Shareholder information

Worms-2

The Company’s issued share capital consists of 145,848,677 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”), each share having equal voting rights.

The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury and therefore the number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 145,848,677.

In accordance with AIM Rule 26, in so far as the Company is aware, the percentage of the Company’s issued share capital that is not in public hands is 18.7%.

The following interests of shareholders in excess of 3% have been notified to the Company:

Major Shareholders

Name No. of ordinary shares held % of issued share capital
Debbie Bestwick 23,381,243 16.03%
Octopus Investments 14,560,452 9.98%
Gresham House  13,756,925  9.43%
Liontrust Asset Mgt  8,895,120   6.10 %
Anicom Gestion  6,500,000  4.46%
Janus Henderson  5,481,711  3.76%
M&G Investments  5,188,439  3.56%
Rathbone Investment Mgt  4,934,049  3.38% 
Jupiter Asset Mgt   4,511,598   3.09%