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 DECEMBER 19, 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. Description
Exhibit No. 1 Director Shareholding announcement dated 25 November 2003
Exhibit No. 2 Employee Trust announcement dated 02 December 2003
Exhibit No. 3 Employee Trust announcement dated 04 December 2003
Exhibit No. 4 Employee Trust announcement dated 09 December 2003
Exhibit No. 5 Director Shareholding announcement dated 12 December 2003
Exhibit No. 6 Employee Trust announcement dated 17 December 2003
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
219,691 - 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
398,154 - 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
31 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
GBP4.0600 - Partnership and Matching shares
13) Date of transaction
5 November - Partnership and Matching share award
14) Date company informed
11 November 2003
15) Total holding following this notification
105,000 - held in Sharelink Nominees Limited
219,691 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Ltd -
trustees of the Allied Domecq PLC Share Ownership Trust
853 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
72,249 - held in own name
398,193 - 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
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 25 November 2003
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 December 2003 that they
disposed on that date of 17,862 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 31,005,039 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 December 2003
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 3 December 2003 and four separate
notifications dated 4 December 2003 that they disposed on those dates of a total
of 90,820 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 30,914,219 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
4 December 2003
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 8 December 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 30,906,719 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
9 December 2003
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
219,691 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services
(Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of the Allied Domecq
PLC Share Ownership Trust
853 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
72,249 - held in own name
398,193 - 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
30 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
GBP4.12 - Partnership and Matching shares
13) Date of transaction
5 December 2003- Partnership and Matching share award
14) Date company informed
11 December 2003
15) Total holding following this notification
105,000 - held in Sharelink Nominees Limited
219,691 - held by Towers Perrin Share Plan Services
(Guernsey) Ltd - trustees of the Allied Domecq
PLC Share Ownership Trust
891 - Computershare Trustees Limited
400 - 100 American Depositary Shares held in own name
72,249 - held in own name
398,231 - 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
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 12 December 2003
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 16 December and 17
December 2003 that they disposed on those dates of a total of 28,770 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 30,877,949 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 December 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.
19 DECEMBER, 2003
ALLIED DOMECQ PLC
By: /s/ Charles Brown
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Name: Charles Brown
Title: Director of Secretariat & Deputy
Company Secretary