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Shepherd Neame is Britain’s Oldest Brewer, based in Kent since 1698. It is a family business with strong family involvement and a balance of Neame family members and non-family members on the Board of Directors. 

The Company brews, markets and distributes its own beers to national and export customers under a range of highly successful brand names including Spitfire, Bishops Finger, Whitstable Bay and Bear Island. 

The Company also has partnerships with Boon Rawd Brewery Company for Singha beer, Thailand’s original premium beer.

Company Overview

Shepherd Neame is Britain’s Oldest Brewer, based in Kent since 1698. It is a family business with strong family involvement and a balance of Neame family members and non-family members on the Board of Directors. 

The Company brews, markets and distributes its own beers to national and export customers under a range of highly successful brand names including Spitfire, Bishops Finger, Whitstable Bay and Bear Island. 

The Company also has partnerships with Boon Rawd Brewery Company for Singha beer, Thailand’s original premium beer.

The Company owns and operates 296 high quality pubs and hotels throughout the South East of England, the majority of which are freehold sites. These pubs are a mixture of 217 tenanted, 72 managed operations, and seven free-of-tie pubs, where the Company’s beer products are sold alongside wine and food and provision of accommodation within the retail estate. Our pubs provide numerous jobs and are important assets in their local communities.

The Company also owns various unlicensed properties and small landholdings, the largest of which is the 34 acre residual holding of the Queen Court farm in Ospringe near Faversham, where hop farming was carried out until 1986, and a separate 9 acre holding on the edge of Faversham.  

Company Information

Issuer Name: Shepherd Neame Limited
Incorporated: 1914, in England under the registered number 138256
The Company is subject to the Companies Act 2006
VAT No.: GB472781717
Registered Office: 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX
Main country of trading: United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]

Advisers

REGISTRAR STOCKBROKERS

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The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 6ZZ
Tel: 0370 702 0003
Dedicated Shareholder Number Tel: 0370 707 1291
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Peel Hunt LLP 
100 Liverpool Street
London EC2M 2AY

James Sharp & Co
The Exchange
5 Bank Street
Bury
Lancashire BL9 0DN

CORPORATE BROKER AUDITORS
Peel Hunt LLP 
100 Liverpool Street
London EC2M 2AY

BDO LLP
55 Baker Street
London W1U 7EU

Shares

Shepherd Neame Limited currently has in issue 14,857,500 ordinary shares, each with a nominal value of 50 pence. 

Shepherd Neame ordinary shares are admitted to trading on the AQSE Growth Market. Shares admitted to trading on the AQSE Growth Market are qualifying investments for stocks and shares ISAs.
 
The Company's ordinary shares are admitted as a participating security on the CREST clearing system.

The Company operates three share-based payment schemes and satisfies the exercise of options by buying ordinary shares in the market. One is the Shepherd Neame Employee Share Incentive Plan (SIP), open to all employees with 18 months service at the award date. A free award of ordinary shares, based on length of service and salary and subject to a maximum of £3,600, was made to all eligible employees in all years from 2003 to 2019, with the exception of 2009. Participants are entitled to these free shares from three years after the date of the award if they remain in the Company’s employment. The number of ordinary shares in this scheme outstanding at 24 June 2023 was 90,800 and the number of ordinary shares distributable at this date was 90,800.  As the exercise of these options is satisfied by buying ordinary shares in the market there will be no dilution for existing shareholders on exercise.

The other two schemes are the Shepherd Neame 2005 Restricted Share Scheme and Shepherd Neame 2015 Restricted Share Scheme. The latter replaced the 2005 scheme following its cessation in 2015. Both schemes are for Executive Directors, Operations Directors and Senior Managers, including the highest paid Director and three other Executive Directors. The schemes provide for the grant of primary and secondary share options, which are exercisable three years after the date of the award. The secondary options are awarded if the Company achieves certain performance criteria in relation to growth in underlying earnings per share, net asset value per share, dividend growth and total shareholder return. The number of options over ordinary shares in the 2005 scheme outstanding at 24 June 2023 was 714; all of which are exercisable at this date. The number of options over ordinary shares in the 2015 scheme outstanding at 24 June 2023 was 485,718, of which 8,313 were exercisable at this date. As the exercise of all options is satisfied by buying ordinary shares in the market there will be no dilution for existing shareholders on exercise. 

The percentage of ordinary shares in public hands at 24 June 2023 was 79% as defined in accordance within AQSE Growth Market rules (being all ordinary shares not held by related parties (including directors and their family and connected persons), relevant employees and persons (or persons acting in concert) who have an interest in 5% or more of the relevant shares).

The interests of substantial shareholders in the issued share capital (over 3% of ordinary shares) of the Company, as notified to the Company at 24 June 2023, are:

Name Number of ordinary shares % of issued share capital
Rulegale Nominees Limited 2,044,158 13.76
Lion Nominees Limited 1,269,670 8.55
Luna Nominees Limited 1,008,680 6.79
K M Webber 688,414 4.63
Rock (Nominees) Limited 483,974 3.26

Articles of Association

The Company's Articles of Association are available on request from The Company Secretary, 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX or by email.

Disclaimer

While Shepherd Neame Limited takes every precaution as regards the content and presentation of information on any part of this website, no warranty is given as to the completeness or accuracy of the information given. This page is updated every six months and was last modified in September 2023. Therefore, to the full extent permissible by the applicable law, Shepherd Neame Limited shall not have any liability in respect of such information or for any use of such information by any person.

While the Company takes reasonable care to ensure the accuracy of the information on its website, it shall not be held responsible for any losses or liabilities arising from the use of the information. No information on this site constitutes, or shall be deemed to constitute, an invitation or recommendation to invest or otherwise deal in the Company’s shares or any other securities of the Company. Nor does the information constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any such shares or securities. For the purpose of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, nothing contained in this site is a 'financial promotion' nor does any statement constitute investment advice.

Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.