{"id":3918,"date":"2012-01-28T01:17:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T01:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2012-01-28T01:17:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T01:17:49","slug":"rajapaksa-sons-among-top-15-shareholders-of-ascot-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-sons-among-top-15-shareholders-of-ascot-holdings\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajapaksa Sons Among Top 15 Shareholders Of Ascot Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mahinda-family-colombotelegraph1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3924\" title=\"Mahinda Family colombotelegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mahinda-family-colombotelegraph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a>President Rajapaksa\u2019s two elder sons, Namal and Yoshitha, are listed among the top fifteen shareholders of Ascot Holdings PLC according to the company\u2019s interim financial statements. According to this list, Y.K. (Yoshitha) Rajapaksa owns 100,000 shares and L.N. Rajapaksa (Namal) 92,000 shares as at Sept. 30, 2011. Nimal Perera, financial advisor to Dhammika Perera and on the boards of companies controlled by him, is also in Ascot\u2019s Top fifteen list with 269,200 shares. Total assets of the company as at September 2011 were Rs. 1.25 billion and liabilities approx. Rs. 600 million. \u00a0The directors of the company are Messrs. V.P. Malalasekera, Chairman, Rohan Iriyagolle, N.D. Gunaratne, N.A. de Mel, Chanaka de Silva and D.J. 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