Major shareholders
Shareholder profile
Based on the register as at 25 March 2024
Following the migration from CREST to Euroclear that was completed in March 2021, all uncertificated shareholdings, which tend to be how institutional investors hold their shares, are shown in the tables below as attributable to Euroclear Nominees Limited. Further details of the Euroclear migration are provided in the Migration Circular, dated 23 December 2020.
Size of holdings
| No. of shareholders | No. of shares held | |
| 1–1,000 | 610 | 105,711 |
| 1,001–5,000 | 56 | 107,570 |
| 5,001–25,000 | 15 | 161,017 |
| 25,001–100,000 | 2 | 108,434 |
| Over 100,000 | 1 | 88,745,429 |
| Total | 684 | 89,228,161 |
Geographic distribution of holdings
As at 25 March 2024, the Company has been notified of the following shareholdings by geography of issued ordinary shares of the Company:
| No. of shareholders | No. of shares held |
|
| Republic of Ireland | 200 | 134,118 |
| Northern Ireland and Great Britain | 365 | 89,068,005 |
| Other | 119 | 26,038 |
| Total | 684 | 89,228,161 |
Substantial interests
As at 27 March 2024, the Company had received notification of the interests outlined in the table below in its ordinary share capital, equal to, or in excess of, 3%:
| No. ordinary shares |
% of issued share capital |
|
| African Acquisition Sarl | 15,257,583 | 17.1% |
| M&G plc 1 | 12,788,737 | 14.3% |
| FIL Ltd | 6,314,687 | 7.1% |
| JO Hambro Capital Management Ltd | 5,418,953 |
6.1% |
| Aberforth Partners LLP 1 | 4,955,440 |
5.6% |
| Premier Miton Group Plc | 4,412,311 |
4.9% |
| Aegis Financial Corporation | 3,578,594 |
4.0% |
| Pageant Investments Ltd | 2,926,000 |
3.3% |
1 Share figures provided directly by institution as its most recent disclosure did not reflect the number of shares held following completion of the share buy-back
