Shareholder information
Swift & Hale plc has one class of share, listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. Our registrar, Quayside Registrars, can answer most questions about your holding.
Share capital and listing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Listing | Equity shares (commercial companies) category of the Official List, traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange |
| Listed since | 2014 |
| Ticker | SWH |
| Index | FTSE SmallCap |
| Issued share capital | 91,600,000 ordinary shares of 1p each |
| Voting rights | One vote per share; no shares held in treasury |
| Share price at 30 January 2026 | 312p, a market value of about £286m |
| Financial year end | The Saturday nearest 31 January |
| Registered office | Hale House, Fordington Fields, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 9SH |
| Company number | 01234567, registered in England and Wales |
No shares were issued in FY26. We publish the total number of voting rights at the end of each quarter and at the end of any month in which it changes. The latest figure is in our total voting rights announcement.
Major shareholders
Shareholders must tell us when their voting rights reach, exceed or fall below 3% and each whole percentage point above that. These are the holdings notified to us under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, with the percentage given in each notification.
| Shareholder | Shares | % of voting rights |
|---|---|---|
| Northgate Asset Management | 8,981,450 | 9.8 |
| Calloway Investors | 6,602,310 | 7.2 |
| Tamar Capital Partners | 5,503,180 | 6.0 |
| Swift and Hale family trusts | 4,031,000 | 4.4 |
| Exe Valley Pension Trust | 3,301,740 | 3.6 |
On 17 March 2026 Tamar Capital Partners told us its holding had risen from 4,668,920 shares (5.1%) to 5,503,180 shares (6.0%). The full notification is in our regulatory news. We have received no other notifications since 31 January 2026.
Dividends
Our policy is a progressive dividend, covered 2.5 to 3 times by adjusted earnings per share. We pay an interim dividend in November and a final dividend in July, after shareholders approve it at the AGM.
| Dividend | Per share | Ex-dividend date | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY27 interim | 3.2p | 15 October 2026 | 16 October 2026 | 20 November 2026 |
| FY26 final | 6.2p | 28 May 2026 | 29 May 2026 | 3 July 2026 |
| FY26 interim | 3.0p | 16 October 2025 | 17 October 2025 | 21 November 2025 |
The total dividend for FY26 was 9.2p (FY25 8.4p). We pay dividends only by direct credit to a bank or building society account. If the registrar does not have your bank details, it will hold your dividend until you send them. Quayside also runs a dividend reinvestment plan. Under our articles, a dividend left unclaimed for 12 years is forfeited and returns to the company.
Registrar
Quayside Registrars keeps our share register. Contact them about your holding, dividends, a change of name or address, or a lost share certificate.
Quayside Registrars, Ropewalk House, 3 Chandlers Quay, Bristol BS1 9QR. Telephone 0117 496 0457 (+44 117 496 0457 from outside the UK), 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays in England and Wales.
On the Quayside shareholder portal you can see your holding and dividend history, update your address and bank details, appoint a proxy for a general meeting and choose to receive documents by email. Quayside also offers online and telephone share dealing to shareholders with a UK address, or you can deal through any bank or stockbroker.
AGM 2026
The 2026 annual general meeting was held at Hale House, Dorchester, on 18 June 2026. Shareholders passed all 19 resolutions on a poll, and none received 20% or more of the votes against.
| Resolution | Votes for |
|---|---|
| 1. Annual Report and Accounts 2026 | 99.94% |
| 2. Directors' remuneration report | 95.82% |
| 3. Final dividend of 6.2p | 99.98% |
| 4. Re-elect Helen Ashdown | 98.71% |
| 5. Re-elect Tom Penhallow | 99.62% |
| 6. Re-elect Anjali Mercer | 99.65% |
| 7. Re-elect Michael Adebayo | 98.94% |
| 8. Re-elect Fiona Garside | 99.21% |
| 9. Re-elect Sinead Fallon | 98.37% |
| 10. Re-elect Marcus Leng | 97.86% |
| 11. Re-elect Ravi Dhanda | 99.40% |
| 12. Reappoint Penrose Lyle LLP as auditor | 99.12% |
| 13. Auditor's remuneration | 99.71% |
| 14. Political donations and expenditure | 97.45% |
| 15. Authority to allot shares | 96.88% |
| 16. Disapply pre-emption rights, general (special) | 97.93% |
| 17. Disapply pre-emption rights, acquisitions (special) | 95.12% |
| 18. Buy back own shares (special) | 99.36% |
| 19. General meetings on 14 clear days' notice (special) | 92.74% |
The AGM statement gives the number of votes for, against and withheld on each resolution. The 2027 AGM will be held in June 2027.
Share fraud
Fraudsters may offer to buy your shares at a high price in return for an upfront fee, or sell you shares that are worthless or do not exist. Swift & Hale will never contact you to offer to buy or sell your shares.
If someone calls, writes or emails you about your shares without being asked:
- take the name of the person and the firm, then end the call;
- check the Financial Services Register on the FCA's website to see whether the firm is authorised, and contact it only through the details on the Register;
- read the FCA's ScamSmart advice and check its warning list;
- do not hand over money or personal details until you are sure the firm is genuine.
If you think you have been approached by a scammer, report it to the FCA through its website.
Employee benefit trust
The Swift & Hale Employee Benefit Trust buys shares in the market to meet awards under our share plans, so those awards do not add new shares. Its trustee is Swift & Hale Trustees Limited, a subsidiary of the company. The trust held 860,000 shares, 0.9% of the issued share capital, at 31 January 2026, after buying 425,000 shares for £1.3m during FY26. It bought a further 280,000 shares for £0.9m in the first half of FY27. The trustee has waived its right to dividends on the shares it holds and does not vote them.