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Shareholder information

Analysis of ordinary shareholders

Size of shareholding

Number of
shareholders

Percentage
of total
number of
shareholders

Number of
ordinary shares

Percentage of
total number
of ordinary
shares

Over 1,000,000

140

0.3

817,117,626

79.7

100,001 – 1,000,000

382

1.0

131,258,897

12.8

10,001 – 100,000

960

2.4

29,053,482

2.8

5,001 –10,000

1,345

3.4

9,215,048

0.9

2,001 – 5,000

5,279

13.2

16,074,397

1.6

1 – 2,000

31,755

79.7

22,632,294

2.2

 

39,861

100.0

1,025,351,744

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders are further analysed as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Number of
shareholders

Percentage
of total
number of
shareholders

Number of
ordinary shares

Percentage of
total number
of ordinary
shares

Corporates

8,000

20.1

1,000,120,053

97.5

Individuals

31,861

79.9

25,231,691

2.5

 

39,861

100.0

1,025,351,744

100.0


Corporate website
A full range of investor information is available at www.experianplc.com. The 2009 annual general meeting (‘AGM’) will be held at The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland at 9.30am on 15 July 2009; further details are contained in the notice of meeting and on the website.

Electronic shareholder communication
Shareholders may register for Shareview, an electronic communication service provided by Equiniti Limited on behalf of the Company’s Registrars, Equiniti (Jersey) Limited. Registration is via the Company’s website, www.experianplc.com, or direct via www.experianshareview.com.

The service enables shareholders to access a comprehensive range of shareholder services online, including dividend payment information, the ability to check shareholdings, amend address or bank details and submit AGM proxy voting instructions.

When registering for Shareview, shareholders can select their preferred communication method - post or email. All shareholders will receive a written notification of the availability on the Company’s website of shareholder documents, such as the annual report unless they have elected to either (i) receive such notification via email or (ii) receive paper copies of shareholder documents where such documents are available in that format.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’)
The DRIP enables those shareholders who receive their dividends under the Income Access Share arrangements to use their cash dividends to purchase Experian shares. Such shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP for the first time, in respect of the second interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2009 to be paid on 24 July 2009, should return a completed and signed DRIP mandate form to be received by the Registrars, by no later than 26 June 2009. For further details please contact the Company’s Registrars.

Capital Gains Tax (‘CGT’) base cost for UK shareholders
On 10 October 2006, GUS plc separated its Experian business from its Home Retail Group business by way of demerger. Following the demerger, GUS shareholders at 4.30pm on 6 October 2006 were entitled to receive one share in Experian plc (formerly Experian Group Limited) and one share in Home Retail Group plc for every share they held in GUS plc at that time.

The previous base cost of any GUS plc shares held at 4.30pm on 6 October 2006 is apportioned for UK CGT purposes in the following ratio: 58.235% to Experian plc shares and 41.765% to Home Retail Group plc shares (based on the closing prices of the respective shares on their first day of trading after their admission to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange on 11 October 2006).

For GUS plc shares acquired prior to the demerger of Burberry on 13 December 2005 which are affected by both the Burberry demerger and the subsequent separation of Experian and Home Retail Group, the original CGT base cost is apportioned 50.604% to Experian plc shares, 36.293% to Home Retail Group plc shares and 13.103% to Burberry Group plc shares.

Shareholder security
Shareholders are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free reports about the Company. More detailed information can be found by visiting www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk. Details of any share dealing facilities that the Company endorses will be included in Company mailings or on the Company’s website.

The Unclaimed Assets Register
Experian owns and participates in The Unclaimed Assets Register, which provides a search facility for shareholdings and other financial assets that may have been forgotten. For further information, please contact The Unclaimed Assets Register, PO Box 9501, Nottingham, NG80 1WD, United Kingdom (T:+44 (0) 870 241 1713), or visit www.uar.co.uk.

American Depositary Receipts (‘ADR’)
Experian has a sponsored Level 1 ADR programme, for which Bank of New York Mellon acts as Depositary. The Level 1 ADR programme is not listed on a stock exchange in the US and trades in the over-the-counter market under the symbol EXPGY.

Each ADR represents one Experian plc ordinary share. For further information please contact:

Shareholder Services
Bank of New York Mellon
PO Box 358516
Pittsburgh
PA 15252 - 8516
United States
T: +1 201 680 6825 (from the US: 1-888-BNY-ADRS)

Financial calendar

Second interim dividend record date 26 June 2009
Interim management statement 13 July 2009
Annual general meeting* 15 July 2009
Second interim dividend to be paid 24 July 2009
First half trading update 14 October 2009
Half-yearly financial report 18 November 2009
Interim management statement January 2010
Preliminary announcement of results May 2010
* to be held at The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland at 9.30am on Wednesday 15 July 2009.

Contacts

Corporate headquarters:
Newenham House
Northern Cross
Malahide Road
Dublin 17
Ireland

T: +353 (0) 1 846 9100
F: +353 (0) 1 846 9150

Registered office:
22 Grenville Street
St Helier
Jersey
JE4 8PX

Registered no. 93905

Registrars:
Experian Shareholder Services
Equiniti (Jersey) Limited
PO Box 63
11-12 Esplanade
St Helier
Jersey
JE4 8PH

T: +44 121 415 7586 (or 0845 601 0810 from the UK)
Text phone facility: +44 121 415 7028 (or 0871 384 2255 from the UK)

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