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Mmm Wikipedia is wrong on that one..

According to SEC filings Beardy was given 34,260,959 shares - there are 328.11 million shares outstanding in VM, putting Beardy's holding at 10.44%

Royal Bank of Canada also hold the exact same amount of shares.

Biggest entity holding shares in VM is Franklin, they have 4 separate holdings in VM under 4 different umbrellas.

Top Institutional Owners for Virgin Media:

No Percent Owner Name
1 10.4% ROYAL BANK OF CANADA /
2 10.0% FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
3 9.7% AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC
4 5.6% WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP
5 4.9% HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P
6 4.7% GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
7 4.5% GANDHARA ADVISORS EUROPE LLP
8 4.0% SRM FUND MANAGEMENT (CAYMAN) LTD
9 4.0% GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
10 3.0% STATE STREET CORP
11 2.9% BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS UK HOLDINGS LTD
12 2.8% PARDUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
13 2.8% CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS
14 2.7% FMR LLC
15 2.7% GLG PARTNERS, INC.
16 2.6% HUFF W R ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LLC /DE/
17 2.0% VANGUARD GROUP INC