COMPANIES ACT AND AIM RULES COMPLIANCE
YOUNG & CO.’S BREWERY, P.L.C.
The following information relates to Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (the “company”), a public limited company. It was last updated 13 October 2020. Apart from those sections marked with an asterisk, the following information is being disclosed for the purposes of rule 26 of the AIM Rules.
REGISTERED OFFICE AND COMPANY NUMBER
Registered office*
Riverside House
26 Osiers Road
Wandsworth
London SW18 1NH
Registered number*: 32762
GENERAL
Country of incorporation: England
Place of registration*: England and Wales
Main country of operation: England
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
The group’s principal activities are the management and operation of its pub estate (including its hotel division) and the selling of food and drink through it. As at 28 September 2020, it had 208 managed pubs and 64 tenanted ones, principally located in London and the South East.
CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
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Articles of association and copies of resolutions required to accompany them
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SHAREHOLDER REPORTS
Most recently published annual report
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Most recently published half-yearly report
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REGULATORY NEWS AND CIRCULARS
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The company’s board comprises the following – please click here for brief biographical details and areas of responsibility:
Stephen Goodyear
(Chairman – non-executive)
Patrick Dardis
(Chief Executive)
Mike Owen
(Chief Financial Officer)
Simon Dodd
(Chief Operating Officer)
Torquil Sligo-Young
(Information Resources)
Tracy Dodd
(People)
Roger Lambert
(Senior Independent Director – non-executive)
Trish Corzine
(Non-executive)
Nick Miller
(Non-executive)
Ian McHoul
(Non-executive)
UK CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE “CODE”)
The company is subject to the Code.
Exchanges or trading platforms on which the company has applied or agreed to have any of its securities admitted or traded
The company’s shares are traded on AIM. There are no other exchanges or trading platforms on which the company has applied or agreed to have its shares admitted or traded.
NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE (INC. TREASURY SHARES)
As at 30 June 2020: 34,389,940 A ordinary shares of 12.5p each and 24,070,755 non-voting ordinary shares of 12.5p each. All of the shares are fully-paid. No shares are held as treasury shares.
PERCENTAGE OF SHARES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS (AS DEFINED IN THE AIM RULES)
So far as the company was aware:
- As at 24 July 2020, 22.84% of the company’s A shares were not in public hands; and
- As at 10 July 2020, 32.73% of the company’s non-voting shares were not in public hands.
Identity and percentage holdings of significant shareholders
As at 12 August 2020, the company had been notified of the following holdings of 3% or more of the voting rights in the company:
- Torquil Sligo-Young – 12.76%
- James Young – 11.20%
- Caroline Chelton – 10.09%
- Octopus Investments Nominees Limited – 9.23%
- Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. – 5.5521%
- Lindsell Train Limited – 4.892%
- BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd – <5.00%
So far as the company was aware, as at 10 July 2020 the following held 3% or more of the company’s non-voting shares:
- Invesco Asset Management – 16.36%
- Lindsell Train Limited – 13.08%
- James Sharp & Co – 8.27%
- BlackRock Investment Management Ltd – 4.52%
- NFU Mutual – 4.50%
- Merian Global Investors Ltd – 3.55%
STOCKBROKERS
J.P. Morgan Securities plc of 25 Bank Street, London E14 5JP
Panmure Gordon (UK) Ltd of One New Change, London EC4M 9AF
NOMINATED ADVISER
J.P. Morgan Securities plc of 25 Bank Street, London E14 5JP
REGISTRAR
Computershare Investor Services PLC of The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZZ
AUDITOR
Ernst & Young LLP of 1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF
BANKS
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc of Corporate Banking London, 280 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4RBB
Barclays Bank plc of 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP
HSBC Bank Plc of 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ
SOLICITORS
Slaughter and May of One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY
Gowling WLG (UK) LLP of Two Snowhill, Birmingham B4 6WR
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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AUDIT COMMITTEE
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REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
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DISCLOSURE COMMITTEE
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