7. Information on Dividends on Ordinary Shares
(for both voting and non-voting shares)

The details of the dividends paid/proposed are as follows:

		2011	2010
		Rs.	Rs.
First Interim Dividend Paid	- Cash	1.50	1.50
Second Interim Dividend Paid	- Cash	1.00	1.50
Final Dividend Proposed*/Paid	- Cash	1.50	2.00
	- Issue and allotment of shares	2.00	2.00
Total		6.00	7.00
* The Board of Directors of the Bank has recommended a final dividend of Rs. 3.50 per ordinary share, which consists of a cash dividend of Rs. 1.50 per share and the balance entitlement of Rs. 2.00 per share satisfied in the form of issue and allotment of new shares for both Voting and Non-Voting shareholders of the Bank for the year ended December 31, 2011 for approval by the shareholders at the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held on March 30, 2012. (The Bank declared a final dividend of Rs. 4.00 per share for the year ended December 31, 2010 which consists of a cash dividend of Rs. 2.00 per share and balance entitlement of Rs. 2.00 per share satisfied in the form of issue and allotment of new shares).

8. Shareholder Base

The total number of shareholders as at December 31, 2011 was 13,916
compared to the 12,040 as at December 31, 2010.

9. Distribution schedule of the number of holders and percentage of
holding in each class of equity securities
(As per Rule No. 7.6 (x) of the Listing Rules of the CSe)

As at December 31,		2011					2010
		No. of		No. of			No. of		No. of
		Shareholders	%	Shares	%		Shareholders	%	Shares	%
Ordinary Voting Shares
1	1,000	4,066	43.73	1,295,905	0.17		4,138	50.84	1,288,862	0.36
1,001	10,000	3,326	35.77	12,633,857	1.66		2,920	35.87	11,003,306	3.11
10,001	100,000	1,615	17.37	45,811,698	5.99		916	11.25	24,977,603	7.07
100,001	1,000,000	235	2.53	63,971,206	8.36		131	1.61	39,502,896	11.18
Over 1,000,000		57	0.60	641,372,654	83.82		35	0.43	276,532,720	78.28
		9,299	100.00	765,085,320	100.00		8,140	100.00	353,305,387	100.00
Ordinary Non-Voting Shares
1	1,000	2,408	25.90	730,781	1.40		2,413	61.87	817,660	3.38
1,001	10,000	1,558	16.75	5,327,353	10.17		1,169	29.97	4,042,693	16.72
10,001	100,000	552	5.94	15,713,890	30.01		287	7.36	9,092,881	37.60
100,001	1,000,000	92	0.99	21,375,776	40.82		29	0.74	7,755,220	32.07
Over 1,000,000		7	0.08	9,217,046	17.60		2	0.06	2,472,741	10.23
		4,617	49.66	52,364,846	100.00		3,900	100.00	24,181,195	100.00

10. Composition of Shareholders

As at December 31,	2011					2010
	No. of		No. of			No. of		No. of
	Shareholders	%	Shares	%		Shareholders	%	Shares	%
Ordinary Voting Shares
Resident	9,035	97.16	490,721,171	64.14		7,872	96.71	199,398,225	56.44
Non-Resident	264	2.84	274,364,149	35.86		268	3.29	153,907,162	43.56
Total	9,299	100.00	765,085,320	100.00		8,140	100.00	353,305,387	100.00
Individuals	8,729	93.87	146,849,692	19.19		7,598	93.34	63,140,217	17.87
Institutions	570	6.13	618,235,628	80.81		542	6.66	290,165,170	82.13
Total	9,299	100.00	765,085,320	100.00		8,140	100.00	353,305,387	100.00
Ordinary Non-Voting Shares
Resident	4,527	98.05	48,040,440	91.74		3,826	98.10	21,450,715	88.71
Non-Resident	90	1.95	4,324,406	8.26		74	1.90	2,730,480	11.29
Total	4,617	100.00	52,364,846	100.00		3,900	100.00	24,181,195	100.00
Individuals	4,358	94.39	33,568,471	64.10		3,685	94.49	14,876,913	61.52
Institutions	259	5.61	18,796,375	35.90		215	5.51	9,304,282	38.48
Total	4,617	100.00	52,364,846	100.00		3,900	100.00	24,181,195	100.00

11. Directors’ Shareholding including the CEO’s shareholding
(As per Rule No. 7.6 (v) of the Listing Rules of the Colombo Stock Exchange)

	Ordinary Shares - Voting			Ordinary Shares - Non-Voting
As at December 31,	2011	2010		2011	2010
Name
Mr. D.S. Weerakkody - Chairman	21,564	10,000		–	–
Mr. K.G.D.D. Dheerasinghe - Deputy Chairman	–	N/A		–	N/A
Mr. A.L. Gooneratne - CEO/MD	3,008,860	1,373,620		125,190	57,042
Prof. U.P. Liyanage	–	–		–	–
Mr. W.M.R.S. Dias	673,174	310,349		–	–
Mr. L. Hulugalle	–	N/A		–	N/A
Mr. M.P. Jayawardena	–	N/A		–	N/A
Mr. P.M. Martelli (Resigned w.e.f. 27.01.2011)	N/A	–		N/A	–
Mr. R.M.S. Fernando (Ceased to be a Director w.e.f. 30.03.2011)	N/A	–		N/A	–
Mr. M.J.C. Amarasuriya (Resigned w.e.f. 30.12.2011)	N/A	670,645		N/A	227,821
Mr. B.R.L. Fernando (Relinquished duties w.e.f. 31.12.2011)	N/A	–		N/A	12,621
Dr. H. S. Wanasinghe (Ceased to be a Director w.e.f. 31.12.2011)	N/A	–		N/A	–

12. Share Price Trend over last ten years

Year	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Ordinary Voting Shares
Highest Price (Rs.)	284.00	295.00	192.00	149.75	250.00	192.50	269.00	170.00	226.00	230.00
Lowest Price (Rs.)	97.00	178.00	66.00	66.25	128.00	123.00	120.00	130.00	130.00	120.00
Last Traded Price (Rs.)	100.00	259.90	189.50	67.00	147.00	190.00	135.50	159.75	144.00	200.00
Ordinary Non-Voting Shares
Highest Price (Rs.)	200.00	226.00	131.25	89.50	114.50	90.00	160.00	126.00	165.00	160.00
Lowest Price (Rs.)	69.10	75.00	48.25	48.00	60.00	54.00	51.00	80.00	100.00	80.00
Last Traded Price (Rs.)	74.50	162.00	124.75	49.00	74.50	89.00	57.50	90.00	100.00	145.00

13. Information on Scrip Issues, Rights Issues and Share Splits

Year/Month	Details
1998 June	Scrip issue of three ordinary shares for every ten ordinary shares held
2001 May	Scrip issue of one ordinary share for every five ordinary shares held
2003 May	Scrip issue of one ordinary share for every three ordinary shares held
2003 October	Right issue of one ordinary share for every four ordinary shares held
2005 June	Scrip issue of one ordinary share for every one ordinary share held
2007 April	Right issue of three ordinary shares for every ten ordinary shares held
2007 June	Scrip issue of one ordinary share for every three ordinary shares held
2010 June	Share split of one ordinary share for every two ordinary shares held
2011 April	Issue of ordinary shares to satisfy a part of the final dividend for 2010 of Rs. 2.00 per ordinary share
2011 August	Right issue of one ordinary share for every fourteen ordinary shares held
2011 September	Share split of one ordinary share for every one ordinary share held immediately after the right issue