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Company Information
Registered in England under Company No. 138256
Registered Office: 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX
Main country of trading: United Kingdom
Board of Directors
M TEMPLEMAN - CHAIRMAN
Was appointed to the Board in March 2002 and became Chairman in October 2005. He was formerly Group Marketing Director of Whitbread and Managing Director of the Whitbread Beer Company, now part of Interbrew, where he was responsible for developing Stella Artois into the leading premium lager in the UK. He left Inbev in 2001 to take up a variety of directorships and consultancy roles which included a Non-Executive Directorship of the Royal Mail. He is currently Director General of the Institute of Directors.
J B NEAME - CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Joined the Company in 1991. Was Company Secretary until July 1994 and Tied Trade Director until 1999 when he was appointed Managing Director; he was appointed Chief Executive in 2003. He is a Barrister-at-law and was a Management Consultant with the COBA Group from 1987 to 1991. He is a Non-Executive Director of the St. Austell Brewery Company Ltd.
R L NICOL - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - PENSION TRUSTEE
Appointed to the Board in November 2003. He is a Scottish qualified solicitor working as a private client lawyer with Brodies LLP, Edinburgh, and previously served in the Scots Guards. He also has interest in farming, forestry, leisure and insurance and is Chairman of the River Dee Trust.
J LEIGH-PEMBERTON - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
Appointed to the Board in September 2004. He is Chairman of European Investment Banking at Credit Suisse Limited. He is also a Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital Partners plc.
O W A BARNES - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIRMAN OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Appointed to the Board in October 2005. He is a solicitor and has been a corporate partner in the City law firm Travers Smith over 25 years. He is a member of the Law Society's Company Law Committee.
K R LITTLEFAIR - FINANCE AND IT DIRECTOR
Joined the Company and was appointed to the Board as Finance Director in April 2000. He took on responsibility for IT in 2003. He is a chartered accountant who gained extensive experience with Ernst & Young before joining London International Group plc, where he was Finance Director of the European Division and then the Operations Division.
T W FALCON - PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR
Appointed to the Board 24th July 2008 to replace I J Dixon on his retirement, he worked for Maersk Company Ltd, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk group, the world leader in shipping, where he was the director of strategy and process excellence having held senior positions in asset management and procurement with a responsibility for a portfolio of transport and distribution companies. Prior to Maersk he spent three years with A T Kearney management consultants and worked for several years in Africa involved with freight forwarding and logistics. He has also worked in Europe and completed an MBA at INSEAD.
G H A BARNES - PROPERTY AND TENANTED TRADE DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in 1978. He is a chartered surveyor and has held various management positions within the Company. He was Company Secretary from 1994 until 2004 and was appointed to the Board in January 2001.
N J BUNTING - RETAIL DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in 1993. He has held various management positions including responsibility for the Free-on trade and National Sales. Most recently he has been operations manager for Tenanted pubs since 2001 and Managed pubs from 2003. He was appointed to the Board in August 2005.
G CRAIG - SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in May 2006 and was appointed to the Board in July 2006. He was previously Convenience Director responsible for Walkers, Quaker and Tropicana products throughout the 16,000 Fascia Convenience Channels stores in the UK.
R H B NEAME CBE DL - PRESIDENT - CHAIRMAN OF PENSION TRUSTEES Joined the Company in 1956 and was appointed to the Board in 1957. Was appointed Chairman in 1971 and served in this role until October 2005 when he became a Non-Executive Director. He retired from the Board on 30 June 2006. He was a Non-Executive Director of Merrydown PLC, 1998 to 2004. He was a member of Kent County Council, 1965 to 1989 and Leader of the Council, 1982 -1984. He is now the company’s first President and is Chairman of the trustees of the Shepherd Neame Company Retirement Account.
F J LESTER - COMPANY SECRETARY
Joined the Company as Company Secretary in September 2004. She qualified as a Chartered Secretary in South Africa, where she worked in the manufacturing sector. On return to the United Kingdom in 1986, she initially worked in the same sector and then in the Leisure Industry as Company Secretary for the Tussauds Group.
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Corporate Analysts During the course of any year Shepherd Neame’s performance is reviewed by research analysts at a number of stockbrokers and investment banks (including JPMorgan Cazenove, the Company’s corporate broker). These analysts intermittently write research, often including forecasts of the Company. Shareholders and potential investors interested in research forecasts and opinions should contact their stockbroker who should be able to access these research reports. The Company does not take any responsibility for these forecasts and does not have any duty or obligation to supplement, amend, update or review them.
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Shares
Shepherd Neame Limited currently has in issue 11,457,500 “A” Ordinary Shares, each with a nominal value of £1.00, which are quoted on PLUS Markets Group.
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Shepherd Neame Limited also has 68,000,000 “B” Ordinary Shares in issue, each with a nominal value of 2p. These shares are not traded on any exchange and transfers can only take place between direct descendants of Percy Beale Neame and in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.