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Stated Capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Schedule of Stated Capital |
|  | STATED CAPITAL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Stated capital |  |  | 3,622.5 |  |  |  | 3,622.5 |
|  |  |  |  | 3,622.5 |  |  |  | 3,622.5 |
|  | Number of shares in issue |  |  | Number of shares in issue |
In issue at 1 January3 |  |  | 821,532,707 |  |  |  | 821,525,435 |
Exercise of employee share options |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,272 |
In issue at 31 December |  |  | 821,532,707 |  |  |  | 821,532,707 |
Authorised |  |  | 2,000,000,000 |  |  |  | 2,000,000,000 |
3 | The total number of ordinary shares in issue per the consolidated financial statements has been adjusted by 918,490 shares to aligned with the statutory records of the company. No impact on stated capital, earnings, diluted earnings and headline earnings per share.
Summary of Beneficial Shareholders | The following beneficial shareholders hold 5% or more of the Company’s listed ordinary shares at 31 December 2018:
|  | Number of shares |  |  | % of issued ordinary shares |
Government Employees Pension Fund |  |  | 60,064,445 |  |  |  | 7.31 | %
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF |  |  | 58,229,560 |  |  |  | 7.09 | %
Market Vectors Junior Gold Mines ETF |  |  | 47,680,319 |  |  |  | 5.80 | %

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