Shareholder Information
Shares In Issue
As at 3 May 2022 the number of ordinary shares in issue was 46,640,000, of which 24,500 are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 46,615,500.
Major Shareholders
As at 3 May 2022, the Company had been notified of the following significant shareholdings in the share capital of GYG plc:
| Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
% of total voting rights* |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited** | 12,535,500 | 26.89% |
| Harwood Capital | 9,557,539 | 20.51% |
| Close Brothers Asset Management | 4,623,225 | 9.92% |
| Remy Millott | 3,270,863 | 7.01% |
| Rupert Savage | 2,716,981 | 5.83% |
| GAM London | 2,200,274 | 4.72% |
| Peter Brown | 1,965,975 | 4.22% |
* Percentages are shown as a percentage of the Company’s total voting rights as at the date the Company was notified of the change in holding
** Disclosure on behalf of accounts managed on a discretionary basis by Lombard Odier Investment Managers group.
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% |
| Richard King | 160,000 | 0.34% |
| Kevin McNair | 40,000 | 0.09% |
Shares not in public hands
In the terms of the AIM Rules and insofar as it is aware, as at 3 May 2022, 60.72% 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 its 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.