100 22,939,554 1.27
500,001 -1,000,000 12 8,885,948 0.49 4 2,849,400 0.16 16 11,735,348 0.65
Over 1,000,000 14 994,872,991 55.13 7 665,593,618 36.88 21 1,660,466,609 92.01
  28,948 1,134,089,382 62.84 50 670,770,618 37.16 28,998 1,804,860,000 100.00
 
 
Categories of Shareholders   No. of Shareholders   No. of Shares
         
Individual   28,708   122,895,956
Institutional   290   1,681,964,044
    28,998   1,804,860,000
         
         
20 LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AS AT THE BALANCE SHEET DATE        
         
Name   No. of Shares   %
         
Secretary to the Treasury   893,405,709   49.50
NTT Communications Corporation   635,076,318   35.20
Employees' Provident Fund   19,803,289   1.10
Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka   15,033,300   0.83
National Savings Bank   13,461,088   0.75
Commercial Bank of Ceylon Limited   13,333,300   0.74
Voyager Capital (International) Limited   11,989,600   0.66
Employees' Trust Fund Board   11,794,588   0.65
HSBC Int'l Nominees Limited - HSBC Bank Plc.   7,266,700   0.40
DFCC Bank   6,766,600   0.37
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited   6,633,335   0.37
MAS Holdings (Pvt) Limited   5,182,800   0.29
Investors Bank & Trust Co-Eaton Vance Asian Small Co Fu   4,830,000   0.27
Mr. Raj Rajaratnam   3,220,000   0.18
Readywear Industries Limited   3,000,000   0.17
Mr. H. H. Abdulhusein   2,500,000   0.14
HSBC Int Nominees Limited - MSIL - Asia Phoenix Fund Limited   1,923,000   0.11
Mrs. N. A. Ediriweera   1,596,100   0.09
J. B. Cocoshell (Pvt) Limited   1,352,882   0.07
The Northern Trust Co. S/A Woo Hay   1,288,000   0.07
Tong Investments Limited        
    1,659,456,609   91.96
         
         
DEBENTURE INFORMATION
1,500,000 unsecured redeemable 5 year debentures (2000/2005) par value of which were Rs. 1,000/- per unit were issued in March 2000.

The First tranche of 25% of the principal sum was redeemed in March 2002.

On redemption the par value of a unit was reduced to Rs. 750/-.
    2002   2001
         
Gearing Ratio (Debt to Rs. 1/- of Equity)   0.67   0.85
Interest Cover (No. of times)   2.85   2.27
Quick Asset Ratio (No. of times current liabilities)   1.20   1.05
         
         
MARKET VALUE OF DEBENTURES        
 Fixed Interest rate Debenture   2002
Annual - 14.5% Rs.
  2002
Quarterly -14% Rs.
         
- Highest   850.00   800.00
- Lowest   700.25   725.25
- Last Traded Price   750.00   760.00
         
There have been no trades in Floating Rate Debentures during the year.    
Floor rate – 13%        
Cap rate – 16%        
         
         
INTEREST RATE OF COMPARABLE GOVERNMENT SECURITY        
Interest rate of comparable Government Security        
    Fixed
Interest rate
  Floating
Interest rate
         
    9.90%   9.95%
         
         
OTHER RATIOS        
    Annual   Quarterly
         
1) Interest yield as at date of Last trade   14.5%   14.5%
2) Yield to maturity of last trade   14.5%   12.8%
         
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