Shareholder Information
Exchanges
The Company’s securities are listed and traded AIM but not on any other exchanges or trading platforms.
Equals Group plc is subject to the UK City Code on Takeover and Mergers.
Shares in Issue and Share Options
As at 23 October 2024, the number of ordinary £0.01 shares in issue was 190,371,498, including 1,689,272* held as SIPs and 1,838,800 held as 'restricted shares' by a nominee ('Nominee').
The number of outstanding share options (excluding the restricted shares) at this date was:
| Ian Strafford-Taylor | |
| Options granted over ten years ago | 3,518,000 |
| Options granted under ten years ago Other employees (not on the board of Equals Group plc) | 2,750,000 |
| Options granted under ten years ago | 50,000 |
| 6,318,000 |
In addition, of the 1,838,800 restricted shares held by the Nominee, but issued on 18 October 2014, they key holdings are:
| Ian Strafford-Taylor | 397,500 |
| Richard Cooper | 265,000 |
| PDMRs (7) | 630,700 |
| Other employees (22) | 545,600 |
| 1,838,800 |
Holders of restricted shares must hold these for two years to 18 October 2026 or until a change of control takes place.
In addition, there remain unvested conditional share awards over 3,102,500 shares and 2,542,500 shares granted on 14 December 2022 and 6 November 2023. The key holders are:
| Grant date | 14/12/22 | 6/11/23 |
| Ian Strafford-Taylor | 637,500 | 550,000 |
| Richard Cooper | 375,000 | 300,000 |
| PDMRs (9) | 1,255,000 | 860,000 |
| Other employees (for 2022 being 32 employees and for 2023 being 43 employees) | 835,000 | 832,500 |
| 3,102,500 | 2,542,500 |
The total number of options and conditional share awards outstanding is thus:
| Options vested but not exercised | 6,318,000 |
| Awards not yet vested | 5,645,000 |
| 11,963,000 |
This represents 6.284% of the current issued share capital and 5.912% of the fully diluted share capital (i.e. assuming the issue of the 11,963,000 shares).
Shareholdings
As at 31 December 2024 (or as subsequently reported under rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code):
Following the Court approval of the 2.7 announcement and the Scheme document on 8 January 2025, there are frequent, often daily, changes to the major shareholders. The Group shall be updating this page weekly, each Monday. For the most up to date position, please look at this link: https://www.equalsplc.com/content/news/rns
Shareholders with 3% or greater, of the issued share capital* were:
| Name | No. of Ordinary Shares held | Percentage of issued share capital |
|---|---|---|
| Pembar Limited* | 22,291,833 | 11.709% |
| Columbia Threadneedle Investments* | 16,021,948 | 8.426% |
| Schroder Investment Management* | 12,373,464 | 6.499% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers | 11,720,460 | 6.157% |
| Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd | 10,938,659 | 5,746% |
| JP Morgan Asset Management | 9,070,621 | 4.764% |
| Interactive investor | 8,938,071 | 4.695% |
| Samson Rock Capital LLP | 7,758,000 | 4.075% |
| Chelverton Asset Management* | 6,202,500 | 3.258% |
| 105,315,556 | 55.321% |
Shares held by directors*
| In own name | In Nominee name | In SIP | No. of Ordinary Shares held | Percentage of issued share capital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Strafford-Taylor | 2,200,250 | 397,500 | 10,000 | 2,607,750 | 1.1370% |
| Richard Cooper | 1,183,334 | 265,000 | 10,000 | 1,458,334 | 0.766% |
| Sian Herbert | 77,800 | - | - | 77,800 | 0.041% |
| Alan Hughes | 46,000 | - | - | 46,000 | 0.024% |
| Christopher Bones | 4,500 | - | - | 4,500 | 0.002% |
| 3,511,884 | 662,500 | 20,000 | 4,194,384 | 2.203% | |
| Shares held by PDMRs* | 156,686 | 630,700 | 65,024 | 852,410 | 0.447% |
| 3,668,570 | 1,293,200 | 85,024 | 5,046,794 | 2.650% | |
| All Other Shareholdings | 80,009,148 | 42.027% | |||
| Total shares in issue | 190,371,498 |
* excludes holdings through derivative contracts such as CFDs
Shares not in Public hands
Insofar as the Company is aware, at 23 October 2024, the percentage of securities that is not in public hands in 36.678%.
Restrictions
There are no restrictions on the transfer of the Company’s AIM securities.
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