§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a complete list, instead of providing amendments to lists as given on 27 June 1979 and 7 December 1979, of all the shareholdings of the National Enterprise Board, the number and type of shares held, the percentage of total equity this represents, the total costs of the shares, and, where appropriate, the market value of the share at 31 January.
§ Mr. Michael Marshall[pursuant to his reply, 14 February 1980]: At 31 January 1980 the NEB held the following shareholdings:
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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 31 January 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 Aqualisa Products Ltd … … 24,000 £1 ordinary 40.0 24 65,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 65 80,000 £1 redeemable preference 80 Automation and Technical Services Holdings Ltd … … 45,000 £1 ordinary 30.0 50 100,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 100 Barrow Hepburn Ltd … … 1,000,000 25p Ordinary 4.1 450 30p BL Ltd … … 1,443.404,996 50p Ordinary 99.1 844,948 17p British Tanners Products Ltd … … 2,000,000 £1 Ordinary 50.0 2,000 Brown Boveri Kent Ltd … … 10,856,585 25p Ordinary 20.0 3,293 41p 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 Burndept Electronics Ltd … … 510,000 £1 'A' voting 51.0 510 CAP-CPP Group Ltd … … 1,372,760 10p Ordinary 29.5 549 CIC Investment Holdings Ltd … … 1,406,195,968 1p Ordinary 93.0 14,957 4,261,757 10p Ordinary 1,000,60,000 £1 redeemable preference not equaty 59 Computer and Systems Engineering Ltd … … 349,750 5p Ordinary 27.8 882 15,200 £1 redeemable preference 48 Data Recording Instrument Co Ltd … … 4,820,337 £1 ordinary 89.7 4,844 8,000,000 £1 ordinary (75p paid) 6,000 1,000,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 1,000 Doyce Electronics Ltd … … 3,334 £1 ordinary 25.0 17 63,330 £1 redeemable preference 63 Duo Rubber and Engineering Co Ltd … … 34,598 £1 ordinary 49.0 35 125,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 125 Energy Equipment Co Ltd … … 75,000 £1 part voting 42.9 75 200,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 200 225,000 £1 redeemable preference 225 Exelarc Engineering Co Ltd … … 70,000 £1 Ordinary 50.0 70 Fairey Holdings Ltd … … 18,000,000 £1 Ordinary 100.0 18,000 Ferranti Ltd … … 10,666,666 50p Ordinary 50.0 6,933 465p
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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 31 January) Ferranti Resin Ltd … … … 294,000 £1 ordinary 49.0 294 Francis Shaw and Co Ltd … … … 1,400.000 20p preferred ordinary not equity 546 George P Brown (Holdings) Ltd … … … 575,000 £1 Ordinary 49.0 575 Hemmings Plastics Ltd … … … 100,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 100 Herbert Ltd … … … 116,720,948 25p Ordinary 100.0 44,468 Hydraroll Ltd … … … 14,625 £1 Ordinary 46.1 15 109,875 £1 redeemable preference not equity 110 Inmos International Ltd … … … 1,850,000 5p Ordinary 67.3 93 550,000 £20 preferred ordinary not equity 11,000 Innotron Ltd … … … 1308 £1 Ordinary 29.0 44 50,000 £1 redeemable preterence not equity 50 Insac Group Ltd … … … 7,100,000 £1 Ordinary 100.0 7,100 J and P Engineering … … … 45,000 £1 ordinary 33.3 100 James Howorth and Co (Holdings) Lid … … … 6000 £1 Ordinary 21.4 18 6,000 £1 'new' ordinary 18 80,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 80 Keland Electrics Ltd … … … 100,000 £1 Ordinary 100.0 100 Logica Holdings Ltd … … … 32,240 £1 Ordinary 20.8 1,196 Logica Securities Ltd … … … 20,000 £1 Ordinary 20.0 1,000 Logica VTS Ltd … … … 14,438 25p Ordinary 43.0 1,805 Mayflower Packaging Ltd … … … 60,000 £1 part preference 33.3 60 60,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 60 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 Mollart Engineering Co Ltd … … … 46,822 £1 ordinary 70.6 382 Momex(UK)Ltd … … … 365 £1 Ordinary 28.9 0 Monotype Holdings Ltd … … … 25,000 10p Ordinary 37.5 250 Muirhead Office Systems Ltd … … … 2,500 £1 Ordinary 25.0 210 Negretti and Zambra Ltd … … … 960,000 25p Deferred ordinary 29.9 710 460,622 £1 redeemable preference not equity 461 Newtown Securities (Northern) Ltd … … … 125,000 £1 Ordinary 50.0 125 Nexos Office Systems Ltd … … … 155,990 £1 Ordinary 79.8 156 6,100,000 £1 redeemable preference 6,100 Nexos Office Systems (Holdings) Ltd … … … 7,201 £1 Ordinary 97.0 7 129.609 £1 redeemable preference 130
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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 31 January North East Audio Ltd … … … … 54,450 £1 Ordinary 49.8 99 340,000 £1 part preference 340 Pakmet International Ltd … … … … 150,000 £1 preference not equity 150 50,000 £1 redeemable preference 50 Powerdrive PSR Ltd … … … … 20,000 £1 Ordinary 40.0 20 100,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 100 125,000 £1 redeemable preference 125 QI (Europe) Ltd … … … … 250,000 £1 Ordinary 51.0 2,000 260,000 £1 non-voting ordinary RR Chapman (Sub Sea Surveys) Ltd … … … … 50,000 £1 Ordinary 33.3 50 Rigby Electronics Ltd … … … … 65,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 65 10,000 £1 redeemable preference 10 Rolls Royce … … … … 234,000,000 £1 Ordinary 100.0 234,000 Sandiacre Electrics Ltd … … … … 30,000 £1 Ordinary 30.0 40 125,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 125 Sapling Enterprises Ltd … … … … 500 £1 Ordinary 50.0 0 Sinclair Radionics Ltd … … … … 75,000 £1 Ordinary 73.3 450 200,000 £1 voting preference 200 4,700,000 redeemable preference not equity 4,700 Sonicaid Ltd … … … … 8,970 £1 Ordinary 49.7 117 14,260 £1 redeemable preference 180 Systems Designers International Ltd … … … … 3,060 £1 Ordinary 26.0 184 Systems Programming Holdings Ltd … … … … 300 £1 V voting 30.0 600 600,000 £1 D non-voting not equity Systime Ltd … … … … 929 £1 Ordinary 29.5 405 476 £1 part preference 218 Technical Resources (Equipment) Ltd … … … … 36,750 £1 preferred ordinary 24.5 37 200,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 200 Thermax Ltd … … … … 350,000 £1 redeemable preference not equity 350 Twinlock Ltd … … … … 7,123,000 10p Ordinary 33.3 997 United Medical Enterprises Ltd … … … … 4,619,510 £1 Ordinary 70.0 5,774 Vicort of London Ltd … … … … 9,608 £1 Ordinary 49.0 10 130,392 £1 redeemable preference not equity 130 Wholesale Vehicle Finance Ltd … … … … 7,246,250 £1 Ordinary 77.5 7,246 Yates Duxbury and Sons Ltd … … … … 700,000 £1 Ordinary 50.0 1,750