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Substantial Shareholdings
Other than the interests of directors disclosed below, the Company had been notified at 4 March 2008 of the following substantial interests in the Company’s issued ordinary share capital:
| Candover Investments p.l.c. |
21.38% |
| Gartmore Investment Management p.l.c. |
17.72% |
| Stemcor Holdings Ltd |
9.2% |
| Morgan Stanley Securities Ltd |
8.19% |
| Henderson Global Investors |
7.19% |
| Lowland Investment Trust Company plc |
4.76% |
| Brian Anthony Charles Kingham |
4.6% |
| Hansa Trust PLC |
4.38% |
| RCM (UK) Ltd. |
3.21% |
Directors’ interests in shares
The interests of the Directors in the shares of the Company were as follows:
| |
At 31
Decomber
2007 |
At 30
June
2007 |
| J Kerr-Muir |
14,864 |
27,027 |
| A Burn |
10,135 |
10,135 |
| J D Sword |
1,172,409 |
1,022,409 |
Notes:
1. On 19 July 2007 J D Sword purchased 150,000 shares, to be held in his Self Invested Pension Plan, at 167.83p per share. Holding after the transaction: 1,172,409 shares representing 2.28% of the share capital of the Company.
2. James Kerr-Muir’s holding was reduced on 13 September 2007 due to him no longer having a continuing interest in the 12,163 Ordinary Shares which are held in trust for his children.
In accordance with the rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies, so far as the Company is aware, the percentage of the Company’s issued share capital that is not in public hands is 41.09%.
Share Capital
As at 31 December 2007, the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 51,349,974 ordinary shares of 10p each, none of which were held in treasury.
An ordinary resolution was put to the shareholders at the 2007 annual general meeting (AGM) to renew the Directors’ authority to issue and allot ordinary shares. The nominal value of ordinary shares to which this authority is limited is £1,694,536.80 being approximately one third of the current issued ordinary share capital. A special resolution was also put to shareholders at the AGM which renewed the authority of the Directors to allot shares without first offering them to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings. This authority is limited to approximately 5% of the issued share capital.
In both cases the above resolutions will expire at the conclusion of the next AGM in 2008.
There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares in the Company.
This information is being disclosed for the purposes of rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies. The information on this page was last updated on 15 April 2008. |
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