BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
 

Business Description

Distil PLC

73 Watling Street
London
EC4M 9BJ

Incorporated in England and Wales, Registered Number: 3727483

The Company is listed on AIM and is pursuing a strategy to develop a range of its own alcohol brands and market them globally through arrangements with local market distributors.  The focus is to build an agile, low overhead business and compete in attractive spirit categories such as premium Vodka, premium Gin and Rum.

The Company’s primary assets are the brands that it owns and therefore spends considerable resources ensuring that it Intellectual Property assets are registered and protected in the countries where it operates.

The Company's main country of operation is the UK.

 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 

Corporate Governance

Principles of Corporate Governance

The policy of the Board is to manage the affairs of the Company in accordance with the principles underlying the Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Code.

The Board of Directors is accountable to shareholders for the good corporate governance of the Group. The principles of corporate governance and a code of best practice are set out in the Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Code. 

Further information in relation to Distil's application of the QCA Corporate Governance Code can be found in our Chairman's statement on Corporate Governance.

 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

Board of Directors

Don Goulding

Executive Chairman
Joined the Distil Board mid 2010 as Non-Executive Director moving to Non-Executive Chairman in February 2011 and Executive Chairman in November 2011.

Previously held both UK and international senior management roles with Diageo including Managing Director Diageo UK from 1998, following five years in Spain as Managing Director UD Iberia (Diageo) other roles included positions based in various overseas markets and Global Brand Boards for Smirnoff and Tanqueray-Gordon and Chairman of The Portman Group.


Shaun Claydon

Non Executive Director
Shaun joined the Distil Board in 2015 as part time Finance Director.  He is a qualified chartered accountant, corporate financier and CFO with over 18 years lead advisory and main board experience. He has particular expertise in bringing companies to AIM and the Main Market. Shaun has previously held advisory roles at PwC, Evolution Securities, BDO and HSBC Investment Banking and has also recently served as CFO to two venture backed International Life Science companies. 

Roland grain

Non Executive Director
Roland has extensive experience in the Spirits industry within multi-faceted roles as an Owner, Investor and Director. Firstly, Roland has been an Investor in East London Liquor Company since 2015 and became a Director in 2020, as well as being the Owner of Austria’s largest whisky importer and distributor, Potstill Spirits Trading GmbH, since 2019. Roland is also the founding Investor and a Director of Manly Spirits. Additionally, Roland is the CEO and Owner of Grain GmbH since 1994, which provides IT Services focused on large international corporations. Roland has a Master of Science degree in Controlling and Financial Leadership from Danube University.

 
SHARE CAPITAL
 

Share Capital

The issued share capital of the company comprises 1,453,030,539 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.1p each.  Each share confers one voting right. 

The company also has 1,095,833,350 Placing Warrants in issue. The Placing Warrants are not listed on any stock exchange. They have an exercise price of 0.36 p per share and an expiry period ending 11 October 2026.

In addition the company also has 87,758,508 deferred shares with a nominal value of 0.9p each. These deferred shares do not confer voting rights.

As of 11 October 2024, 49.11% of the company's shares were not in public hands. 

UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers

As an AIM traded UK registered company, Distil PLC is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers legislation.

Restrictions on Transfer of the Company's Securities

There are no restrictions in the transfer of AIM Securities
This website was last updated on 11 October 2024.

 
LIST OF ADVISERS
 

LIST OF ADVISERS

 
 

Auditors

PKF Littlejohn LLP
15 Westferry Circus, London E14 4HD

Bankers

Barclays Bank Plc
50 Pall Mall LONDON SW1A 1QA

Nominated Adviser

Spark Advisory Partners Ltd
No. 1 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4PR

Nominated Broker

Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited
8 Frederick's Place, London, EC2R 8AB

Registrars

Share Registrars Ltd
3 The Millennium Centre, Crosby Way, Farnham, GU9 7XX

Bankers

HSBC, City of London Commercial Centre, 60 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4TR 

 
SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS
 

SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS

Significant shareholders holding in excess of 3% of the Company’s share capital at 6 December 2024.

INVESTOR

PERCENTAGE

GrainGmbH

26.17%

Dr Graham Cooley

11.43%

Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited*

9.67%

Killik & Co

5.66%

Steve Xerri

3.78%

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd

3.64%

*Shares held by Baron Éric de Rothschild

 
ACCOUNTS
 

ACCOUNTS

 
 
 
DOCUMENTS
 

DOCUMENTS

 
 
 
WHERE LISTED
 

Where Listed

Distil plc is listed on the Alternative Investment Market in London.

It is not listed on any other exchange. 

 
 
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NEWS
 

AIM 26 - News

The following is a list of announcements made by the company to the AIM.

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
ANALYST RESEARCH