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Shareholder Information

In this section:
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
DIVIDEND DETAILS
ORDINARY SHARES INFORMATION
IAGPA RESET PREFERENCE SHARES INFORMATION
IAGPB RESET PREFERENCE SHARES INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

You can access information about Insurance Australia Group Limited and your holdings via the Insurance Australia Group website, www.iag.com.au

Shareholder Centre – Check your details online

By accessing ‘Shareholder Centre' through the IAG website and logging in using your Security Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) and post code of your registered address, you can do the following:

Investor Centre – Change your details online

You can view your shareholdings at the Computershare Investor Service Centre website. To register, go to www.computershare.com.au and click ‘Investors'. After entering your SRN or HIN you will be issued with a secure PIN. Once registered you can conduct numerous transactions online including:

Email Enquiries

You can make enquires via the IAG website or by emailing your enquiries directly to iag@computershare.com.au

Change of Address

Individual (single) shareholders can now change their address over the phone or by downloading a form from the website. (Note: Joint and Company shareholdings need to download a form or write a letter to change their address on the register).

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DIVIDEND DETAILS

Dividend Options

Dividend payments can be made by three methods, being:

*forms can be accessed from the website or the Share Registry

Unpresented Cheques

Dividend monies that are not banked are required to be handed over to the State Treasury under the Unclaimed Monies Act. Please bank any outstanding cheques immediately.

TFN, ABN or exemption

You are strongly advised to lodge your TFN, ABN or exemption. If you choose not to lodge these details with the Share Registry, then Insurance Australia Group Limited is obliged to deduct tax at the highest marginal tax rate (plus the medicare levy) from any unfranked portion of any dividend payment.

Annual Report

There are a number of options available concerning the Annual Report. You can choose:

If there are multiple shareholders at your registered address and you wish to receive just one copy of the Annual Report please contact the Share Registry on 1300 360 688.

Any change in the annual report election details recorded on your holding/s can be made by contacting the Share Registry or if, you have registered with their Investor Service, on their website.

Dividend Details

Share class Dividend Franking Amount per share DRP issue price* Payment date
Ordinary Interim Fully Franked 8 cents $4.74 19 April 2004
Ordinary Final Fully Franked 14 cents   18 October 2004
IAGPA Interim Fully Franked $2.9079   15 December 2003
IAGPA Final Fully Franked $2.9079   15 June 2004
IAGPB Interim Fully Franked $2.1994   15 December 2003
IAGPB Final Fully Franked $2.2612   15 June 2004

*The DRP issue price for the final dividend is scheduled to be announced on 5 October 2004.

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ORDINARY SHARES INFORMATION

Twenty largest shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of shares % of issued capital
J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 173,639,598 10.90
National Nominees Limited 132,308,330 8.31
Westpac Custodian Nominees Limited 130,703,027 8.21
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 32,587,633 2.05
Queensland Investment Corporation 24,732,016 1.55
ANZ Nominees Limited 21,009,461 1.32
Westpac Financial Services Limited 16,097,946 1.01
AMP Life Limited 15,597,517 0.98
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 14,968,732 0.94
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 14,324,124 0.90
Cogent Nominees Pty Limited 12,315,702 0.77
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 9,340,375 0.59
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 9,033,484 0.57
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 8,477,392 0.53
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 8,355,090 0.52
Government Superannuation Office 6,383,585 0.40
IOOF Investment Management Limited 6,071,320 0.38
HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 5,954,918 0.37
Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited 5,594,187 0.35
IAG Share Plan Nominee Pty Ltd 5,237,759 0.33
Total for Top 20 652,732,196 40.98

 

Range of shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of holders No of shares % of issued capital
1 - 1,000 722,608 387,174,140 24.31
1,001 - 5,000 287,450 405,723,004 25.48
5,001 - 10,000 2,944 20,935,517 1.31
10,001 - 100,000 1,466 32,791,364 2.06
100,001 - over 157 745,869,528 46.84
Total 1,014,625 1,592,493,553 100.00
Shareholders with less than a marketable parcel of 99 shares as at 31 August 2004 4,825 127,275  

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IAGPA RESET PREFERENCE SHARES INFORMATION

Twenty largest shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of shares % of issued capital
Westpac Custodian Nominees Limited 610,217 17.43
AMP Life Limited 149,180 4.26
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 143,000 4.09
J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 141,907 4.05
Citibank Limited 115,000 3.29
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 112,540 3.22
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 110,823 3.17
National Nominees Limited 100,084 2.86
Share Direct Nominees Pty Ltd 100,000 2.86
NET Nominees Limited 69,293 1.98
Perpetual Trustee Company Limited 40,223 1.15
UBS Nominees Pty Ltd 39,381 1.13
UBS Private Clients Australia Nominees Pty Ltd 35,442 1.01
ARGO Investments Limited 30,800 0.88
Cambooya Pty Limited 30,650 0.88
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 24,117 0.69
Cogent Nominees Pty Limited 22,591 0.65
Brencorp No 11 Pty Limited 22,500 0.64
ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited 22,217 0.63
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 20,000 0.57
Total for Top 20 1,939,965 55.44

 

Range of shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of holders No of shares % of issued capital
1 - 1,000 4,129 1,039,615 29.70
1,001 - 5,000 162 354,676 10.13
5,001 - 10,000 16 126,095 3.60
10,001 - 100,000 15 496,863 14.20
100,001 - over 8 1,482,751 42.36
Total 4,330 3,500,000 100.00
Shareholders with less than a marketable parcel of 5 shares as at 31 August 2004 0 0  

IAGPB RESET PREFERENCE SHARES INFORMATION

Twenty largest shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of shares % of issued capital
AMP Life Limited 212,071 10.60
J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 206,367 10.32
Share Direct Nominees Pty Ltd 150,000 7.50
National Nominees Limited 125,800 6.29
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 87,110 4.36
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 73,996 3.70
NET Nominees Limited 69,468 3.47
Westpac Custodian Nominees Limited 66,550 3.33
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 63,600 3.18
Perpetual Trustee Company Limited 56,880 2.84
Cogent Nominees Pty Limited 54,284 2.71
ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited 44,627 2.23
UBS Nominees Pty Ltd 41,604 2.08
UBS Private Clients Australia 39,213 1.96
ANZ Nominees Limited 37,026 1.85
J B Were Capital Markets Limited 31,744 1.59
Mrs Fay Cleo Martin-Weber 20,000 1.00
Elise Nominees Pty Limited 19,099 0.95
RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 18,633 0.93
Permanent Trustee Australia Limited 17,000 0.85
Total for Top 20 1,435,072 71.74

 

Range of shareholders as at 31 August 2004 No of holders No of shares % of issued capital
1 - 1,000 1,301 331,323 16.57
1,001 - 5,000 49 122,377 6.12
5,001 - 10,000 10 74,655 3.73
10,001 - 100,000 19 777,407 38.87
100,001 - Over 4 694,238 34.71
Total 1,383 2,000,000 100.00
Shareholders with less than a marketable parcel of 5 shares as at 31 August 2004 0 0  

Substantial shareholdings as at 31 August 2004
The only shareholder who had a substantial shareholding as at 31 August 2004 was Commonwealth Bank of Australia who held 87,006,651 ordinary shares representing 5.46% of the ordinary shares on issue (by notice dated 24 May 2004).

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