Electric and General Industrial Trusts
c.1888 Trusts established[1]
1934 46th Ordinary General Meeting. 55.77 percent of their capital was in their industrial holdings, covering a wide range of sectors.
1936 Offered shares in Max Stone Ltd which had been formed to acquire J. and M. Stone, electrical retailers[2]
1937 Sale through the trusts of shares in British Lead Mills[3]
1937 Acquired the shares in R. B. Pullin and Co from the underwriters before they were issued to the public.[4]
1953 Private sale of debentures in Firth Cleveland which was formed to acquire Simmonds Aerocessories Ltd, British Lead Mills Ltd, the Firth Co Ltd of Warrington and Stenor Ltd. A quotation for the shares would be applied for later in the year.[5]