Securities Information and Shareholders Rights
Stock Exchanges
VOF is traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (VOF), the ISIN of the shares is GG00BYXVT888, the SEDOL is BYXVT88 and the LEI is 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469. There are no other exchanges or trading platforms on which the company has applied or agreed to have its shares admitted or traded.
Capital Structure
Issued shares (as of 30 June 2019): 184,808,542. Voting rights in the Company (as of 30 June 2019): 184,808,542. The table below lists the Company’s significant shareholders as of 30 June 2019:
| Shareholder |
Number of ordinary shares |
Percentage of issued share capital |
| Euroclear Nominees Limited |
17,709,159 |
9.58% |
| The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited |
12,541,357 |
6.79% |
| Citibank Nominees (Ireland) Designated Activity Company |
12,018,615 |
6.50% |
| State Street Nominees Limited |
8,792,450 |
4.76% |
| Lynchwood Nominees Limited |
6,872,325 |
3.72% |
| Aurora Nominees Limited |
6,152,913 |
3.33% |
The Company informs shareholders that under the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 22 March 2016, every member shall comply with the notification and disclosure requirements set out in Chapter 5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules Sourcebook of the UK Financial Services Authority Handbook as if the Company were classed as an ‘issuer’ whose ‘home state’ is the United Kingdom. If it comes to the attention of the Directors that a shareholder has not within the requisite period disclosed their holding in the Company, the Company may, inter alia, at the discretion of the Directors, notify the shareholder that their shares in relation to the holding shall not be entitled to a vote, either in person or in proxy, at any general meeting of the Company. Please note the Company has established a share buyback facility and the Company may tender to buy back shares using realised profits as part of the Company’s dividend distribution policy.
Directors interest in the Company
As at 31 August 2020, the interests of the Directors and senior managers of VinaCapital Investment Management in the shares of the Company were as follows:
|
Name |
Direct interest (shares) |
Percentage of issued share capital |
| VCIM* |
1,120,342 |
0.61% |
| Andy Ho** | 190,000 | 0.10% |
| Huw Evans |
35,000 |
0.02% |
| Steve Bates |
25,000 |
0.01% |
| Julian Healy |
15,000 |
0.01% |
| Kathryn Matthews |
9,464 |
0.01% |
* On 30 January 2008, VinaCapital Investment Management Limited (“VCIM”) announced that it had acquired 235,342 ordinary shares in VOF at a cost of USD0.7 million. As part of the new fee arrangements agreed at the end of the 2018 financial year whereby 25% of the performance fee that is paid to the Investment Manager is used to purchase VOF shares, the Investment Manager acquired 885,000 VOF shares at a cost of USD3.7 million during the 2019 financial year.
** Andy Ho is the Managing Director of the Fund, and is not a member of the Fund’s Board of Directors.
Restrictions on Trading of Securities
Investors are free to purchase and sell shares whenever the London Stock exchange is open for trading.