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The issued share capital is 73,657,416 Ordinary Shares and 53,657,416 Deferred Shares.
No application has been made for the Deferred Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM or on any other recognised investment exchange.
Directors' Ordinary shareholdings are:
| A J Eccles |
2,287,382 |
3.11% |
| P M Grasske |
472,000 |
0.64% |
| P Vohralik |
101,000 |
0.14% |
| S M Blank |
200,000 |
0.27% |
Thus 4.2% of the company's shares are under the control of the Directors and 95.8% are in public hands. There are three substantial shareholders (shareholding greater than 10%). Details of significant shareholders (shareholding greater than 3%) are given below.
On 21 August 2008, significant shareholdings (excluding pooled client accounts) were:
| Northwest Business Investment Scheme |
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12,665,000 |
17.2% |
| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd. |
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7,769,786 |
10.5% |
| David Winton Harding |
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7,500,000 |
10.2% |
| Seighford Investment Company Ltd. |
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5,133,815 |
7.0% |
| James Leek |
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3,725,000 |
5.1% |
| Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Ltd. |
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2,850,600 |
3.9% |
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