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Business Description
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Theo Fennell is a unique British luxury brand enjoying strong market position in the UK, offering a range of very high quality jewellery, watches and silver objets and gifts.
The Company’s principal activity continues to be the design, manufacture and retailing of fine jewellery.

Investing Strategy
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The strategy and focus of the Company continues to be the establishment of Theo Fennell as an international luxury goods brand.

Directors
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Richard Northcott – Chairman
Richard set up the Company with Theo Fennell in 1982 and holds the position of Chairman. Richard trained as a chartered accountant and has a long track record in retailing, having started at Dodge City (now B&Q) in 1974. He also held the position of Chairman at Pet City Holdings plc, which was sold to PETsMART in 1996.

Pamela Harper – Chief Executive Officer
Pamela Harper joined Theo Fennell as Chief Executive Officer in December 2007. Pamela is one of the luxury goods industry’s most experienced operators with 28 years experience spanning Burberry, Escada, Hermes, Alfred Dunhill and Jaeger. She worked at Burberry for nine years and played a major role in the turnaround of the brand, working closely with Rose Marie Bravo.

Gavin Saunders – Finance Director
Gavin qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993 with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Following a successful six years at PwC, Gavin switched his career focus to luxury retailing, joining Tiffany and Co in 1999 as UK Finance Director. Gavin joined Theo Fennell in the summer of 2002 as Finance Director.

Justine Carmody – Commercial Director
Justine has been involved in the jewellery industry for the past 24 years and joined Theo Fennell when the Company started in 1982. She left in 1995 to work as the jewellery retail buyer for Mappin and Webb, and then returned to Theo Fennell in 2003. Justine was appointed to the board as Commercial Director in August 2006.

Viscount Cowdray – Non Executive Director
Viscount Cowdray joined the board in 1996 as a non-executive director. He is a director of a number of private family companies, and is actively involed in the stewardship of the Cowdray family business interests.

Charles Carter – Non Executive Director
Charlie joined the board as a non executive director in 1993.  Charlie has over 35 years experience working in various financial institution businesses particularly in the insurance sector. He now has an active role in the private equity sector working with a number of different businesses.  He is a member of both the remuneration and audit committees.


Corporate Governance
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The Company holds board meetings regularly throughout the year at which operating and financial reports are considered. The Board is responsible for formulating, reviewing and approving the Group’s strategy, budgets, major items of capital expenditure and senior personnel appointments.

Audit Committee
The members of the Committee are Richard Northcott and Charles Carter. The Audit Committee is responsible for ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is properly reported and monitored and for meeting the auditors and receiving their reports relating to the Company’s financial statements and internal control systems. The Committee normally meets twice a year, with further meetings as circumstances require.
 
Remuneration Committee
The members of the Committee are Richard Northcott and Charles Carter. The Committee is responsible for reviewing the performance of the executive directors and to set the scale and structure of their remuneration and the basis of their service agreements with due regard to the interests of the shareholders. The Remuneration Committee also approves the grant of share options to employees.

Country of Incorporation
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The Company is incorporated and operates primarily in the United Kingdom.

Constitutional Documents
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PDF Articles of Association
PDF Memorandum of Association

Number of AIM securities
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The Company has in issue 18,610,661 ordinary 5 p shares.

AIM Securities not in Public Hands
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  Number Precentage
Francis Richard Northcott 4,672,367 25.1
Centric Investments Limited 3,411,166 18.3
Alister Theodore Fennell 2,886,760 15.6
C E P Carter 546,192 2.9

Significant Shareholders
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The following are a list of significant shareholders who have notified the Company that they held 3% or more of the current issued share capital:

  Number Precentage
Francis Richard Northcott 4,672,367 25.1
Centric Investments Limited 3,411,166 18.3
Alister Theodore Fennell 2,886,760 15.6
JO Hambro Investment Management 1,224,192 6.6
Henderson Global Investors Limited 1,035,000 5.6
UBS Global Asset Management 1,000,000 5.4

Restrictions on the transfer of AIM securities
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There are no Restrictions

Reports
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PDF 2007 Annual Report & Accounts
PDF 2006 Annual Report & Accounts
PDF Interim Accounts 2007
PDF Interim Accounts 2006


Notifications
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Board Change & Trading Update 07:01 13-Feb-08
Additional Listing 12:52 14-Jan-08
Trading Statement 07:00 14-Jan-08
Director/PDMR Shareholding 10:06 07-Dec-07
Grant of Options 09:26 06-Dec-07
Appointment of CEO 7:01 06-Dec-07
Interim Results 07:01 06-Dec-07
Trading Update 07:00 11-Oct-07
AIM Rule 26 10:35 20-Aug-07
Additional Listing 16:12 25-Jun-07
Final Results 07:00 04-Jun-07
Loan Note Conversion 16:30 09-May-07
Holding(s) in Company 13:58 08-May-07
Holding(s) in Company 11:56 27-Apr-07
Director/PDMR Shareholding 11:34 23-Apr-07
Holding(s) in Company 16:18 02-Apr-07
Total Voting Rights 16:13 30-Mar-07
Loan Note Conv/Dirs Dealing 07:00 28-Mar-07
Additional Listing 08:55 14-Feb-07
Christmas Trading Statement 07:00 15-Jan-07
Total Voting Rights 18:06 20-Dec-06
Interim Results 07:00 21-Nov-06
Holding(s) in Company 15:36 15-Nov-06
Additional Listing 13:46 12-Oct-06
TRADING UPDATE 07:00 10-Oct-06
Additional Listing 09:59 27-Sep-06
Board Appointment 07:00 30-Aug-06
Preliminary Results 07:00 05-Jun-06
Christmas Trading Statement 07:00 16-Jan-06

Admission Document
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PDF Admission Document

Nominated Adviser and other Key Advisers
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Directors and Advisors

Directors F R Northcott FCA (Chairman)
P Harper (Chief Executive Officer)
G R Saunders ACA (Finance Director)
J L Carmody (Commercial Director)
C E P Carter (Non-Executive)
Viscount Cowdray (Non-Executive)
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Company Secretary G R Saunders ACA
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Registered Office 2b Pond Place
London SW3 6TF
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Registered Number 01955534
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Nominated Adviser Seymour Pierce Limited
20 Old Bailey
London  EC4M 7EN
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Broker Seymour Pierce Limited
20 Old Bailey
London  EC4M 7EN
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Registered Auditor Grant Thornton UK LLP
Grant Thornton House
Melton Street
Euston Square
London NW1 2EP
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Solicitors Bird & Bird
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 7QQ
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Bankers

Clydesdale Bank PLC
London City Financial Solutions Centre
88 Wood Street
London EC2V 7QQ

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Registrars Northern Registrars Limited
Northern House
Woodsome Park
Fenay Bridge
Huddersfield
HD8 0LA
ENDS
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