BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
 

Business Description

Distil PLC

201 Temple Chambers

3-7 Temple Avenue

London

EC4Y 0DT

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. 

Adebola Adebo

Finance Director
Adebola began her finance career managing financial reporting for restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Club Gascon. An ACCA-qualified accountant, she has held senior commercial finance roles at J Sainsbury’s and Wincanton Logistics.

She joined Distil in December 2022 from The Whisky Exchange (Pernod Ricard Group), where she led a finance transformation as Financial Controller.

With a BA in Applied Accounting and a Master’s in Management, Adebola offers expertise in operational and strategic finance across hospitality, retail, and logistics.

SARAH KINGSBURY

Marketing Director
Sarah has over 15 years’ experience in the drinks industry ranging from the hospitality sector, drinks journalism and PR. She worked across both global and challenger brands on a range of PR, marketing campaigns and events before joining the Distil team as Marketing Manager in March 2020. Sarah was promoted to Marketing Director in October 2022.

 
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 15 January 2025, 52.82% 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

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

Nominated Adviser

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

Nominated Broker

Allenby Capital Limited
5 St Helen's Place EC3A 6AB

Registrars

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

 
SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS
 

SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS

Significant shareholders holding in excess of 3% of the Company’s share capital at 21 March 2025.

INVESTOR

PERCENTAGE

GrainGmbH

26.17%

Dr Graham Cooley

16.17%

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.

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2024

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2022

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2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
ANALYST RESEARCH