Shareholder Information
Shares In Issue
As at 21 October 2020 the number of shares in issue was 46,640,000, of which 14,500 are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 46,625,500.
Major Shareholders
As at 17 July 2020, significant shareholdings in the share capital of GYG plc were:
| Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
% of issued Ordinary Shares |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited* | 11,240,550 | 24.10% |
| Lonsdale Capital Partners L.P. | 7,822,912 | 16.77% |
| Close Brothers Asset Management | 4,898,493 | 10.50% |
| Remy Millott | 3,270,863 | 7.01% |
| Rupert Savage | 2,716,981 | 5.83% |
| Jupiter Asset Management Limited | 2,116,262 | 4.54% |
| Peter Brown | 1,965,975 | 4.22% |
| Société Générale SA (SG SA) | 1,864,333 | 4.00% |
| InterTrader Limited** | 1,691,333 | 3.63% |
* Disclosure on behalf of accounts managed on a discretionary basis by Lombard Odier Investment Managers group.
** This was disclosed as an interest via CFD.
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% |
| Stephen Murphy | 240,000 | 0.51% |
| Richard King | 130,000 | 0.28% |
| 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 21 October 2020, 65.12% 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.