Categories of Shareholders
| As at | 31 December 2015 | 31 March 2015 | ||||
| Shareholding, % | Foreign | Local | Total | Foreign | Local | Total |
| Individual | 5.78 | 8.33 | 14.11 | 5.38 | 9.13 | 14.51 |
| Institutional | 19.89 | 66.00 | 85.89 | 20.49 | 65.00 | 85.49 |
| 25.67 | 74.33 | 100.00 | 25.87 | 74.13 | 100.00 | |
Public holding percentage and number of shareholders as at 31 December 2015 were 63.34% and 8,622 respectively.
Size-wise Distribution of Shareholding
| 31 December 2015 | 31 March 2015 | |||||
| Share range | No. of
shareholders |
Total holding | % | No. of
shareholders |
Total holding | % |
| 01 - 1,000 | 5,457 | 1,763,749 | 0.66 | 5,285 | 1,744,865 | 0.66 |
| 1,001 - 5,000 | 2,436 | 5,002,934 | 1.89 | 2,420 | 4,986,874 | 1.88 |
| 5,001 - 10,000 | 324 | 2,336,279 | 0.88 | 314 | 2,256,205 | 0.85 |
| 10,001 - 50,000 | 303 | 6,522,498 | 2.46 | 303 | 6,818,222 | 2.57 |
| 50,001 - 100,000 | 41 | 2,929,838 | 1.10 | 41 | 2,872,994 | 1.08 |
| 100,001 - 500,000 | 46 | 9,261,557 | 3.49 | 46 | 8,725,933 | 3.29 |
| 500,001 - 1,000,000 | 8 | 5,509,745 | 2.08 | 9 | 5,740,741 | 2.17 |
| 1,000,000 & above | 25 | 231,771,088 | 87.44 | 25 | 231,951,854 | 87.50 |
| 8,640 | 265,097,688 | 100.00 | 8,443 | 265,097,688 | 100.00 | |
Twenty Major Shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2015
| Name of Shareholder/Company | 31 December 2015 | 31 March 2015* | ||
| No. of Shares | % | No. of Shares | % | |
| Bank of Ceylon A/c No. 2 | 38,039,994 | 14.35 | 38,039,994 | 14.35 |
| Hatton National Bank PLC A/c No. 1 | 32,396,140 | 12.22 | 32,396,140 | 12.22 |
| Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited-Life Fund | 26,509,832 | 10.00 | 26,509,832 | 10.00 |
| Employees Provident Fund | 24,368,995 | 9.19 | 24,368,995 | 9.19 |
| Mr M A Yaseen | 20,296,700 | 7.66 | 19,246,700 | 7.26 |
| Melstacorp Limited | 17,042,856 | 6.43 | 17,042,856 | 6.43 |
| Seafeld International Limited | 15,286,794 | 5.77 | 15,286,794 | 5.77 |
| HSBC Intl. Nom. Limited. – BPSS Lux-Aberdeen Global Asia Pacific Equity Fund | 12,216,146 | 4.61 | 12,216,146 | 4.61 |
| Renuka City Hotels PLC | 6,926,870 | 2.61 | 6,926,870 | 2.61 |
| HSBC Intl. Nom Limited. – BP2S LDN-Aberdeen Asia Pacific Equity Fund | 6,750,000 | 2.55 | 6,750,000 | 2.55 |
| HSBC Intl. Nominees Limited. -BP2S London-Edinburg Dragon Trust PLC | 5,620,164 | 2.12 | 5,620,164 | 2.12 |
| Renuka Hotels Limited | 4,073,360 | 1.54 | 4,073,360 | 1.54 |
| HSBC Intl. Nominees Limited. – BP2S London-Aberdeen Asia Smaller Companies Investment Trust |
3,889,870 | 1.47 | 3,889,870 | 1.47 |
| Employees Trust Fund Board | 3,599,793 | 1.36 | 2,408,991 | 0.91 |
| HSBC Intl. Nominees Limited. – BP2S Luxembourg-Aberdeen Globoal Frontier Markets Equity Fund |
2,284,584 | 0.86 | 3,287,584 | 1.24 |
| Cargo Boat Development Company PLC | 2,098,200 | 0.79 | 2,098,200 | 0.79 |
| Mrs L E M Yaseen | 2,000,000 | 0.75 | 3,520,000 | 1.33 |
| HSBC Intl. Nominees Limited. – BP2S-London-Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust XCC6 |
1,800,000 | 0.68 | 1,800,000 | 0.68 |
| Akbar Brothers Pvt Limited A/c No. 1 | 1,221,269 | 0.46 | 536,709 | 0.20 |
| Renuka Consultants & Services Limited | 1,097,992 | 0.41 | 1,097,992 | 0.41 |
| Total of the 20 Major Sahreholders | 227,519,559 | 85.83 | ||
| Other Shareholders | 37,578,129 | 14.17 | ||
| Total | 265,097,688 | 100.00 | ||
*Shareholding as at 31 March 2015 of the twenty largest shareholders as at 31 December 2015