STRATEGY AND CORPORATE VALUE AT ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC (Essay Sample)

STRATEGY AND CORPORATE VALUE AT ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC
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Criterion 1: The top five shareholders of Associated British Foods PLC
The largest shareholder at Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is Wittington Investments Ltd. with 431,515,108 shares, representing 54.5% of the shares. The second largest is Invesco Asset Management Ltd., with 16,218,764 shares, representing 2.05% of the stock (MarketScreener, 2020). The third-largest is Norges Bank Investment Management with equity of 12,529,000, which is 1.58% of the total. The fourth-largest is Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Ltd. with an estimated capital of 12,058,000 or 1.52% of the total stock. The fifth-largest is The Vanguard Group, Inc. with 10,066,000 ordinary shares, or 1.27%.
Wittington Investments Ltd is an investment company based in London, England. The firm uses the dividends it earns from ABF to re-invest in other assets or in turn, paid out as dividends by the owners. Wittington considers the investments intending to maximise long-term shareholder value (MarketScreener, 2020).