Shareholder information

At 30 November 2021, the Company's issued capital consisted of 50,674,886 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. 

The above figure of 50,674,886 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

At 30 November 2021, 24.07% of the Company's AIM securities were not in public hands. 

Shares not in public hands includes:

• 738,172 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, representing 1.46% of the issued share capital, are held by employees via the Mattioli Woods plc Share Incentive Plan ("the SIP"). The Group intends to actively encourage wider share ownership by its employees through the SIP and other share-based incentive schemes.
• 76,578 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, representing 0.15% of the issued share capital, are held by the Mattioli Woods Employee Benefit Trust, for the benefit of the Company’s employees and to satisfy the vesting of awards made under the Company’s various employee share incentive plans.
• 6,296,114 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, representing 12.42% of the issued share capital, are subject to lock-in agreements.
• 5,085,759 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, representing 10.04% of the issued share capital, represent holdings (in addition to those captured by the above) of the Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (“PDMRs”) of Mattioli Woods plc, and Directors of its subsidiaries, inclosing those whose directorships ceased within 12 months of the reporting date.