FAQs
Detica's Business
What is Detica?
Detica is a business and technology consultancy specialising in helping clients collect, manage and exploit information to reveal actionable intelligence. In a highly dynamic and complex operating environment, where the digital revolution has changed the nature of threats and created significant new opportunities, many of our clients see this as one of their greatest challenges.
We focus primarily on helping clients use intelligence to identify and counter those who threaten the safety of the public, the security of the state or seek to commit serious and organised crime. We also use our skills to assist clients with other information-intensive problems such as achieving regulatory compliance and understanding customer behaviour.
By combining technological innovation with industry experience, we have developed a range of world-class solutions centred around our expertise in information exploitation, security and resilience, threat intelligence and customer insight. In these areas our business and technical consultants offer a range of services from strategy formulation through people and process change to the development, delivery and support of software and hardware technology. Our understanding of today's information-intensive challenges has also led us to develop a range of specialist services and products based on our unique intellectual property.
Who are Detica's clients?
Detica delivers projects of significant scale across commercial and government markets in the UK, US and mainland Europe. Our commercial clients include HBOS, Nationwide, Lloyds of London, RBS Insurance, Aspen Re, Financial Services Authority, Turquoise, Thomson Reuters, BT, Vodafone and 3. Our government clients include Home Office, HM Revenue & Customs, Department for Transport and Ministry of Defence.
Where is Detica based?
Detica is headquartered in Guildford in the UK. We also have offices in London, Gatwick, Gloucester, Amsterdam, Geneva, Arlington, Columbia and New York.
How long has Detica been in business?
Detica was founded in 1971 and incorporated in 1977.
How many people are employed by Detica?
1,538 (at 31 March 2008)
Who are the Directors of the company?
Chris Conway: Non-Executive ChairmanTom Black: Chief ExecutiveMandy Gradden: Finance DirectorColin Evans: Chief Operating OfficerChris Banks: Non-Executive DirectorMark Mayhew: Non-Executive DirectorJohn Gordon: Non-Executive Director
Shareholders in Detica
The following have notified the company as being interested in 3% or more of the Company's issues Ordinary share capital as at 30 May 2008:
| | Ordinary shares of 2p each | Percentage of issued share capital |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd | 8,985,896 | 7.76% |
| William Blair & Co | 7,742,970 | 6.68% |
| Standard Life Investments Ltd | 7,360,342 | 6.35% |
| Baille Gifford & Co | 6,838,487 | 5.90% |
| Aegon Asset Management | 6,488,749 | 5.60% |
| Tom Black | 5,574,180 | 4.81% |
| Threadneedle Asset Management | 5,316,679 | 4.59% |
| Legal & General Investment Management | 5,063,052 | 4.37% |
| Columbian Wanger Asset Management | 4,715,500 | 4.07% |
| Herald Investment Management | 3,575,000 | 3.09% |
How many shares in Detica are in issue?
116, 517,337 as at 15 August 2008.
Trading & Transferring Shares
Where are your shares traded?
Shares are traded on London Stock Exchange.
When did Detica begin trading on the London Stock Exchange?
30 April 2002.
How can I gift shares to someone?
You should complete a gift transfer form, available from Detica's Registrars, and return it to the Detica Registrar with your share certificate(s). Please note, however, that where the transfer is for a cash consideration you will need to seek advice about the payment of stamp duty. Contact your local Inland Revenue office. For details of your local office call 01604 541100.
Can I transfer shares to my children/grandchildren?
Yes, provided they are 18 years of age and over. Company Law precludes us from registering the shares into the names of minors.
Can I donate some or all of my shares in Detica to charity?
A number of organisations carry out this service. Please Contact our Registrars.
Detica Shares: General Information
Who are Detica's Registrars?
Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA Tel: 0870 600 3970.
I have lost my share certificate. How do I arrange a duplicate?
Please contact our registrars Equiniti on 0870 600 3970.
When is Detica's next annual general meeting of shareholders?
30 July 2009.
How do I inform you of my change of address?
Please contact our Registrars.
Dividends: Payment dates and procedures
My dividend cheque is out-of-date. What do I do?
Please contact our Registrars.
When are dividends usually paid?
January and August each year.
Can I have dividends paid direct to my bank/building society account?
Yes, please contact our Registrars.
Financial Reports - Announcement dates, access to archived reports
When does Detica release its final and interim reports?
Interim results announced: November 2008.
Full year results announced: June 2009.
How do I obtain copies of Detica annual reports?
To recieve hard copies of Annual reports and accounts, please call Lucy Pollard 01483 816891. For soft copies please click here
When is Detica's fiscal year end?
31 March.
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Financial Calendar
Final dividend payment date
8 August 2008
Interim Results
24 November 2008
Interim dividend payment date
January 2009
End of financial year
31 March 2009
Preliminary Results
1 June 2009
Annual General Meeting
30 July 2009
