There are a number of companies offering
perks or benefits for holding shares in their company. Although these
perks should not be the main reason for investing in a share, they can
offer some attractive benefits. We have listed here some of the popular
brands that offer perks. Please note that you should contact the press
office or the Investor Relations department of the company that you
are interested in for complete information.
Note: Next to the company name the amount of shares needed to
qualify is shown together with the time the shares must be held (if
applicable) and whether or not the share can be held by a nominee
AGA
Foodservices (Shares 500; Months held 1; Nominee Yes)
10% discount, to a maximum of £500, on purchases totalling £500 or more
before 30th Spetember 2003 from AGA shops, Fired Earh or Cookcraft.
Austin
Reed Group (Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Discount card giving 15% on all full price merchandise in Austin Reed
and Country Casuals shops, excluding concessions.
Avis
Europe (Shares 350; Months held 0; Nominee No)
Discounts ranging from 10 to 50% varyng from country to country, on
basic rental charge.
Bailey
(C H) (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on accommodation in two hotels in Malta and Dar Es Salaam
and two safari parks in Tanzania booked through Bay Travel (15% discount
if 20,000 shares held for 12 months or more)
Barratt
Developments (Shares 1000; Months held 12; Nominee No)
£500 discount on every £25,000 (or part thereof) spent with Barratt
Homes or KingsOak Homes on new or part-exchange homes in the UK and
USA. Inform site sales rep that you are claiming shareholder discount
before reserving a property.
Beale
(Shares 2500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on purchases of up to £5000 using card account in Beale
department stores
Bellway
(Shares 2000; Months held 12; Nominee Yes)
£625 discount for every £25,000 of purchase price (or pro rata) of new
Bellway home (inform sales rep on site)
Bloomsbury
Publishing (Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
35% off recommended retail price of Bloomsbury books ordered from the
publisher.
British
Airways (Shares 200; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% off published fares for flights from or within UK, plus 10% of BA
Holidays for shareholder and up to three companions. Book direct through
BA.
Brown
(N) Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
20% discount on purchases from thr group'd mail order catalogues. Under
1,000 shares, max discount = £20/yr; 1001 - 2000 shares, max discount
= £40/yr; 2,001 - 5,000 shares, max discount = £100/yr; 5,000+ shares,
max discount = £200/yr.
CHE
Hotel Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee No)
Choices Privileges Programme membership gives 5 Argos points for every
£1 spent at Argos; 10% off rooms at over 4,000 Choice Hotels worldwide
when booked through central reservations (Tel. 0800-444444); variable
discounts on 'executive car rental' rates in Europe; complimentary room
upgrades where available; extended checkout, express checkout
De
Vere Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Discount card giving 35% of B & B rate for stays of at least two nights
at De Vere hotels; three nights for the price of two for weekend stays
at Village Leisure Hotels; special offers on Sunday night hotel stays;
10% off food and drink at De Vere hotel restaurants and Village 'Salingers'
Restaurants; 20% off joining fee for Leaisure Clubs and off lodge accommodation.
Dobbies
Garden Centres (Shares 100; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount card off almost all products
Eldridge
Pope & Co (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
20% off vouchers for food and drink with food and accommodation for
up to four people; 10% discount on wine from Dorchester Wine Centre
or Eldridge Pope Mail Order.
EMAP
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Half-price subscriptions to Emap consumer magazines
Eurotunnel
(Shares 1000; Months held 3; Nominee No)
30% disount on up to three standard return fares or six standard single
fare a year, plus membersship or Privilege Plus scheme, which gives
10% discount on most other regular.promotional fares. The offers cannot
be combined.
First
Choice Holidays (Shares 500; Months held 12; Nominee Yes)
10% off best deal in market for flight only and package holidays from
First choice and Unijet; 10% off Citalia, Hayes & Jervis, Ski and Sovereign;
5% off Crown Blue Line and Connoisseur; £15 off per person per package
off best deal in market from £10 per person flight with Eclipse; 5%
off Longshot Golf; 5% off Meon Villas during shcool holidays and 10%
off in term time; 20 % off Suncars (Car Hire); 5% off any other best
price from First Choice Group for Sunsail. Discounts apply to shareholder
and companions on same booking. Booking must be made through special
shareholders' discount lines.
Fuller
Smith & Turner (Shares 100; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
variable discounts on Fuller owned hotels. 15% discount on all wine
and beer prices, 5% discount on spirits (excludes special offers). Offer
limited to shareholders who collect from the brewery shop in Chiswick.
For initial order, contact Lewis Ragbourn on 020-8996-2054.
Hilton
Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
In UK amd Eire, 15% off published rates for total bill at Hilton Hotels;
15% off meals and drinks in hotel restaurant when not resident; 15%
off published rates in the EcapeAways Short Breaks & Holidays brochure;
10% off weddings at participating hotels (excluding The Langham in London)
and special event weekends; 10% off fees at LivingWell Health Clubs;
free room upgrades when available. Outside uK, 15% off room rates and
food and drink while resident in hotels (excludes US and Hilton Corp.
hotels in Canada or Mexico)
Holidaybreak
(Shares 200; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% off full brochure cost holidays booked direct with group companies
including Eurocamp, Keycamp, Sunsites, Superbreak, Eurovillages, Explore
Worldwide and Regal Dive Worldwide for shareholder and companion.
House
of Fraser (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Sheet of vouchers giving variety of discounts issued with annual report.
Inchcape
(Shares 250; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
15% discount on service, parts and accessories: (excluding Ferrari and
Maserati business); £100 off retail price of new and used cars.
Johnson
Service Group (Shares 200; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Ten £5 vouchers to set against dry cleaning at their shops.
Jourdan
(Shares 1000; Months held 6; Nominee Yes)
Up to 25% off company products, including Corby trouser presses and
Suncrest fire surrounds.
Landround
(Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Unlimited vouchers for shareholder and up to four companions to travel
free as foot passengers on all P & O Hoverspeed or SeaFrance French
routes from the UK and all Irish Ferries routes from the UK on trips
lasting up to 120 hours. One £100 off voucher off any ABTA brochure
holiday for two people for seven days or more, provided travel insurance
purchased form Landround at time of booking. One free BMI return flight
for one person to Paris, Amerstam, Dublin or Brussels form Heathrow,
subject to payment of airport taxes etc. Free hotel accommodation year
round for two people from a directory of 400 hotels (breakfast and dinner
must be taken). All discounts subject to availability and must be claimed
through Landround.
Lookers
(Shares 1000; Months held 0; Nominee No)
£100 discount on top off any negotiated discounts on any new vehicle
from a Lookers garage (Inc Charles Hurst) Makes include Rover, Vauxhall,
VW, Audi, Toyota, Fiat, Suzuki, Jeep, Nissan ans Renault.
Mallett
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on full retail price of all purchases.
Merchant
Retail Group (Shares 2000; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount voucher on any size purchase on one visit to The Perfume
Shop, Joplings or A. de Gruchy
Mersey
Docks & Harbour Company (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Discounts on travel arrangements or free/reduced rate travel insurance
booked through Portia World Travel (discount depends on value of the
reservation and operator chosen).
Millennium
& Copthorne (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Each shareholder (no minimum holding) receives 6 shareholder benefit vouchers a year. Each voucher entitles the holder to a 15% discount on accommodation, food and beverages on one visit only to a Millennium and Copthorne Hotel in the UK, France or Germany. The voucher cannot be exchanged for cash or used in the purchase of gift vouchers. No other discount or special offer may apply at the time of use.
Moss
Bros Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Single 20% discount voucher on full price purchase at most Moss Bros
outlets. Can be used against several items within a single transaction.
Mothercare
(Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount voucher annually, on a maximum £500 worth of goods.
MyTravel
Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on brochure price of Airtours holidays booked through Shareholder
Premier Line (Tel 0870-1616891)
Next
(Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
25% discount voucher (valid to end of September) to those on the register
on 1st April, on all purchases made on one occasion at any Next shop.
Northern
Racing (Shares 500; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Complimentary member's passes at August Bank Holiday race meeting.
Park
Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Discounts on a range of Hampers and high street vouchers.
Persimmon
(Shares 1000; Months held 12; Nominee Yes)
2% discount on purchase price of new or part-exchange home from the
group (Maximum £3,000 in any 12 mth period). Discount will not apply
on top of other price discounts. Must inform sales negotiator that claiming
discount when reserving a property.
Preston
North End (Shares 100; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on all products other than sale items in club shop.
Redrow
Group (Shares 2500; Months held 12; Nominee Yes)
1% discount on a new Redrow home (in addition to any other promotions
available at the time).
Renishaw
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Variable discount on air fares, package holidays (including city breaks
and winter sports holidays), cruises, car rental when booked through
WTL (subsidiary). Minimum spend £250 per booking (£20 discount). More
info at www.advantage4travel.com/wtl
Scottish
& Newcastle (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
2002 offer consisted of 10% discount on meals, drinks with meals and
accommodation at over 600 S & N establishments, plus vouchers giving
25% discount on weekend breaks at Premier Lodge and meals at outlets,
including Chef and Brewer, T & J bernard and Country Carvery and up
to 56% on wines and spirits purchases. A similar offer is expected in
July 2003.
Senior
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Discounted phone and postal share dealing through Hoare Govett.
Signet
Group (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount on all purchases and services at Ernest Jones, H Samuel
and Leslie Davis
Stylo
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Six vouchers per year giving 20% discount on footwear from Barratts
shops
Thorntons
(Shares 200; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Three £10 vouchers and four £1 vouchers to set against purchases of
£5 or more in UK and Eire (£34 in total)
Toye
& Co (Shares 250; Months held 0; Nominee No)
10-15% discount card on normal price of goods from Toye, Kenning & Spencer
shops and orders by mail.
Trafficmaster
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
10% discount of retail price of Freeway (not ongoing airtime) and YQ2.
Shareholders buying Trafficmaster monitor get one year's free airtime
worth £110. Items must be ordered through customer service department
(01234-759000)
Travis
Perkins (Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee No)
Preferential 'trade terms' on all products (inc Tool Hire) at at TP
branch and Keyline using Privilege card.
Whitbread
(Shares 1; Months held 0; Nominee Yes)
Variety of offers sent out twice a year. Time limits apply and offers
cannot be combined with any other discounts.
