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in this report.
SHAREHOLDINGS
Substantial Shareholders
The following information is extracted from the Company’s
Register of Substantial Shareholders.
| Name |
Date of notice to Company |
Number of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
| Christopher John Morris |
8 May 2003 |
55,447,042 |
| General Atlantic Partners |
12 March 2003 |
53,000,705 |
| Schroder Investment Management |
18 June 2003 |
46,479,492 |
| Anthony Norman Wales |
14 September 2000 |
32,592,384 |
| Portfolio Partners Limited |
29 April 2003 |
32,280,202 |
Class of shares and voting rights
At 26 August 2003 there were 27,674 holders of ordinary shares in
the Company. The voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares,
set out in clause 50 of the Company’s Constitution, are:
“(a) every member may vote
(b) on a show of hands every member has one vote, and
(c) on a poll every member has:
(i) for each fully paid share held by the member, one vote;
and
(ii) for each partly paid share held by the member, a fraction
of a vote equivalent to the proportion that the amount paid
up bears to the total issue price of the share.”
At 26 August 2003 there were 4,082 holders of reset preference
shares in the company. The voting rights of reset preference share
are one vote for each share, but voting rights are limited to matters
affecting the rights of reset preference shareholders.
At 26 August 2003 there were 15,118,891 options over ordinary shares
issued to eligible employees at the absolute discretion of the Board.
The options are generally exercisable 3 years after the date granted
or earlier in the case of the employee’s death or retirement.
Distribution of shareholders of shares as at 26 August
2003
| Size of holding |
Ordinary shareholders |
Reset preference shareholders |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| 1 - 1,000 |
8,538 |
3,986 |
| 1,001 - 5,000 |
13,165 |
78 |
| 5,001 - 10,000 |
3,303 |
4 |
| 10,001 and over |
2,668 |
14 |
|
|
|
| Total shareholders |
27,674 |
4,082 |
|
|
|
There were 879 shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel
of 239 ordinary shares at 26 August 2003.
There were 5 shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel
of 6 reset preference shares at 26 August 2003.
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