Site Column created through Feature shows & in SharePoint Views

Hi,
I created a SharePoint Site Column using the following. The site column is provisioned correctly, added to a site content type and then to a list. Items are also created in the list. No problem. But for special characters like & the list view shows
the value as & . For example if the value for this column for an item is Hans & Hans, in the list view it is displayed as Hans & Hans.
Is there any other setting other than HTMLEncode="TRUE"? What am i missing here? Pls suggest
<Field ID="{B8A32C98-166D-404C-BD10-C93C63779619}"
Group="myWorkPlace"
Name="MWPfld_CompanyName"
DisplayName="Company Name"
Type="Text"
Required="TRUE"
Indexed="TRUE"
ShowInDisplayForm="TRUE"
ShowInEditForm="TRUE"
ShowInNewForm="TRUE"
HTMLEncode="TRUE"
>
</Field>
Thank you all.

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