HC Deb 27 June 1979 vol 969 cc188-94W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a full list of the shareholdings held by the National Enterprise Board on 27 June 1979, showing the number and type of shares held, the percentage of the equity this represents, the cost of each to the Board, and where approriate the market value of the shares on 24 June 1979.

Mr. Michael Marshall

At 27 June 1979 the following shareholdings had been announced by the NEB:

Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value of total equity Cost Stock Exchange Quotation (closing price 25 June) where availabe
£'000
Agemaspark Ltd. 3,700 £1 ordinary 30.0 100
50,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 50
Aqualisa Products Ltd. 4,000 £1 ordinary 40.0 4
65,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 65
Automation and Technical Services (Holdings) Ltd 45,000 £1 ordinary 30.0 50
100,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 100
Barrow Hepburn Group Ltd 1,000,000 25p ordinary 4.1 450 33p
BL Ltd. 1,144,554 026 50p ordinary 98.9 695,523 20p
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 47p
BTB (Engineering) Ltd. 30,000 £1 redeemable preference 50.0 30
Bull Motors Ltd. 1,220,000 £1 ordinary 100.0 1,220
Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd. 712,684,255 1p ordinary 87.0 8,020
4,261,757 10p ordinary
50,000,000 1p ordinary Not equity 500
R R. Chapman (Sub Sea Surveys) Ltd. 50,000 £1 ordinary 47.2 50
Computer Analysts and Programmers (Holdings) Ltd. 1,372,760 10p ordinary 29.9 549
Computer and Systems Engineering Ltd. 349,750 5p ordinary 49.9 882
15,200 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 48
Data Recording Instrument Co. Ltd. 3,970,337 £1 ordinary 63.1 3,977
1,000,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 1,000
The Energy Equipment Co. Ltd 75,000 £1 preference 42.9 75
200,000 £1 preference Not equity 300
225,000 £1 preference 225
Fairey Holdings Ltd. 18,000,000 £1 ordinary 100.0 18,000
Ferranti Ltd. 10,666,666 50p ordinary 50.0 6,933 394p
Hemmings Plastics Ltd. 10,000,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 100
Herbert Ltd. 116,720,498 25p ordinary 100.0 44,468
Hird Brown Ltd. 250,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 250
Hydraroll Ltd. 4,500 £1 ordinary 48.9 5
60,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 60
ICL Ltd. 8,342,250 £1 ordinary 25.0 12,956 452p
Inmos Ltd 370,000 25p ordinary 67.3 92
65,000 £100 preference Not equity 6,500
BL Ltd. 294,313,892 50p ordinary (partly paid) 13,578
Burndept Electronics Ltd 510,000 £1 'A' voting 51.0 510
Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value of total equity Cost Stock Exchange Quotation (closing price 25 June) where availabe
£'000
George P. Brown (Holdings) Ltd. 575,000 £1 ordinary 49.0 575
Duo Rubber and Engineering Company Ltd. 34,598 £1 ordinary 49.0 35
125,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 125
Ferranti Resin Ltd. 294,000 £1 ordinary 49.0 294
Innotion Ltd. 1,308 £1 ordinary 29.0 44
INSAC Data Systems Ltd. 3,150,000 £1 ordinary 100.0 3,150
J. & P. Engineering Ltd. 45,000 £1 ordinary 33.3 100
Keland Electrics Ltd. 100,000 £1 ordinary 100.3 100
Mayflower Packaging Ltd. 60,000 £1 redeemable preference 33.3 60
60,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 60
The Mollart Engineering Co. Ltd. 46,822 £1 ordinary 70.6 382
Monotype Holdings Ltd. 25,000 80p ordinary 37.5 250
Negretti and Zambra Ltd. 960,000 25p ordinary 29.8 710
460,622 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 461
Newtown Securities (Northern) Ltd. 125,000 £1 ordinary 50.0 125
North-East Audio Ltd. 54,450 £1 ordinary 49.8 99
340,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 340
Pakmet International Ltd. 23,300 £1 ordinary 34.4 47
200,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 200
Powerdrive PSR Ltd. 20,000 £1 ordinary 40.0 20
100,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 100
150,000 £1 redeemable preference 150
Rolls-Royce Ltd. 203,000,000 £1 ordinary 100.0 203,000
Sandiacre Electrics Ltd. 30,000 £1 ordinary 30.0 40
125,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 125
Francis Shaw and Co. Ltd. 1,400,000 20p ordinary Not equity 546
Sinclair Radionics Ltd. 275,000 £1 ordinary 73.3 650
200,000 £1 preference Not equity 4,200
4,000,000 £1 redeemable preference
Systems Designers International Ltd. 3,060 £1 ordinary 26.0 184
Systems Programming Holdings Ltd. 300 £1 'v' voting 79.9 600
600,000 £1 'D' non-voting
LtitSysd. me 862 £1 ordinary 28.1 558
476 £1 preference
Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value of total equity Cost Stock Exchange Quotation (closing price 25 June) where availabe
£'000
Twinlock Ltd. 7,123,000 10p ordinary 33.3 997
United Medical Enterprises Ltd. 4,619,440 £1 ordinary 70.0 5,774
Vicort of London Ltd. 9,608 £1 ordinary 49.0 10
130,392 redeemable preference Not equity 130
Legibus Twelve Ltd. 7,201 £1 ordinary 100.0 7
129,609 £1 preference Not equity 130
Logica Holdings Ltd. 32,240 £1 ordinary 20.0 1,171
Logica Securities Ltd. 20,000 £1 ordinary 20.0 1,000
Logica VTS Ltd. 14,438 25p ordinary 43.0 1,800
Middle East Building Services Ltd. 18,750 £1 ordinary 29.6 19
Nexos Office Systems Ltd. 113,190 £1 ordinary 100.0 113
Microform Communications Ltd. 194,444 £1 ordinary 28.0 310
165,000 redeemable preference Not equity 165
Rigby Electronics Ltd. 75,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 75
Sapling Enterprises Ltd. 500 £1 ordinary 50.0 1
Technical Resources (Equipment) Ltd. 36,750 £1 ordinary 24.5 37
200,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 200
Thermax Ltd. 350,000 £1 redeemable preference Not equity 350
Wholesale Vehicle Finance Ltd. 6,471,250 £1 ordinary 77.5 6,471
Yates Duxbury Ltd. 350,000 £1 ordinary 50.0 875