Aim Rule 26

Please click here for a description of the business.

Please click here for details about our Directors.

The Matters Reserved for the Nichols plc Board can be viewed here.
The Matters Reserved for the Board were last reviewed and approved on 27th January 2025.

The Remuneration Committee consists of the three Non-Executive Directors: Helen Keays (Committee Chair), Liz McMeikan and John Gittins. The terms of reference of the Committee include benchmarking and setting remuneration packages for the Executive Directors and senior managers.
The terms of reference for the Remuneration Committee were last reviewed and approved on 29th January 2024.

The Audit Committee consists of John Gittins (Committee Chair), Helen Keays and Liz McMeikan. The terms of reference of the Committee include keeping under review the scope and results of the external audit, The Committee ensures the independence and objectivity of the external auditors, including the nature and extent of non-audit services supplied.
The terms of reference for the Audit Committee were last reviewed and approved on 7th December 2023.

The Nomination Committee comprises Liz McMeikan (Committee Chair), John Gittins and Helen Keays. The terms of reference of the Committee include regularly reviewing the structure, size and composition of the board, consideration of succession planning for directors and other senior executives and responsibility for identifying and nominating candidates to fill board vacancies.
The terms of reference for the Nomination Committee were last reviewed and approved on 19th July 2021.

Nichols plc was incorporated in England (registration number 00238303) and its main country of operation is the United Kingdom.

Certificates of incorporation on change of name

Original incorporation documents

Articles of Association

The Company is not listed on any other exchanges or trading platforms.

The total number of 10p ordinary shares in issue is 36,968,772 (nominal value £3,696,877).

The percentage of securities not in public hands is 8.99%.

Of the securities not in public hands, 438,410 are held in treasury by the company.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 36,530,362.

Last updated: 4th March 2025.

Octopus Investments 8.64%
S J Harper 7.32%
P J Nichols 5.47%
K Irvine 5.45%
S C Nichols 3.28%
M A and N D Taylor 3.09%

Last updated: 4th March 2025.

L McMeikan 3,000 (31st December 2024: 3,000)
A P Milne 36,242 (31st December 2024: 36,242)
J A Gittins 1,280 (31st December 2024: 1,280)
H M Keays nil (31st December 2024: nil)
P J Nichols 2,000,000 (31st December 2024: 2,000,000)
M J Nichols 844,838 (31st December 2024: 844,838)
A Williams 4,000 (31st December: nil)¹

¹Alan Williams was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 11 March 2025

Last updated: 22nd April 2025.

There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares.

Please click here to access copies of the Company’s annual and interim reports.

Please click here to access copies of notifications made by the Company in the past twelve months.

Nichols plc is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.

The Group’s Corporate Governance Statement can be found here.

Last updated: 24th March 2025.

No AIM Admission Document was required to be published at the time of the Company’s transfer to AIM from the Official List in June 2004. A copy of the Schedule 1 issued to support the Company’s application to AIM is viewable here.

Last updated: 11th February 2021.

The Company’s nominated adviser is Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP, 1 Bartholomew Lane, London, EC2N 2AX United Kingdom

The Company’s auditors are BDO, 3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3AT

The Company’s solicitors are DLA Piper UK LLP, 1 St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, M2 3DE United Kingdom