Shareholder Analysis

As at 31 August 2011, the Company had been notified, in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, of the interests in its shares representing 3% or more of the voting rights of the Company as shown below.

These holdings include, where applicable, the aggregate of investment management clients' interests within the respective asset management companies and may have since changed.

   Direct / Indirect  No.  %*
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group   Indirect 4,284,959 9.96
    Direct      18,500 0.04
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd   Indirect 2,563,958 5.96
D Ballinger   Direct 2,525,580 5.87
J Moyes   Indirect 2,317,698 5.39
    Direct      28,200 0.07
UBS AG London Branch Wealth Management Division   Indirect 2,128,746 4.95
Newton Investment Management Ltd   Indirect 1,665,203 3.87
Legal & General Group plc   Direct 1,488,712 3.46
* Using the total voting rights figure of 43,003,748.

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Shareholder profile as at 2 July 2011
Size of holding No. of holdings % Shares held %
1 - 10,000 3484 93.4 2,271,754 4.8
10,001 - 100,000 169 4.5 5,702,512 12.2
100,001 - 500,000 59 1.6 11,791,067 25.1
500,001 - 1,000,000 8 0.2 5,423,906 11.6
Over 1,000,001 10 0.3 21,716,739 46.3
Total 3730 100.0 46,905,978 100.0

 

Category   No. of holdings  %  Shares held
Treasury shares 1 0.0  3,902,230 8.3 
Directors 3 0.1 47,720 0.1
Other individuals 3,073 82.4 5,007,582 10.7
Institutional investors 653 17.5 37,948,446 80.9
Total 3,730 100.0 46,905,978 100.0

It should be noted that many private investors hold their shares through nominee companies, therefore the percentage of shares held by private holders is higher than that shown.

Annual Report 2011