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 (2018: £151.0m).

In total the Company received proceeds of £0.4m (2018: £0.1m) from the exercise of share options. During the year the Company purchased £1.0m (2018: nil) of its own shares.

Potential Issue of Ordinary Shares

The Company has five employee share option schemes, three of which were set up following the Company's flotation, and the MSP and RSP-SMP which were set up in the prior year. Further information regarding these schemes can be found in Note 22 to the Group's financial statements.

Investment in Own Shares

At 29 March 2019 the Company held in Trust 2,134,139 (2018: 2,060,363) of its own shares with a nominal value of £21,341 (2018: £20,604). 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 29 March 2019 was £5.1m (2018: £6.7m). In the current period nil (2018: nil) were repurchased and transferred into the Trust, with 254,689 (2018: 37,500) reissued on exercise of share options.