Substantial shareholdings
The Company’s issued share capital consists of 165,767,728 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 10 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”), each share having equal voting rights, of which the Company holds 1,140,400 shares in treasury (being held by the Employee Benefit Trust). Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 164,627,328
In accordance with AIM Rule 26, in so far as the Company is aware the percentage of the Company's issued share capital that is not in public hands is 52.2%.
The interests of our top ten shareholders in the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, which have been notified as at 3 September 2021, were as follows:
|
Ordinary shares of 10p each |
Percentage of ordinary shares |
|
|
Henry Spain Investment Services |
26,489 |
15.98% |
|
HRnet Group |
23,987 |
14.5% |
|
Schroder Investment Management |
18,181 |
11.0% |
|
Gresham House Asset Management |
17,014 |
10.3% |
|
Fidelity International |
15,861 |
9.6% |
|
Lombard Odier Investment Managers |
11,930 |
7.2% |
|
Aberdeen Standard Investments |
11,373 |
6.9% |
|
Hargreaves Lansdown, stockbrokers |
7,558 |
4.6% |
|
Interactive Investor |
6,066 |
3.7% |
|
Teviot Partners |
5,375 |
3.2% |
|
|
143,834 |
86.9% |
As at 3 September 2021, the following directors have beneficial holdings in the Company’s issued share capital:
|
Ian Lawson |
231,577 shares |
|
Albert Ellis |
320,000 shares |
|
Richard Thomson |
42,579 shares |
|
Daniel Quint |
225,320 shares |
|
Catherine Lynch |
10,000 shares |
|
Ian Starkey |
50,000 shares |
|
Tom Spain |
1,200,000 shares |
Albert Ellis and Daniel Quint have interests in 573,770 and 450,820 respectively for nil cost options for ordinary shares, awarded under the Company’s 2021 long term incentive plan. The other directors have no current interests in share options or Joint Share Ownership Plans.