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Shareholder Information
Shareholder Information
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Shares Issued
There are 23,689,390 shares in issue, with no Treasury Shares (at 16 April 2012).
Major Shareholders
Shares held by Directors are as follows: (Interests at 16 April 2012)
| R Lowe* | 1,064,856 |
| P Compton** | 1,190,348 |
| J Scott | 124,575 |
| R Lane-Smith | 26,038 |
| A Kershaw | 20,000 |
| R E M Lee | 20,267 |
**In addition, Paul Compton has an interest in 2,128,000 shares which he holds jointly with the Company's EBT (details are included in the Company's announcement of 2nd November 2011). All rights to vote in respect of these shares have been waived.
Other shareholders are as follows: (Interests at 16 April 2012)
| A Stone | 2,055,869 | 8.68% |
| Chase Nominees Limited | 2,035,084 | 8.59% |
| JIM Nominees Limited | 1,875,047 | 7.92% |
| Lord J Marland* | 1,644,359 | 6.94% |
| D Whelan* | 1,038,073 | 4.38% |
| HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited | 922,855 | 3.90% |
| T Agnew* | 807,142 | 3.41% |
*Denotes members of a consortium of investors (details announced on 1st April 2006 and 14th May 2008) whose total combined shareholding in the Company is 6,271,005. This represents 26.47% of the voting rights in the Company. (Interests at 16 April 2012).
Shares Not in Public Hands
Pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies published February 2010 and insofar as it is aware, the percentage of the Company's AIM securities that are not in public hands as at 16 April 2012 is 19.39%.
Restriction in transfer of AIM Securities
There are no restrictions on the transfer of WH Ireland AIM securities.
Page last up-dated: 17 April 2012