Company Gear4music (Holdings) plc

G4M

GB00BW9PJQ87

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Apr. 24	Gear4music Nonexecutive Chair to Step Down; CEO Named Successor	MT
Apr. 24	Gear4Music set to meet annual expectations; reshuffles board	AN

Business Summary

Gear4music (Holdings) plc is a United Kingdom-based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment. The Company sells own-brand musical instruments and music equipment alongside premium third-party brands, including Fender, Yamaha and Roland, to customers ranging from beginners to musical enthusiasts and professionals, in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Rest of the World. The Company is also developing its own bespoke e-commerce platform, with multilingual, multicurrency and fully responsive design websites localized to 19 countries. It offers products, such as electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitars, drums and percussion, pianos and keyboards, orchestral, live sound and lighting, studio and production, DJ equipment and home audio. It operates approximately 21 websites in 15 languages. The Companyâs subsidiaries include Gear4music Sweden AB, Gear4music GmbH, and Gear4music Europe Limited.

Number of employees: 573

Sales per Business

GBP in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Other-brand Products 69.8 %	102	69.4 %	106	69.8 %	+3.63%
Own-brand Products 25.6 %	38	25.8 %	39	25.6 %	+1.94%
Carriage 4.1 %	6	4.2 %	6	4.1 %	-1.26%
Warranty 0.3 %	0	0.3 %	0	0.3 %	-6.42%
Other 0.2 %	0	0.2 %	0	0.2 %	+22.30%

Sales per region

GBP in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
United Kingdom 54.0 %	83	56.0 %	82	54.0 %	-0.67%
Europe 44.0 %	63	42.6 %	67	44.0 %	+6.42%
Rest of the World 2.0 %	2	1.4 %	3	2.0 %	+44.57%

Managers

Managers	Title	Age	Since
Andrew Wass CEO	Chief Executive Officer	53	11-09-25
Christopher Scott DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	48	12-09-30
Robert Newport COO	Chief Operating Officer	-	-
Gareth Bevan BRD	Director/Board Member	46	12-06-30
Eleni Buras SAM	Sales & Marketing	-	-
Charlotte Mahoney HRO	Human Resources Officer	-	-

Members of the board

Members of the board	Title	Age	Since
Ken Ford CHM	Chairman	75	15-05-31
Dean Murray BRD	Director/Board Member	61	12-02-29
Andrew Wass CEO	Chief Executive Officer	53	11-09-25
Gareth Bevan BRD	Director/Board Member	46	12-06-30
Christopher Scott DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	48	12-09-30
Harriet Williams BRD	Director/Board Member	44	20-12-31

Share class

	Vote	Quantity	Free-Float	Company-owned shares	Total Float
Stock A	1	20,976,938	13,629,679 ( 64.97 %)	0	64.97 %

Shareholders

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Andrew Wass 22.77 %	4,776,993	22.77 %	8 M p
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 18.05 %	3,785,431	18.05 %	7 M p
Harpin Richard 10.23 %	2,146,289	10.23 %	4 M p
FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd. 7.283 %	1,527,714	7.283 %	3 M p
Abrdn Investment Management Ltd. 4.582 %	961,162	4.582 %	2 M p
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Ltd. 4.122 %	864,699	4.122 %	1 M p
Octopus Investments Ltd. 3.704 %	776,971	3.704 %	1 M p
Premier Fund Managers Ltd. 3.621 %	759,481	3.621 %	1 M p
AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd. 3.306 %	693,413	3.306 %	1 M p
River Global Investors LLP 1.716 %	360,000	1.716 %	623 034 p

Company contact information

Gear4music (Holdings) Plc

Holgate Park Drive

YO26 4GN, York

+44 3303 654 444

http://www.gear4music.com

Group companies

Name	Category and Sector
Gear4music Ltd. Gear4music Ltd. Recreational ProductsConsumer Durables Gear4music Ltd. retails musical instruments and equipment. Its products include electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitars, drums, percussion, pianos, keyboards, synths and modules, orchestral, PA and live equipment, mixers, recorders, microphones, studio monitoring, studio equipment, music software, computer hardware and DJ gear. It has got some brands in stock, including Yamaha, Roland, Casio, Fender, Ibanez, Alesis, Behringer and Gibson, as well as with Gear4music music product range. The company was founded by Andrew Paul Wass in 1995 and is headquartered in York, the United Kingdom.	Recreational Products

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Category and Sector