Shareholder Information
Shares In Issue
As at 5th July 2017 the number of shares in issue was 46,640,000
Major Shareholders
As at 24th January 2019, significant shareholdings in the share capital of GYG plc were:
| Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
% of issued Ordinary Shares |
| Woodford Investment Management Ltd * | 12,133,699 | 26.01% |
| Lonsdale Capital Partners L.P. | 7,822,912 | 16.77% |
| FIL Investments International | 3,500,000 | 7.50% |
| Remy Millott | 3,270,863 | 7.01% |
| Rupert Savage | 2,716,981 | 5.83% |
| Close Brothers Asset Management | 2,398,724 | 5.14% |
| Merian Global Investors | Not disclosed | below 5% |
| Peter Brown | 1,766,975 | 3.79% |
| Kames Capital | 1,363,599 | 2.92% |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited | 1,328,997 | 2.85% |
| Lonsdale Capital Partners (Friends and Family) L.P. | 1,190,040 | 2.55% |
* (representing (in its capacity as agent and discretionary investment manager) its client, being certain discretionary managed funds and managed accounts)
Directors’ Shareholdings
| Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
% of issued Ordinary Shares |
| Remy Millott | 3,270,863 | 7.01% |
| Rupert Savage | 2,716,981 | 5.83% |
| Gloria Fernandez | 278,297 | 0.60% |
| Stephen Murphy | 240,000 | 0.51% |
| Richard King | 130,000 | 0.28% |
Shares not in public hands
In the terms of AIM Rules and insofar as it is aware, at 24th January 2019, 57.01% of the Company’s AIM securities was not in public hands.
Restrictions in transfer of AIM securities
The Board may refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share which is not fully paid or on which the Company has a lien provided that, where any such shares are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority or to trading on AIM, such discretion may not be exercised in such a way as to prevent dealings in the shares of that class from taking place on an open and proper basis.
Other exchanges and trading platforms
GYG plc has not applied or agreed to have any of it securities (including its AIM securities) admitted or traded on any other exchanges or trading platforms.
UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers
As an AIM traded UK registered company, GYG plc is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers legislation.