Investor Information
No of shareholders (Resident & Non-Resident) & % of shareholding
Voting Shareholders
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Shares held | No. of Shareholders | Total Shareholding | % | No. of Shareholders | Total Shareholding | % |
| Resident | 3,786 | 278,417,448 | 95.48 | 3,821 | 287,459,452 | 98.58 |
| Non-Resident | 36 | 13,187,552 | 4.52 | 38 | 4,140,548 | 1.42 |
| Total | 3,822 | 291,600,000 | 100.00 | 3,859 | 291,600,000 | 100.00 |
Non-Voting Shareholders
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Shares held | No. of Shareholders | Total Shareholding | % | No. of Shareholders | Total Shareholding | % |
| Resident | 3,944 | 84,088,533 | 96.12 | 3,652 | 84,703,655 | 96.83 |
| Non-Resident | 62 | 3,391,467 | 3.88 | 60 | 2,776,345 | 3.17 |
| Total | 4,006 | 87,480,000 | 100.00 | 3,712 | 87,480,000 | 100.00 |
20 Largest Shareholders for Voting & Non-Voting Shares
Twenty Largest Shareholders - Ordinary Shares
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| No. | Name | No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % |
| 01 | Paints & General Industries Limited | 155,441,396 | 53.31 | 155,441,396 | 53.31 |
| 02 | Employee's Provident Fund | 26,417,892 | 9.06 | 26,417,892 | 9.06 |
| 03 | Chacra Capital Holdings (Private) Limited | 13,104,960 | 4.49 | 13,104,960 | 4.49 |
| 04 | Citibank New York S/A Norges Bank Account 2 | 9,875,561 | 3.39 | 723,492 | 0.25 |
| 05 | Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited - Life Fund | 9,245,423 | 3.17 | 3,291,936 | 1.13 |
| 06 | Union Assurance PLC - Universal Life Fund | 2,657,309 | 0.91 | 167,935 | 0.06 |
| 07 | Pershing LLC S/A Averbach Grauson & Co. | 2,545,011 | 0.87 | 1,120,00 | 0.38 |
| 08 | Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited - General Fund | 2,345,898 | 0.80 | 1,325,880 | 0.45 |
| 09 | Employees Trust Fund Board | 2,333,038 | 0.80 | 2,466,683 | 0.85 |
| 10 | Mrs. J.N.Ambani | 1,983,000 | 0.68 | 2,259,000 | 0.77 |
| 11 | Dr. H.R.Wikremesinghe & Mr. V.K.Wikremesinghe | 1,767,316 | 0.61 | 1,767,316 | 0.61 |
| 12 | S.K.Wikremesinghe Trust (Guarantee) Limited | 1,360,000 | 0.47 | 1,360,000 | 0.47 |
| 13 | Colombo Fort Investments PLC | 1,220,000 | 0.42 | 1,220,000 | 0.42 |
| 14 | Mrs. L.K.Goonawardena | 1,205,120 | 0.41 | 1,492,163 | 0.51 |
| 15 | Union Assurance PLC - Traditional Life Participating Fund | 1,174,257 | 0.40 | 102,047 | 0.03 |
| 16 | Sakuvi Investment Trust (Private) Limited | 1,157,095 | 0.40 | 1,157,095 | 0.40 |
| 17 | Miss. N.K.R.H. De Silva | 1,135,700 | 0.39 | 1,135,700 | 0.39 |
| 18 | Seylan Bank PLC/ Andaradeniya Estate (Private) Limited | 1,088,300 | 0.37 | 1,088,300 | 0.37 |
| 19 | National Savings Bank | 1,005,257 | 0.34 | - | - |
| 20 | Deutsche Bank AG as Trustee To Capital Alliance Quantitative Equity Fund | 984,946 | 0.34 | - | - |
| Total | 238,047,479 | 81.63 | 215,632,795 | 73.95 |
Twenty Largest Shareholders - Non Voting (Class-x) Shares
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| No. | Name | No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % |
| 01 | Employees Provident Fund | 11,113,696 | 12.70 | 11,113,696 | 12.70 |
| 02 | Chacra Capital Holding (Private) Limited | 6,184,280 | 7.07 | 6,184,280 | 7.07 |
| 03 | Paints & General Industries Limited | 2,905,204 | 3.32 | 2,905,204 | 3.32 |
| 04 | Mrs. J.N. Ambani | 2,625,000 | 3.00 | 2,264,000 | 2.59 |
| 05 | Hotel International (Private) Limited | 1,613,873 | 1.84 | 50,000 | 0.06 |
| 06 | Mrs. M.S.E.V.E.A.U. Von Stumm | 1,236,224 | 1.41 | 1,236,224 | 1.41 |
| 07 | J.B. Cocoshell (Private) Limited | 1,024,864 | 1.17 | 26,055 | 0.03 |
| 08 | Mr. M.A. Jafferjee | 814,656 | 0.93 | 814,656 | 0.93 |
| 09 | Seylan Bank PLC/ Mr. A.C Senanka | 750,000 | 0.86 | 730,000 | 0.83 |
| 10 | EMFI Capital Limited | 750,000 | 0.86 | - | - |
| 11 | Mr. M.Z.H. Hashim & Mr. N.R.M. Hashim | 750,000 | 0.86 | - | - |
| 12 | Malship Ceylon Limited | 665,000 | 0.76 | 100,000 | 0.11 |
| 13 | DFCC Bank A/C No.01 | 630,000 | 0.72 | 1,557,600 | 1.78 |
| 14 | Union Assurance PLC - Universal Life Fund | 602,956 | 0.69 | - | - |
| 15 | Sampath Bank PLC/ Mr. G.S.N. Peiris & Mrs. I.R. Peiris | 600,000 | 0.69 | 500,000 | 0.57 |
| 16 | Aruna Equity Care (Private) Limited | 532,768 | 0.61 | 532,768 | 0.61 |
| 17 | Citizens Development Business Finance PLC/ Mr. H.G.P.P. Nilantha | 530,100 | 0.61 | - | - |
| 18 | Mr. S.A. Cooray, Mr. P.T. Cooray & Mrs. S.Nugapitiya | 500,000 | 0.57 | - | - |
| 19 | Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC/ Andaradeniya Estate (Private) Limited | 481,510 | 0.55 | 561,510 | 0.64 |
| 20 | Mr. K.C. Vignarajah | 460,990 | 0.53 | 471,599 | 0.54 |
| Total | 238,047,479 | 81.63 | 215,632,795 | 73.95 |
Share Trading information
| Ordinary Shares | Non-Voting Shares | |||
| Shares held | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
| No. of shares traded | 85,988,194 | 85,419,466 | 114,793,429 | 93,951,823 |
| No. of transactions | 26,322 | 33,551 | 41,376 | 34,796 |
| Value of shares traded (Rs) | 6,692,960,603 | 4,592,886,426 | 6,334,207,846 | 4,135,704,996 |
Directors’ Shareholding
| As at 31st March | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Voting | Non-Voting | Voting | Non-Voting | |
| Mr. S.H. Amarasekera - Chairman | - | - | - | - |
| Mr. R.S. Captain | 320 | 556 | 320 | 556 |
| Mr. S.M. Enderby | - | - | - | - |
| Mr. J.R. Gunaratne | - | - | - | - |
| Mr. D.T.S.H. Mudalige | - | - | - | - |
| Mr. M.P. Jayawardena | - | - | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Mr. P.R. Saldin | - | - | 2000 | 2000 |
| Mr. K.D. Senewiratne | - | N/A | 2,000 | N/A |
| Total | 320 | 320 | 7,556 | 22,556 |