SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2003
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bedminster Down
Bristol BS13 8AR
England
(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No x
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to
the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. 1 Director Shareholding announcement dated 13 October 2003
Exhibit No. 2 Holding(s) in Company announcement dated 14 October 2003
Exhibit No. 3 Unfounded Speculation announcement dated 16 October 2003
Exhibit No. 4 Employee Trust announcement dated 17 October 2003
Exhibit No. 5 Director Shareholding announcement dated 24 October 2003
Exhibit No. 6 Director Shareholding announcement dated 30 October 2003
Exhibit No. 7 Employee Trust announcement dated 31 October 2003
Exhibit No. 8 Employee Trust announcement dated 06 November 2003
Exhibit No. 9 Employee Trust announcement dated 07 November 2003
Exhibit No. 10 Employee Trust announcement dated 10 November 2003
Exhibit No. 11 Doc re.Annual Report and Acc. announcement dated 12 November
2003
Exhibit No. 12 Employee Trust announcement dated 12 November 2003
Exhibit No. 13 Employee Trust announcement dated 14 November 2003
Exhibit No. 14 Employee Trust announcement dated 17 November 2003
Exhibit No. 15 Employee Trust announcement dated 18 November 2003
Exhibit No. 1
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1) Name of company
Allied Domecq PLC
2) Names of directors
Philip Bowman
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest
In respect of the Director named in 2 above.
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)
105,000 - held in Sharelink Nominees Limited
130,452 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of
the Allied Domecq PLC Share Ownership Trust
773 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
72,249 - held in own name
308,874 - Total
5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
N/A
6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
Purchase/award of shares under The Allied Domecq PLC Share Partnership Plan (an
Inland Revenue approved share incentive plan).
7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
33 Partnership shares
8 Matching shares (awarded by the company on a matching basis of 1 matching
share for every 4 partnership shares purchased/carried forward on a
monthly basis)
8) Percentage of issued class
Less than 0.001%
9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
10) Percentage of issued class
N/A
11) Class of security
Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each
12) Price per share
GBP3.7650 - Partnership and Matching shares
13) Date of transaction
6 October 2003 - Partnership and Matching share award
14) Date company informed
10 October 2003
15) Total holding following this notification
105,000 - held in Sharelink Nominees Limited
130,452 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of
the Allied Domecq PLC Share Ownership Trust
814 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
72,249 - held in own name
308,915 - Total
16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
0.03%
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes
17) Date of grant
N/A
18) Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
N/A
22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification
N/A
23) Any additional information
N/A
24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Sarah Hughes - +44 (0)117 978 5002
25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Charles B Brown, Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification 13 October 2003
Exhibit No. 2
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Allied Domecq PLC.
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Scottish Widows Investment Management Ltd, known as Scottish Widows Investment
Partnership Ltd, and on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc and
Scottish Widows Group Limited.
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
In respect of shareholder named in 2 - interests no longer notifiable.
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Not known
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/A
6. Percentage of issued class
Not known
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
Not known
8. Percentage of issued class
Not known
9. Class of security
25 pence Ordinary shares
10. Date of transaction
10 October 2003
11. Date company informed
13 October 2003
12. Total holding following this notification
Not known
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
Not known
14. Any additional information
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Sarah H. Hughes - Telephone: 0117 978 5002
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Charles B. Brown, Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
Date of notification
14 October 2003.
Exhibit No. 3
16 October 2003
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
Allied Domecq has noted recent speculation that the company is reviewing the
appointment of its brokers and considering the selection of new ones. The
speculation is entirely without foundation and Allied Domecq confirms that
Cazenove & Co and Citigroup will continue as joint brokers.
ENDS
Media enquiries:
Stephen Whitehead, Director of Corporate Affairs Tel: +44 (0)20 7009 3927
Mob: + 44(0)7880 783532
CardewChancery
Anthony Cardew/Tim Robertson Tel: + 44 (0)20 7930 0777
Investor enquiries:
Peter Durman, Director of Investor Relations Tel: +44 (0)7771 974817
Exhibit No. 4
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under three separate notifications, two dated 16 October 2003
and one dated 17 October 2003, that they disposed on those dates of a total of
45,478 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following
these disposals is 32,109,389 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of these disposals there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transactions that took place on the
above-mentioned dates:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
17 October 2003
Exhibit No. 5
Allied Domecq PLC
Notification of Interests of Directors - Allied Domecq PLC Long Term Incentive
Scheme 1999/Allied Domecq PLC Executive Share Option Scheme 1999
In accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985, this is to advise that
on 23 October 2003 the under mentioned directors were granted options to acquire
Ordinary shares in accordance with the terms of the Allied Domecq PLC Long Term
Incentive Scheme 1999 and the Allied Domecq PLC Executive Share Option Scheme
1999.
Name Options Granted Options Granted under Current
under the Long the Executive Share Balance of
Term Incentive Option Scheme 1999 Outstanding
Scheme 1999 Options
Mr P Bowman 360,313 495,430 3,181,921
Mr G C Hetherington 91,383 159,921 966,868
Mr D Scotland 94,778 165,861 1,109,416
Mr R G Turner 86,684 151,697 985,909
In the case of the options granted on 23 October 2003:-
Allied Domecq PLC Long Term Incentive Scheme 1999
(a) the amount due on exercise per Ordinary share will be 0.1p.
(b) options will become exercisable subject to Allied Domecq's total
shareholder return performance over a three-year period relative to a group
of 21 other UK-based and international comparator companies, with no award
vesting for performance below median, 40% vesting at median performance and
100% vesting for performance at upper quartile or above. Vesting will also
depend upon Allied Domecq's Remuneration Committee being satisfied that the
share price performance reflects the underlying financial performance of
the Company.
(c) options will be exercisable (subject to the achievement of the performance
condition) between 23 October 2006 and 22 October 2013.
Allied Domecq PLC Executive Share Option Scheme 1999
(a) the amount due on exercise per Ordinary share will be 383p.
(b) options will become exercisable subject to Allied Domecq's EPS growth
exceeding the Retail Price Index ("RPI") by 9% over a three-year
performance period. If the performance condition is not met at the end of
three years, the performance period is extended first to four years and
then five years, with a proportionate increase in the performance condition
to RPI plus 12% and 15% respectively.
(c) options will be exercisable (subject to the achievement of the performance
condition) between 23 October 2006 and 22 October 2013.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat &
Deputy Company Secretary (Tel: +44 (0)117 978 5265)
24 October 2003
Exhibit No. 6
Allied Domecq PLC
Notification of interests of directors
Under the terms of the Company's deferred bonus plan (the "Plan"), the following
executive directors were awarded, on 29 October 2003, the number of ordinary
shares of 25 pence each of Allied Domecq PLC ("Allied Domecq Shares") detailed
below: -
Name Shares Awarded % of Issued Class Total Holdings % of Issued Class
following this
Notification *
Philip Bowman 89,239 0.008 398,154 0.04
Graham Hetherington 43,682 0.004 150,935 0.01
David Scotland 46,713 0.004 124,479 0.01
Richard Turner 21,469 0.002 128,603 0.01
(* Includes American Depositary Shares representing underlying Allied Domecq
Shares)
The share awards were made on the basis of the average of the middle market
quotations, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, on
the five trading days prior to 29 October 2003, of an Allied Domecq Share, such
average being 386.6p.
The awards made to directors set out above and to certain other participants
under the Plan are made in the form of forfeitable shares. Therefore the number
of unallocated ordinary shares in the Company held by Towers Perrin Share Plan
Services (Guernsey) Limited, the trustee of the Company's employee share
ownership trust, has reduced from 32,109,389 to 31,796,834 to take account of
the above awards and those to other participants in the Plan. The directors of
the Company, as beneficiaries of the employee share ownership trust (together
with all employees) cease to be interested in the number of shares disposed of
at the time of the award and are therefore now interested in 31,796,834
unallocated shares held by the employee share ownership trust.
50% of the shares awarded will be matched 1:1 by the Company on 31 August 2005
and the remaining 50% of the shares awarded will be matched 1:1 by the Company
on 31 August 2006. On these dates the respective number of shares awarded and
the matching shares will be released to the directors, subject to the conditions
being satisfied.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
30 October 2003
Exhibit No. 7
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under two separate notifications, dated 30 October 2003 and
31 October 2003, that they disposed on those dates of a total of 109,081
Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following
these disposals is 31,687,753 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of these disposals there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transactions that took place on the
above-mentioned dates:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
31 October 2003
Exhibit No. 8
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under two separate notifications, dated 4 November 2003 and
5 November 2003 that they disposed on 4 November 2003 of a total of 446,066
Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the Allied Domecq PLC employee
share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following
these disposals is 31,241,687 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of these disposals there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transactions that took place on the
above-mentioned dates:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
6 November 2003
Exhibit No. 9
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under three notifications two dated 6 November 2003 and one
dated 7 November 2003 that they disposed on those dates of a total of 39,664
Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following
these disposals is 31,202,023 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of these disposals there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transactions that took place on the
above-mentioned dates:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
7 November 2003
Exhibit No. 10
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under a notification dated 7 November 2003 that they
disposed on that date of a total of 15,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied
Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 31,187,023 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of this disposal there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transaction that took place on the
above-mentioned date:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
10 November 2003
Exhibit No. 11
Allied Domecq PLC
Submission of the Annual Report & Accounts 2003 and related documentation
Two copies of the following documents have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will be available for inspection shortly at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility:
- Annual Report & Accounts 2003
- Summary Financial Statement 2003
- Chairman's Letter (incorporating Notice of AGM served in
accordance with the Companies Act 1985)
- Form of Proxy
The Document Viewing Facility is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel No. 020 7676 1000
END
Exhibit No. 12
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under a notification dated 12 November 2003 that they
disposed on that date of a total of 30,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied
Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 31,157,023 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of this disposal there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transaction that took place on the
above-mentioned date:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
12 November 2003
Exhibit No. 13
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under two notifications, dated 13 November 2003 and 14
November 2003 that they disposed on those dates of a total of 101,622 Ordinary
shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the Allied Domecq PLC employee
share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 31,055,401 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of these disposals there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transactions that took place on the
above-mentioned dates:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
14 November 2003
Exhibit No. 14
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under a notification dated 17 November 2003 that they
disposed on that date of 7,500 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 31,047,901 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of this disposal there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transaction that took place on the
above-mentioned date:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
17 November 2003
Exhibit No. 15
Allied Domecq PLC
Employee Share Ownership Trust (the "Trust")
This is to advise you that Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the Trustee of the Company's employee benefit
discretionary trust established for the purposes of the Company's employee share
plans have advised under a notification dated 17 November 2003 that they
disposed on that date of 25,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq
PLC.
These shares were disposed of in connection with the exercise of option(s) by
participant(s) under the Allied Domecq PLC employee share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 31,022,901 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADRs).
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of this disposal there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in, however the executive
directors were not connected with the transaction that took place on the
above-mentioned date:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat & Deputy Company Secretary
18 November 2003
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
18 NOVEMBER, 2003
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
By: /s/ Charles Brown
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Name: Charles Brown
Title: Director of Secretariat & Deputy
Company Secretary