During the current period the Company has not changed its share capital. There has been no change in share premium, which has remained at £151.0m (2020: £151.0m).

In total the Company received proceeds of £nil (2020: £nil) from the exercise of share options. During the year the Company purchased £nil (2020: £nil) of its own shares.

Potential Issue of Ordinary Shares

The Company has a number of employee share option schemes. Further information regarding these schemes can be found in Note 24 to the Group's financial statements.

Investment in Own Shares

At 2 April 2021 the Company held in Trust 1,637,101 (2020: 2,134,139) of its own shares with a nominal value of £16,371 (2020: £21,341). The Trust has waived any entitlement to the receipt of dividends in respect of its holding of the Company's ordinary shares. The market value of these shares at 2 April 2021 was £6.1m (2020: £1.4m). In the current period nil (2020: nil) were repurchased and transferred into the Trust, with nil (2020: nil) reissued on exercise of share options.