Shares in Issue
There are 21,016,591 shares in issue, 211,822 of which are Treasury Shares (at 31st July 2008).
57.10% of the shares are not held in public hands.
Shares held by Directors are as follows: (Interests at 31st July 2008)
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W L Beevers
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1,868,933
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D W Youngman
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1,251,622
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R E M Lee
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10,000
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J M F Padovan
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4,415
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R Lane-Smith
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-
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R Lowe *
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682,856
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R Rudd *
Lord J Marland *
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485,713
1,166,643
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Other shareholders are as follows: (Interests at 31st July 2008)
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Montpelier Holdings
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1,714,342
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8.16%
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State Street Nominees
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1,097,744
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5.22%
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Chase Nominees
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922,855
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4.39%
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D Wheelan *
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922,855
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4.39%
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T Agnew *
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807,142
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3.84%
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There are no restrictions on the transfer of WH Ireland AIM securities.
* Denotes members of a consortium of investors (details announced on 1st April 2008 and 14th May 2008) whose total combined shareholding in the Company is 5,800,000. This represents 27.59% of the issued share captial of the Company. (Interests at 31st July 2008).