Property developers John and Michael Chow have reduced their holding in Chow Group as part of their efforts to meet NZX listing requirements but the Takeovers Panel wants to know if any new shareholders should be considered "associates" that wouldn't count for code compliance.
The Chows reduced their holding to 88.6 per cent from 91.6 per cent last week that were "part of Michael and John Chow's long-term plan to levels closer to that which would be required to meet the spread requirements of NZX for main board companies", the company said.
The Takeovers Panel had subsequently written to the brothers seeking details of who the shares were transferred to, it said.
Last week Michael Chow, who is company chairman, said there had been criticism of the dominance of the John Chow Investment Trust and the Michael Chow Investment Trust on the register, which limited the liquidity of the stock.
