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carry out a 2D seismic survey over its 33,000 km offshore licence to the South and East of the Falklands. In October 2004 FOGL raised £12m and its shares were admitted to AIM, capitalising the company at £32m. In December 2004 FGML raised £10m and shares admitted to AIM, FOGL was granted an exploration licence over a further 50,000 km to the South and East of the islands and FIH acquired Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company for £7.5m.
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In May 2015, the last 5 million shares in Falkland Oil & Gas ("FOGL") were sold for £1.4 million, generating a profit of £0.4 million for the Group.With the sale of these 5 million shares, FIH completed the realisation of its investment in FOGL. Over the last 10 years since FOGL's flotation, FIH
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In June 2005 FOGL raised £10 million through an institutional placing. FIH subscribes £2m increasing its share holding to 18.3%. In February 2006, FIH sold 1.8m shares in (FOGL), realising £2.4m and reducing its holding back to 16.3%. In December 2006, FOGL raised an £8m convertible loan to fund its
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September 2016 the group changed its name to FIH Group plc to more properly reflect the balance of the group's activities which are now predominantly in Europe and the UK. Despite this change of name, the group's Falklands business, the Falklands Islands Company ("FIC"), remains a core part of the
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In July 2012, FIH raised £10.0 million gross from a share issue at 320p per share. £8.0 million was subscribed by Blackfish Capital and £2.0 million was raised from an Open Offer to the existing shareholders. The proceeds from the share issue were used to develop the group's assets in the Falkland
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In February 2004 Falkland Gold and Minerals Limited (FGML) was established with financing to carry out an aero magnetic survey of the Falklands to exploit its exploration licence covering the whole of the Island. In June 2004 Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) was established with financing to
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requested information about the company in order to make its own takeover bid. In response Staunton reduced the requirement of 90% of the share capital to be purchased from the offer to 50%. The announcement of a potential takeover by an Argentinian group gained press coverage due to the highly
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Islands in anticipation of the economic growth that the board believed would follow. In July 2012, FIH sold 1.2 million shares in FOGL for £1.01 million (86 pence per share), generating a profit of £0.77 million and reducing its holding to 12.8 million shares (4.0%).
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In 1997, Anglo United, which had an unsustainable amount of debt, underwent a capital reconstruction and distributed shares in Falkland Islands Holdings plc to its shareholders. Anglo United shareholders received 1 share in FIH for every 300 shares of AU.
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In November 2009 FIH sold 3 million shares in FOGL after the placing earlier in the month generating proceeds of £3.6 million and a profit of £3.0 million at a price of 119 pence per share. This reduced FIH's holding to 12.0 million shares (8.2%).
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since 13 January 2003. In July 2010, FIH's market value was around £36m. It made a pretax profit of £5.669m in the year ended 31 March 2010 on revenue of £29.224m. £3.3m came from the sale of shares in Falkland Oil and Gas in November 2009.
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In January 2012 FIH participated in the placing of new shares by FOGL by subscribing for 2 million new shares at a cost of £0.86 million (43 pence per share). FIH's holding in FOGL shares was increased to 14 million shares (4.4%).
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political nature of the islands. In April, Staunton Holdings' offer failed to gain enough shares, resulting in a withdrawal of the takeover and sale of Blackfish's (a Staunton affiliated company) 20% shareholding in the company.
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In January 2007 FIH sold 100% of its holding in FGML for 6p per share to RAB Capital and in October 2007 FOGL announced a farm-in deal with BHP Billiton to fund drilling programme in South Atlantic.
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In January 2016 the company had a capital reorganisation involving a share consolidation (1,000 to 1) and split (1 to 1,000) decreasing the number of shareholders from 2,139 to 510.
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In March 2015 FIH sold 7.825 million shares in FOGL for £1.6 million (29 pence per share), generating a profit of £0.7 million and reducing its holding to 5.0 million shares (0.9%).
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In February 2017 Staunton Holdings made a takeover offer of £3 per share with a total value of £37.3 Million. In March, Dolphin fund owned by billionaire
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In November 2021 the Board announced that John Foster would step down from his position as CEO after 17 years and be succeeded by Stuart Munro.
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In March 2008 FIH acquired 100% of Momart, a UK market leader in the handling and storage of fine art and antiquities, for £10.27m.
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has generated over £8 million in cash proceeds and £5 million in profits from its highly successful investment in FOGL
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in the south of England, and a London-based art storage and transport company called
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Falkland Islands Company's historical building in Stanley, Falkland Islands
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Falkland Island Shipping Limited (Trading as Darwin Shipping)
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British conglomerate, owns the Falkland Islands Company
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Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market
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South Atlantic Construction Company Limited (SAtCO)
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Falkland Islands Holdings

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FIH
Conglomerate
Bishops Stortford
CEO
Operating income
Net income
Total assets
Total equity
Subsidiaries
Falkland Islands Company
Momart
Gosport Ferry
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