top 10 and recent changes

The changes to the top 10 shareholders during the recent steep fall in the share price are interesting. The current top 10 is:

Effective 3 May
No. Shareholder %
1 QinetiQ Limited No. of Shares 25,646,426 11.69
2 ANZ Nominees Limited No. of Shares 23,758,203 10.64
3 Gavin Rezos No. of Shares 11,291,282 5.15
4 Westpac Custodian Nominees Limited No. of Shares 10,501,334 4.87
5 QinetiQ Group PLC No. of Shares 10,053,203 4.58
6 National Nominees Limited No. of Shares 8,502,305 3.88
7 Dr Roger Aston No. of Shares 7,093,586 3.23
8 Absolute Return Europe Fund No. of Shares 4,000,000 1.82
9 Prof Leigh Canham No. of Shares 3,909,579 1.78
10 Berkshire Nominees Pty Ltd No. of Shares 3,145,668 1.45
Total no. of shares 107,901,586 49.09
Issued Capital
•219,312,166 shares on issue
•15,659,537 unlisted options
Source: http://www.psivida.com.au/News/TopTenShareholders.asp

And here are the weekly changes for the last 6 weeks. Note that without exception the top 10 aggregrate has increased each week, so they are not the ones panic selling.

3 May
ANZ Nominees +433,766
Westpac Custodian Nominees -179,800
National Nominees +1,080
Berkshire Nominees -34,000
Top 10 aggregrate +221,056

26 April
ANZ Nominees +217,617
Westpac Custodian Nominees -29,880
Top 10 aggregrate +187,721

19 April 2005
ANZ Nominees +652,843
Westpac Custodian Nominees +7,381
Berkshire Nominees +33,007
Top 10 aggregrate +693,231

12 April 2005
ANZ Nominees -2,898,488
Westpac Custodian Nominees +6,147,840
National Nominees -3,085,920
Berkshire Nominees -33,007
Top 10 aggregrate +130,425

05 April 2005
ANZ Nominees +3,646,200
National Nominees +3,065,420
Westpac Custodian Nominees -6,155,342
Top 10 aggregrate +556,278

29 March 2005
ANZ Nominees +117,000
Westpac Custodian Nominees +1,000
Top 10 aggregrate +118,000

Pezz