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 TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
In accordance with the transitional provisions of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company’s issued share capital comprises 20,160,000 ordinary shares of 25p each and 987,000 8% cumulative preference shares of £1 each which carry no voting rights. 919,200 of the ordinary shares are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 19,240,800.
This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculating whether or not they are required to notify any interests or changes in interests in the Company, as required by the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Trustees of the James Latham plc Employee Benefits Scheme hold 194,237 shares, which are not allocated to specific employees. Together with the Treasury Shares, 5.6% of the shares are not in public hands. There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares.
SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDINGS
(Over 3% of voting rights) | | | | | | | Sir Robert McAlpine Enterprises | 1,352,000 | 7.03% | Cheviot Capital (Nominees) Ltd | 673,556 | 3.53% | Peter Latham | 1,103,060 | 5.73% | | Nick Latham | 592,904 | 3.08% |
Under various company share option schemes, Peter Latham and Nick Latham both have options over an additional 18,286 shares. Further details of these scheme are to be found in the latest Annual Report.
| DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDINGS | | | | | | | Peter Latham | 1,103,060 | 5.73% | | David Dunmow | 71,487 | 0.37% | | Chris Sutton | 13,038 | 0.07% | | Nick Latham | 595,220 | 3.09% | | Pippa Latham | 364,902 | 1.90% | | Meryl Bushell | 1,900 | 0.01% |
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