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Shareholders

Below are details of the number of securities in issue, the number of securities held in treasury shares and, insofar as the Company is aware, the percentage of security that is not in public hands together with the identity and percentage holding of significant shareholders.

The number of shares in issue: 458,983,776.

There are no shares held in treasury.

Percentage of shares not in public hands:- As at 1 December 2011 7.26% of the Company's securities were not in the public hands.

Directors' Shareholdings

Name Shares held %
Andrew Cranswick 8,920,727 1.95%
Stuart Bottomley 7,226,000 1.57%
Roy Tucker 2,447,127 0.53%
Mike Kellow 2,200,000 0.48%
Julian Emery    166,700 0.04%

“These holdings do not include any director’s interest over shares held through contracts with the Company's Employee Benefit Trust.”

 

Major Shareholders

The identity and percentage holding of any significant shareholders

As at 3 October 2011, the Company is aware of the following holdings representing in excess of 3% of the Company's issued share capital:-

  % Amount
Williams De Broe 8.93% 40,934,867
Investec 7.51% 34,437728
London Amsterdam Trust Co. 7.22% 33,108,064
Royal Bank of Canada 4.80% 21,997,035
Henderson Global Investors 7.38% 19,624,835
African Consolidated Resources Trustees* 3.71% 17,000,000
Goldman Sachs 3.11% 14,270,698
*these figure include directors shareholdings under the Joint Ownership Agreement with the Employee Benefit Trust.