Shareholders of the Bank of England at time of nationalisation
Dear Bank of England,
I would like to know the names of the major shareholders of Bank of England stock when it was nationalised by the Government.
To simplify matters for you a list of those owning more than 5% would be sufficient, thus limiting the number to a maximum of 20.
These private stockholders were receiving dividends of 12%. The Government issued them with notes paying 3% but giving them four times the number of notes than they had in stock, meaning they were still being paid 12%. Why was this done, was it an attempt to deceive the public into thinking the stockholders were only receiving 3%?
Yours faithfully,
Derek C Job
Dear Mr Job
We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 28 September below (our ref: CAS-25676-L7R6K0).
We will reply in due course.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team, Communications Directorate
Bank of England | Threadneedle Street | London EC2R 8AH | +44 20 3461 4878
Dear Mr Job
We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 28 September below (our ref: CAS-25676-L7R6K0).
We will reply in due course.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team, Communications Directorate
Bank of England | Threadneedle Street | London EC2R 8AH | +44 20 3461 4878
Dear Mr Job
Please find attached response to your email dated 28 September below.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team, Communications Directorate
Bank of England | Threadneedle Street | London EC2R 8AH | +44 20 3461 4878
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