Take over17 Jan 2014 19:11
42% of the shares are owned by the directors 38% owned by the founder, so if someone came to buy them out and they wanted some cash it would be an easy target.
Like I said there are only 3 million shares available to the us pi,s
JONATHAN M STRAIGHT 4,525,500 38.03
JAMES D MELLOR 207,053 1.74
JAMES H NEWMAN 43,250 0.36
COLIN GLASS 72,500 0.61
MARK J HALFORD 202,000 1.70
SHARES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS 5,050,303 42.44
HANSA TRUST PLC 1,076,000 9.04
RATHBONE UNIT TRUST MANGEMENT 559,574 4.70
INVESTEC WEALTH & INVESTMENT 507,200 4.26
F & C ASSET MANAGEMENT – THE AIM VCT TRUST PLC 500,000 4.20
BREWIN DOLPHIN 478,027 4.02
ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 410,000 3.45
SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS 3,530,801 29.67
OTHER SHARES IN PUBLIC HANDS 3,318,190 27.89
TOTAL SHARES ISSUED 11,899,294 100.00