The principal market for Kumba Resources Limited is the JSE. As a constituent of the All Share Top 40 index (ALSI 40 index), Kumba shares trade through the STRATE system.

STRATE is the authorised central securities depositary (CSD) for equities in South Africa that incorporates an electronic settlement system. STRATE achieves secure, electronic settlement of share transactions on the JSE and for off-market trades. Shares in companies listed on the JSE can no longer be bought or sold unless they have been dematerialised on to the STRATE system. This process involves submitting paper share certificates to a custodian bank or JSE member firm (broker) for conversion into an electronic record, an exercise referred to as dematerialisation.

The introduction of the Johannesburg Equity Trading (JET) system a few years ago highlighted the deficiencies in the JSE’s paper-based settlement system. Shares were no longer traded on a trading floor, and this contributed to a massive leap in the number of trades each day. Back-office support services were incapable of handling this increase in daily transactions efficiently in a paper-based environment. The transition to an efficient settlement system has increased market activity and will certainly improve the international perception of the South African market by reducing settlement and operational risk in the market, increasing efficiency and ultimately reducing costs. Accordingly, by heightening investor appeal, STRATE enables South Africa to compete effectively with other international markets, and not just those of emerging countries. For additional information please refer to the STRATE website: www.strate.co.za.

Closing JSE share prices are published in most national and regional SA newspapers and are available during the day on the Kumba and other websites. Share prices are also available on I-Net Bridge, Reuters and Bloomberg.

Kumba has an over-the-counter (OTC) sponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) facility with the Bank of New York (BoNY) under a deposit agreement.

General shareholder enquiries
Computershare is the registrar for Kumba. All enquiries and correspondence concerning shareholding (other than shares held in ADR form) should be directed to the registrar. Computershare’s contact details are on p199. Shareholders must notify Computershare promptly in writing of any change of address.

All enquiries concerning shares held in ADR form should be directed to the BoNY, whose contact details are also given on p199 or alternatively visit their website at: www.adrbny.com.

Shareholders can obtain details about their own shareholding on the internet. Full details, including how to gain secure access to this personalised enquiry facility, are provided on the Computershare website: www.computershare.com.

Consolidation of share certificates
If your certificated shareholding in Kumba is represented by several individual share certificates, you may wish to have these replaced by one consolidated certificate; there is no charge for this service. You should send your share certificates to Computershare together with a letter of instruction.

Major shareholders
As of 31 December 2005, the two entities known to Kumba as owning more than 10% of its shares were Anglo American plc and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) with 201 092 500 and 41 498 615 shares representing 65,69% and 13,55% respectively.

As of 31 December 2005, the total number of the voting securities owned by the directors of Kumba was 22 448 ordinary shares representing approximately 0,01% of the number of shares in issue.