Shareholder Information
| Share Price Data | 2009 € |
2008 € |
| Share price movement during the year | ||
| - High | 17.00 | 26.48 |
| - Low | 10.05 | 14.78 |
| Share price at 31 March | 11.40 | 14.95 |
| Market capitalisation at 31 March | 936m | 1,208m |
| Share price at 18 May | 14.50 | |
| Market capitalisation at 18 May | 1,191m |
Shareholder Analysis as at 31 March 2009
| Range of shares held | Number of accounts | % of accounts | Number of shares1 |
% of shares |
| Over 250,000 | 48 | 1.4 | 65,652,538 | 79.9 |
| 100,001 – 250,000 | 45 | 1.4 | 6,948,735 | 8.5 |
| 10,001 – 100,000 | 180 | 5.4 | 6,157,901 | 7.5 |
| Less than 10,000 | 3,052 | 91.8 | 3,379,831 | 4.1 |
| Total | 3,325 | 100.0 | 82,139,005 | 100.0 |
Geographic division2 |
Number of shares1 |
% of shares |
| Ireland | 11,085,527 | 13.5 |
| UK | 22,495,121 | 27.4 |
| North America | 23,886,652 | 29.1 |
| Europe/Other | 7,597,579 | 9.2 |
| Retail3 | 17,074,126 | 20.8 |
| Total | 82,139,005 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Excludes 6,090,399 shares held as Treasury Shares |
| 2 | This represents the best estimate of the number of shares controlled by fund managers resident in the relevant geographic regions |
| 3 | Retail includes private shareholders, management and broker holdings |
Share Listings
DCC’s shares are traded on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London
Stock Exchange. DCC’s shares are quoted on the official lists of both
the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority.
ISIN: IE0002424939
ISE Xetra: DCC plc
Bloomberg: DCC ID, DCC LN
Website
Through DCC’s website, www.dcc.ie, stakeholders and other interested
parties can access information on DCC in an easy-to-follow and user-friendly
format. As well as information on the Group’s activities, users can
keep up to date on DCC’s financial results and share price performance
through downloadable reports and interactive share price tools. The
site also provides access to archived financial data, annual reports,
stock exchange announcements and investor presentations.
Registrar
All administrative queries about the holding of DCC shares should be
addressed to the Company’s Registrar, Computershare Investor Services
(Ireland) Limited, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate,
Dublin 18, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 1 247 5698
Fax: + 353 1 216 3151
www.investorcentre.com/ie/contactus
Dividends
Shareholders are offered the option of having dividends paid in euro
or pounds sterling. Shareholders may also elect to receive dividend
payments by electronic funds transfer directly into their bank accounts,
rather than by cheque. Shareholders should contact the Company’s Registrar
for details.
Dividend Withholding Tax (“DWT”)
The Company is obliged to deduct tax at the standard rate of income
tax in Ireland (currently 20%) from dividends paid to its shareholders,
unless a particular shareholder is entitled to an exemption from DWT
and has completed and returned to the Company’s Registrar a declaration
form claiming entitlement to the particular exemption. Exemption from
DWT may be available to shareholders resident in another EU Member State
or in a country with which the Republic of Ireland has a double taxation
agreement in place and to non-individual shareholders resident in Ireland
(e.g. companies, pension funds and charities).
An explanatory leaflet entitled “Dividend Withholding Tax – General Information Leaflet” has been published by the Irish Revenue Commissioners and can be obtained by contacting the Company’s Registrar at the above address. This leaflet can also be downloaded from the Irish Revenue Commissioners’ website at www.revenue.ie. Declaration forms for claiming an exemption are available from the Company’s Registrar.
CREST
DCC is a member of the CREST share settlement system. Shareholders
may continue to hold paper share certificates or hold their shares in
electronic form. Shareholders should consult their stockbroker if they
wish to hold shares in electronic form.
Financial Calendar
• Preliminary results announced 19 May 2009
• Ex-dividend date for the final dividend 27 May 2009
• Record date for the final dividend 29 May 2009
• Interim Management Statement 17 July 2009
• Annual General Meeting 17 July 2009
• Proposed payment date for final dividend 23 July 2009
• Interim results to be announced November 2009
• Proposed payment date for the interim dividend December 2009
Annual General Meeting
The 2009 Annual General Meeting will be held at The Four Seasons Hotel,
Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland on Friday 17 July
2009 at 11.00 a.m. The Notice of Meeting together with an explanatory
letter from the Chairman and a Form of Proxy accompany this Report.
Electronic communications
Following the introduction of the Transparency Regulations 2007, and
in order to adopt a more environmentally-friendly and cost-effective
approach, the Company provides the Annual Report to shareholders electronically
via DCC’s website, www.dcc.ie, and only sends a printed copy to those
shareholders who specifically request a copy. Shareholders who choose
to receive the Annual Report electronically will also receive other
information electronically (such as interim reports, notices of annual
general meeting and shareholder circulars) but will continue to receive
certain communications by post (such as share certificates, dividend
cheques, dividend payment vouchers and tax vouchers). Shareholders who
wish to alter the method by which they receive communications should
contact the Company’s Registrar.
Electronic proxy voting and CREST voting
Shareholders may lodge a Form of Proxy for the 2009 Annual General
Meeting via the internet. Shareholders who wish to submit their proxy
in this manner may do so by accessing the Company’s Registrar’s website
at www.computershare.com/ie/voting/dcc and following the instructions
which are set out on the Form of Proxy.
CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies via the CREST electronic proxy appointment service should refer to the notes in the Notice of Annual General Meeting or on the Form of Proxy.
Investor relations
For investor enquiries please contact Conor Murphy, Investor Relations
Manager, DCC plc, DCC House, Brewery Road, Stillorgan, Blackrock, Co
Dublin, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 1 2799 400
Fax: + 353 1 2831 017
email: investorrelations@dcc.ie
