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Share Capital & Dividend History
Share Capital History
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Year
|
Balance (at 31 December)
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Main Changes in Share Capital
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1933
|
15,000
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Company Incorporated
|
 |
|
1947
|
800,000
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Became Public Company. Sub-division of shares from GBP£ to shillings
|
|
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1949
|
1,400,000
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Bonus issue
|
|
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1953
|
2,800,000
|
Bonus issue
|
|
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1959
|
8,400,000
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Bonus issue
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|
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1962
|
12,600,000
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Rights Issue for Group expansion
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|
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1970
|
20,496,250
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Bonus issue (3 for 5)
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1972
|
26,131,950
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Darnall Convertible Loan Stock (upon acquisition)
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1974
|
52,906,476
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Capitalisation (1 for 1), and Darnall Convertible Loan Stock (post acquisition)
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1975
|
74,237,965
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Rights Issue (2 for 5) for Group expansion
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1981
|
84,962,965
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Placing shares for MTW Division acquisition
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1983
|
98,746,229
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Part consideration for acquisition of the Green's Economiser Group
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1987
|
143,649,253
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Rights Issue (1 for 4); and acquisition of Davis Derby.
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1988
|
145,575,402
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Acquisition of Moducel
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1989
|
189,212,166
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Rights Issue (2 for 7); acquisition of Tube Products Ltd & Luton Heat Treatment Ltd
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|
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1992
|
238,714,043
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Rights Issue (1 for 4)
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1994
|
301,195,978
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Rights Issue (1 for 4); acquisition of Berghofer & Metal Bellows
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|
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1998
|
306,966,594
|
Part consideration for acquisition of Jet Products
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|
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1999
|
307,302,469
|
|
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2000
|
307,380,913
|
|
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2001
|
307,383,211
|
|
|
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2002
|
307,383,211
|
|
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2003
|
307,385,587
|
|
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2004
|
307,450,746
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2005
|
309,285,740
|
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2006
|
389,939,582
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Placing shares for Sterling Machine Co., Inc. acquisition. Rights Issue (1 for 5); part consideration for acquisition of Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
|
|
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2007
|
390,732,644
|
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Share Dividend History
|
Financial Year
|
Dividend Type
|
Dividend Amount
(pence per share)
|
Annual Total
Dividend Amount
(pence per share)
|
|
2002
|
Interim
|
0.619p (restated)
|
1.905p (restated)
|
|
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Final
|
1.286p (restated)
|
|
|
|
2003
|
Interim
|
0.619p (restated)
|
1.905p (restated)
|
|
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|
Final
|
1.286p (restated)
|
|
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|
2004
|
Interim
|
0.619p (restated)
|
1.905p (restated)
|
|
|
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Final
|
1.286p (restated)
|
|
|
|
2005
|
Interim
|
0.619p (restated)
|
1.905p (restated)
|
|
|
|
Final
|
1.286p (restated)
|
|
|
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2006
|
Interim
|
0.619p (restated)
|
2.000p
|
|
|
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Final
|
1.381p
|
|
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2007
|
Interim
|
0.700p
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