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 OCTOBER 18, 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 21 September 2004
Exhibit No. 2 Holding(s) in Company announcement dated 21 September 2004
Exhibit No. 3 Employee Trust announcement dated 22 September 2004
Exhibit No. 4 Employee Trust announcement dated 23 September 2004
Exhibit No. 5 Director Shareholding announcement dated 30 September 2004
Exhibit No. 6 Employee Trust announcement dated 30 September 2004
Exhibit No. 7 Employee Trust announcement dated 1 October 2004
Exhibit No. 8 Employee Trust announcement dated 5 October 2004
Exhibit No. 9 Employee Trust announcement dated 7 October 2004
Exhibit No. 10 Employee Trust announcement dated 11 October 2004
Exhibit No. 11 Employee Trust announcement dated 13 October 2004
Exhibit No. 12 Director Shareholding announcement dated 14 October 2004
Exhibit No. 13 Employee Trust announcement dated 15 October 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 two separate notifications, both dated 21 September
2004, that they disposed on that date of a total of 51,000 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 26,635,934 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 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 date:-
Philip Bowman, Graham C Hetherington, David Scotland and Richard G Turner.
Charles B Brown
Director, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary
21 September 2004
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
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 London 8,516,912 FIL
Brown Brothers Harriman 97,100 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London 4,533,256 FIL
Citibank 33,400 FIL
Deutsche Bank 773,700 FIL
HSBC 661,200 FIL
JP Morgan 1,909,335 FIL
Mellon Bank 322,000 FIL
Mellon Nominees Ltd 96,900 FIL
Morgan Stanley 629,600 FIL
National Australia Bank 87,000 FIL
Northern Trust 5,508,184 FIL
Northern Trust 266,876 FIL
PICG 495,400 FIL
State Street Bank & Trust 1,904,200 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London 4,300,731 FISL
JP Morgan 6,293,676 FMRCO
State Street Nominees Limited 1,230,504 FMRCO
Bank of New York 167,700 FMTC
Llyods Bank Nominees Limited 1,800 FMTC
Mellon Bank N.A. 433,300 FMTC
Morgan Stanley 112,400 FMTC
Northern Trust 173,100 FMTC
State Street Bank & Trust 328,100 FMTC
Sumitomo T&B 185,765 FMTC
Bank of New York London 288,000 FPM
Chase Nominees Ltd 1,906,009 FPM
Citibank 570,300 FPM
HSBC 198,900 FPM
Mellon Nominees Ltd 271,300 FPM
Northern Trust 29,000 FPM
Grand Total Ordinary Shares 42,325,648
The following shares are based on the assumed conversation of 203,400
ADR's (4 ordinary shares per ADR)
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
178,000 FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London
56,000 FISL
First Star Trust Company
14,400 FMRCO
HSBC
13,600 FMRCO
JP Morgan Chase
253,200 FMRCO
Bank of New York
11,200 FMTC
Investors Bank & Trust
56,000 FMTC
Mellon Bank N.A.
153,600 FMTC
Northern Trust
23,600 FMTC
State Steet Bank & Trust
54,000 FMTC
Grand Total ADR's
813,600
Total Ordinary Shares & ADR's 43,139,248
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
NIL
6. Percentage of issued class
N/A
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
Not Known
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Class of security
25 pence Ordinary Shares
10. Date of transaction
Not Known
11. Date company informed
20 September 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
43,139,248
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.9%
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
21 September 2004
Exhibit No. 3
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 22 September 2004, 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 Allied Domecq PLC employee
share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 26,620,934 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
22 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 23 September 2004, that they
disposed on that date of a total of 22,500 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 26,598,434 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 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
23 September 2004
Exhibit No. 5
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1) Name of company
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
2) Name of director
RICHARD GRAHAM TURNER
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
DIRECTOR AND MRS S A TURNER (SPOUSE)
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)
RICHARD G TURNER - 7,500 SHARES HELD IN OWN NAME
- 6,681 SHARES HELD IN PEPs
- 37,088 SHARES HELD IN TOWERS PERRIN
SHARE PLAN SERVICES (GUERNSEY)
LTD, TRUSTEES OF THE ADPLC SHARE
OWNERSHIP TRUST
- 3,500 SHARES HELD IN VIDACOS NOMINEES
LIMITED A/C SSB1
MRS S A TURNER - 66,176 SHARES HELD IN OWN NAME
- 11,032 SHARES HELD IN PEPs
TOTAL -131,977 SHARES
5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
RELATES TO DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR'S SPOUSE - MRS S A TURNER
6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary
SHARE ACQUISITION IN BOTH GENERAL AND SINGLE COMPANY PEPs (DIVIDEND RE-
INVESTMENT)
7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired
MR R G TURNER - 71 SHARES
MRS S A TURNER - 110 SHARES
TOTAL - 181 SHARES
8) Percentage of issued class
0.000%
9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed
NIL
10) Percentage of issued class
NIL
11) Class of security
25P ORDINARY SHARES
12) Price per share
461 PENCE
13) Date of transaction
27 September 2004
14) Date company informed
28 September 2004
15) Total holding following this notification
RICHARD G TURNER - 7,500 SHARES HELD IN OWN NAME
- 6,752 SHARES HELD IN PEPs
- 37,088 SHARES HELD IN TOWERS PERRIN
SHARE PLAN SERVICES (GUERNSEY)
LTD, TRUSTEES OF THE ADPLC SHARE
OWNERSHIP TRUST
- 3,500 SHARES HELD IN VIDACOS NOMINEES
LIMITED A/C SSB1
MRS S A TURNER - 66,176 SHARES HELD IN OWN NAME
- 11,142 SHARES HELD IN PEPs
TOTAL -132,158 SHARES
16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
0.012%
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes
17) Date of grant
18) Period during which or date on which exercisable
19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise
22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification
23) Any additional information
24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CHARLES B. BROWN, TELEPHONE 0117 978 5265
25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
CHARLES B. BROWN
DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SECRETARIAT
DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY
Date of Notification 30 September 2004
Exhibit No. 6
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 30 September 2004, 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 Allied Domecq PLC employee
share plans.
The total number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Trust following this
disposal is 26,583,434 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 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
30 September 2004
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 2 separate notifications dated 1 October 2004, that
they disposed on 30 September 2004 and 1 October 2004 of a total of 44,940
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 26,538,494 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
1 October 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 a notification dated 4 October 2004, that they disposed
on that date of a total of 22,648 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 26,515,846 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
5 October 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 four separate notifications, dated 7 October 2004, that
they disposed on 5 October, 6 October and 7 October of a total of 45,000
ordinary shares of 25p each and 10,868 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 26,427,374 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
7 October 2004
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 2 separate notifications, one dated 8 October 2004 and
another dated 11 October 2004, that they disposed on those dates of a total of
129,700 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 26,297,674 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
11 October 2004
Exhibit No. 11
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 2 separate notifications, one dated 12 October 2004 and
another dated 13 October 2004, that they disposed on those dates of a total of
150,807 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 26,146,867 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
13 October 2004
Exhibit No. 12
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
1,219 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
172,249 - held in own name
430,686 - 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
26 Partnership shares
7 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
GBP4.8515 - Partnership and Matching shares
13) Date of transaction
5 October 2004 - Partnership and Matching share award
14) Date company informed
13 October 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
1,252 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
172,249 - held in own name
430,719 - 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, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification 14 October 2004
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 2 separate notifications, one dated 14 October 2004 and
another dated 15 October 2004 that they disposed on those dates of a total of
62,500 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
these disposals is 26,084,367 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 October 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.
18 October, 2004
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
By: /s/ Charles Brown
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Name: Charles Brown
Title: Director, Corporate Secretariat
Deputy Company Secretary