§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all the share-holdings of the National Enterprise Board at 30 November 1979, the number and type of shares held, the percentage of the total equity this represents, the total cost of such shares, and, where appropriate, the market value of these shares at 30 November 1979.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe reply which I gave on 27 June 1979–[Vol. 969, c. 188–94]—should be amended in respect of the following items:
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Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value of total equity Cost £'000 Stock Exchange quotation (closing price 30 November 1979) ASR Servotron Ltd. … … … … … … 18,000 £1 'B' ordinary … … … … 26.1 18 300,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 300 Agemaspark Ltd … … … … … … 3,700 £1 Ordinary … … … … 30.0 100 50,000 £1 redeemable preference … … Not equity 50 100,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 100 Barrow Hepburn Ltd … … … … … … 1 000,000 25p Ordinary … … … … 4.1 450 31p BL Ltd. … … … … … … … … 1,443,404,996 50p Ordinary … … … 99.1 844,948 18p Brown Boveri Kent Ltd. … … … … … 10,856,585 25p Ordinary … … … … 20.0 3,293 44p BTB (Engineering) Ltd. … … … … … … 30,000 £1 redeemable preference … … Not equity 30 British Underwater Engineering Ltd. … … … … 133,674 £1 Ordinary … … … … 89.2 134 5,216,326 £1 redeemable preference … … 5,216 Bull Motors Ltd. … … … … … … 1,520,000 £1 Ordinary … … … … 100.0 1,520 Cambridge Instrument co. Ltd. … … … … 1,406,195,968 1p Ordinary … … … 93.0 14,957 4,261 757 10p Ordinary … … … … 1,000,000 5p redeemable preference … … Not equity 59 CAP-CPP Group Ltd. … … … … … … 1,372,760 l0p Ordinary … … … … 29.5 549 Computer and Systems Engineering Ltd. … … … 349,750 5p Ordinary … … … … 27.8 882 15,200 £ 1 redeemable preference … … 48 Data Recording Instrument Co. Ltd. … … … … … 3,970 337 £1 Ordinary … … … … 83.8 3,977 8,000,000 £1 Ordinary (75p paid) … … 6,000 1,000,000 £1 redeemable preference … … Not equity 1,000 Exelarc Engineering Co. Ltd. … … … … … 70,000 £1 Ordinary … … … … 50.0 70 Ferranti Ltd. … … … … … … … 10,666,666 50p Ordinary … … … … 50.0 6,933 385p 378W379W
Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value of total equity Cost £'000 Stock Exchange quotation (closing price 30 November 1979) James Howorth & Co. (Holdings) Ltd … … 6,000 £1 Ordinary … … 21.4 18 6,000 £1 'new' ordinary … … 18 80,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 80 ICL Ltd. … … 8,342,250 £1 Ordinary … … 25.0 12,956 434p Inmos International Ltd. … … 1,850,000 5p Ordinary … … 67.3 93 425,000 £20 preferred ordinary … … Not equity 8,500 Insac Group Ltd. … … 6,100,00 £1 Ordinary … … 100.0 6,100 Microform Communications International Ltd. … … 191,211 £1 Ordinary … … 28.3 310 165,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 165 Middle East Building Services Ltd. … … 37,500 £1 Ordinary … … 29.6 38 Momex (UK) Ltd. … … 365 £1 Ordinary … … 28.9 0 Muirhead Office Systems Ltd. … … 2,500 £1 Ordinary … … 25.0 210 Nexos Office Systems Ltd. … … 155,990 £1 Ordinary … … 79.8 156 3,800,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 3,800 Nexos Office Systems (Holdings) Ltd … … 7,201 £1 Ordinary … … 97.0 7 129,609 £1 redeemable preference … … 130 Pakmet International Ltd. … … 150,000 £1 preference … … Not equity 150 50,000 £1 redeemable preference … … 50 QI (Europe) Ltd. … … 250,000 £1 Ordinary … … 51.0 2,000 260,000 £1 non-voting ordinary … … 2000 Rolls Royce Ltd. … … 234,000,000 £1 Ordinary … … 100.0 234,000 Sinclair Radionics Ltd … … 75,000 £1 Ordinary … … 73.3 450 200,000 £1 voting preference … … 200 4,700,000 £1 redeemable preference … … Not equity 4,700 Sonicaid Ltd … … 8,970 £1 ordinary … … 49.7 117 14,260 £1 redeemable preference … … 180 Yates Duxbury and Sons Ltd. … … 700,000 £1 Ordinary … … 50.0 1.750
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Industry when he expects to publish the revised guidelines for the National Enterprise Board.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallMy right hon. Friend will publish a draft of the revised guidelines next week, and intends that the final version should take effect when the Industry Bill is enacted.