Major shareholders
Shareholder profile
Based on the register as at 31 March 2022.
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 | 3,759 | 206,962 |
| 1,001–5,000 | 60 | 118,020 |
| 5,001–25,000 | 16 | 167,668 |
| 25,001–100,000 | 1 | 42,179 |
| 100,001–250,000 | 1 | 143,318 |
| 250,001–500,000 | - | - |
| 500,001–750,000 | - | - |
| Over 750,000 | 1 | 94,243,823 |
| Total | 3,838 | 94,921,970 |
Geographic distribution of holdings
| No. of shareholders | No. of shares held | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1,460 | 323,612 |
| Northern Ireland and Great Britain | 2,259 | 95,564,007 |
| Other | 119 | 34,351 |
| Total | 4,085 | 109,736,382 |
Substantial interests
As at 31 March 2022, the Company has been notified of the following shareholdings in excess of 3% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company:
| No. ordinary shares | % of issued share capital | |
| African Acquisition Sarl | 20,381,795 | 21.47% |
| M&G plc | 18,013,408 | 18.98% |
| FIL Limited | 8,823,420 | 9.29% |
| Premier Miton Group | 7,547,068 | 9.25% |
| Nortrust Nominees Ltd, London UK | 5,388,201 | 5.68% |
| J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd | 3,660,576 | 3.3% |
