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 SEPTEMBER 17, 2004
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. Description
Exhibit No. 1 Employee Trust announcement dated 01 September 2004
Exhibit No. 2 Employee Trust announcement dated 02 September 2004
Exhibit No. 3 Director Shareholding announcement dated 07 September 2004
Exhibit No. 4 Employee Trust announcement dated 07 September 2004
Exhibit No. 5 Employee Trust announcement dated 09 September 2004
Exhibit No. 6 Director Shareholding announcement dated 13 September 2004
Exhibit No. 7 Holding(s) in Company announcement dated 14 September 2004
Exhibit No. 8 Employee Trust announcement dated 15 September 2004
Exhibit No. 9 Employee Trust announcement dated 17 September 2004
Exhibit No. 1
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 1 September 2004 that on 31 August
2004 they disposed of 430,182 Ordinary shares of 25p each in Allied Domecq PLC.
The shares were disposed of in connection with the vesting of awards under the
Allied Domecq PLC Deferred Bonus Plan (the "Plan") on that date.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following
these disposals is 25,014,221 shares. The Trust also holds 462,784 ADRs
The following executive directors together with all employees are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and as a result of the disposal there has been a
change in the number of shares they are interested in:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
In addition:-
1. Matching shares were transferred under the Deferred Bonus Plan to
participants on the release of bonus shares in respect of the financial year
ended 31 August 2001, including the executive directors listed above; and
2. We have been advised that shares, details of which are set out below, were
sold on behalf of the participants on 31 August 2004 at an average price of
GBP 4.431595 to satisfy income tax and national insurance arising on the
vesting of the awards:-
Name No. of Shares Sold Total Holding/% of issued
class
Philip Bowman 35,746 430,653
(0.039%)
Richard Turner 12,994 131,977
(0.012%)
Graham Hetherington 26,450 156,724
(0.014%)
Leonard A Quaranto
General Counsel & Company Secretary
1 September 2004
Exhibit No. 2
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 1 September 2004 that they
disposed on that date of a total of 7,500 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 26,857,857 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
2 September 2004
Exhibit No. 3
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
CONFIRMATION OF DIRECTORS' TOTAL HOLDINGS OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY
Further to the award and release of Matching Shares under the Company's Deferred
Bonus Plan on 31 August 2004, which was announced on 1 September 2004, the
Company wishes to clarify the Directors' total holdings of Ordinary Shares of
25p each in the Company *, which are as follows :-
Total Holding % of issued class
Philip Bowman 430,653 0.039%
Graham Hetherington 156,724 0.014%
Richard Turner 131,977 0.012%
David Scotland 142,746 0.013%
For the avoidance of doubt the above figures (and those disclosed in past and
future notifications) include Bonus Shares awarded under the terms of the
Company's Deferred Bonus Plan (which are forfeitable under certain
circumstances) but exclude any Matching Shares that have not yet vested.
(* includes American Depository Shares representing underlying Ordinary Shares.)
Charles B Brown
Director of Secretariat &
Deputy Company Secretary
0117 978 5265
7 September 2004.
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 a notification dated 6 September 2004 that they
disposed on that date of a total of 44,500 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 26,813,357 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
7 September 2004
Exhibit No. 5
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 4 separate notifications, one dated 8 September and
three dated 9 September 2004 that they disposed on those dates of a total of
80,423 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 26,732,934 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
9 September 2004
Exhibit No. 6
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
151,818 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services
(Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of the Allied Domecq
PLC Share Ownership Trust
1,186 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
172,249 - held in own name
430,653 - 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
27 Partnership shares
6 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
GBP4.6375 - Partnership and Matching shares
13) Date of transaction
6 September 2004- Partnership and Matching share award
14) Date company informed
10 September 2004
15) Total holding following this notification
105,000 - held in Sharelink Nominees Limited
151,818 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services
(Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of the Allied Domecq
PLC Share Ownership Trust
1,219 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
172,249 - held in own name
430,686 - Total
16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
0.04%
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
Philippa Armstrong - +44 (0)117 978 5190
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 September 2004
Exhibit No. 7
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Allied Domecq PLC
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
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
Non-beneficial interests
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Bank of New York Brussels 705,500 FIL
Bank of New York London 7,395,261 FIL
Brown Brothers Harriman 97,100 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 75,500 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London 3,787,336 FIL
Chase Nominees Ltd 2,615,151 FIL
Citibank 28,300 FIL
Deutsche Bank 456,700 FIL
HSBC 463,900 FIL
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 197,300 FIL
JP Morgan 2,718,135 FIL
Mellon Bank 357,000 FIL
Mellon Nominees Ltd 96,900 FIL
Morgan Stanley 629,600 FIL
National Australia Bank 7,300 FIL
Northern Trust 3,638,004 FIL
Nortrust Nominees Ltd 1,250,900 FIL
Nortrust Nominees Ltd. 35,700 FIL
Northern Trust 266,876 FIL
PICG 4,100 FIL
State Street Bank & Trust 278,500 FIL
State Street Hong Kong 10,200 FIL
State Street Nominees Ltd 1,091,200 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London 2,660,894 FISL
Chase Nominees Ltd 2,623,537 FISL
Chase Nominees Limited 6,293,676 FMRCO
State Street Nominees Limited 1,230,504 FMRCO
Bank of New York 127,100 FMTC
BT Globenet Nominees Limited 433,000 FMTC
Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited 1,000 FMTC
Northern Trust 133,900 FMTC
State Street Bank & Trust 178,200 FMTC
State Street Nominees Ltd. 85,500 FMTC
Sumitomo T&B 185,765 FMTC
Bank of New York London 288,000 FPM
Bankers Trust 983,000 FPM
Chase Nominees Ltd 1,803,009 FPM
Citibank 390,200 FPM
HSBC 198,900 FPM
Mellon Nominees Ltd 361,800 FPM
Northern Trust 522,400 FPM
HSBC (3,400 ADRs) 13,600 FMRCO
GRAND TOTAL 44,720,448
FMR Corp, parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust
Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment
managers of various pension and trust accounts.
Fidelity International Limited (FIL), parent holding company for various direct
and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL)
and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment manager, for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients.
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3d, principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited.
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
10,144,322 since last filing
6. Percentage of issued class
0.9%
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
Not Known
11. Date company informed
13 September 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
44,720,448
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.04%
14. Any additional information
The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the UK., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act").
These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purpose of clarity.
Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in
respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.
The disclosable interests arise under Section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where
a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under Section 203 of the Act respectively.
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Philippa Armstrong - Telephone: 0117 978 5190
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Charles B. Brown,
Director, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary
Date of notification
14 September 2004
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 3 separate notifications, one dated 14 September and
two dated 15 September 2004, that they disposed on those dates of a total of
32,500 ordinary shares of 25p each and 2,500 American Depositary Shares (ADSs)in
Allied Domecq PLC.
These shares and ADSs 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 26,690,434 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADSs).
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, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary
15 September 2004
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 a notification, dated 16 September 2004, that they
disposed on that date of a total of 3,500 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 26,686,934 shares (made up of both Ordinary Shares and ADSs).
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, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary
17 September 2004
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.
17 September, 2004
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
By: /s/ Charles Brown
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Name: Charles Brown
Title: Director of Secretariat & Deputy
Company Secretary