We periodically undertake an analysis of our share register to track movements in the composition of our shareholder base.
The geographic breakdown of shareholders of ordinary shares as at June 2010 was estimated as follows:
Note: the ‘Retail’ category includes all individual holdings, retail nominee accounts and all holdings below 25,000.
Major institutional shareholders as at 30 June 2010:
| Fund Manager |
Holding |
| |
| RCM Allianz |
6.0% |
| The Capital Group Companies |
3.1% |
| Threadneedle Investment Management |
2.8% |
| Bank of Ireland Asset Management |
2.3% |
| Irish Life Investment Managers |
2.1% |
| |
| Top 20 institutional shareholders |
37% |
|