The information contained within this shareholder information section was last updated on 1 December 2020.
Financial summary: Index AIM ALL
Market: AIM, AQUIS Exchange
EPIC: WSBN
Sector: Natural Resources, Mining
Financial year end: 31 December
Total authorised share capital: £8,000,000
Total issued share capital: 132,469,321 Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence (no Ordinary Shares are held in treasury by the Company)
Percentage of issued share capital not in public hands: 28.96%
Directors’ Shareholding in the Company
Name | Number of Shares Held | Percentage of enlarged issued share capital |
Richard Poulden (1) | 27,799,471 | 20.99% |
Jonathan Harrison (2) | 1,974,782 | 1.49% |
Michael Mainelli (3) | 1,855,101 | 1.40% |
Alan Gravett | 320,829 | 0.24% |
Notes:
1.) Richard Poulden is deemed to be interested in 7,712,890 Ordinary Shares held in his own name and in trusts for the benefit of his family.
He is also deemed to be interested in 20,086,581 shares held by the Black Swan Group of which he is Chairman.
2.) Jonathan Harrison is deemed to be interested in 1,974,782 Ordinary Shares referred to above as follows:
- a) 50,928 Ordinary Shares held in his own name; and
- b) 1,923,854 Ordinary Shares held by Easy Business Consulting Ltd, a company controlled by Jonathan Harrison and owned by Jonathan Harrison and his wife.
3.) 1,855,101 Ordinary Shares are held by Fairway Trust Limited. These shares are held for The Z/ Yen Employee Benefits Trust. Michael Mainelli is a director of Z/Yen Group Limited and a potential beneficiary of The Z/Yen Group Employee Benefits Trust.
Major Shareholders
The Company is aware of the following shareholders who hold, directly or indirectly, voting rights representing 3% or more of the issued share capital of the Company:
Name | Number of Shares Held | Percentage of enlarged issued share capital |
Ashton Nominees Inc* | 27,310,803 | 20.62% |
Goldman Sachs Securities Limited* | 21,949,542 | 16.57% |
Hargreaves Lansdown Limited* | 18,346,574 | 13.85% |
JIM Nominees Limited* | 10,058,941 | 7.59% |
Interactive Investor Services Nominees* | 8,379,603 | 6.33% |
Pershing Nominees Limited* | 7,832,672 | 5.91% |
HSDL Nominees Limited* | 6,322,916 | 4.77% |
Barclays Direct Investing Nominees* | 5,287,479 | 3.99% |
Thomas Grant Nominees Limited+ | 4,558,024 | 3.44% |
Notes:
*- as per the Company’s share register as at 27 November 2020.
+- as notified to the Company pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies.
The above table may include an element of double counting. This is because shareholdings notified pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies may be included in the nominee shareholdings in the Company’s share register. The Company is not able to determine in which nominee name those shareholdings notified pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies are held.