Lok'nStore Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Lok'nStore Group's CEO is Neil James Newman-Shepherd, appointed in Aug 2020, has a tenure of 3.67 years. total yearly compensation is £210.34K, comprised of 48.7% salary and 51.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.095% of the company’s shares, worth £341.20K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.7 years and 17.3 years respectively.

Key information

Neil James Newman-Shepherd

Chief executive officer

UK£210.3k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	48.7%
CEO tenure	3.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.1%
Management average tenure	3.7yrs
Board average tenure	17.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.1325

Nov 17

Lok'nStore Group's (LON:LOK) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Nov 02

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0575

Apr 27

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.1225

Nov 17

Lok'nStore Group's (LON:LOK) Promising Earnings May Rest On Soft Foundations

Nov 08

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1225

Nov 03

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Gifted Shareholders With A Fantastic 122% Total Return On Their Investment

Mar 15

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK)

Feb 22

Have Insiders Been Buying Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK) Shares?

Jan 18

Lok'nStore Group Plc's (LON:LOK) Has Been On A Rise But Financial Prospects Look Weak: Is The Stock Overpriced?

Dec 29

If You Had Bought Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Shares Five Years Ago You'd Have Earned 62% Returns

Dec 11

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK)

Nov 23

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Neil James Newman-Shepherd's remuneration changed compared to Lok'nStore Group's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jan 31 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£4m
Oct 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£4m
Jul 31 2023	UK£210k	UK£102k	UK£5m
Apr 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£6m
Jan 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£7m
Oct 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£9m
Jul 31 2022	UK£216k	UK£98k	UK£12m
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£11m
Jan 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£10m
Oct 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£7m
Jul 31 2021	UK£277k	UK£91k	UK£3m
Apr 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jan 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£4m
Oct 31 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jul 31 2020	UK£304k	UK£83k	UK£3m
Apr 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jan 31 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Oct 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jul 31 2019	UK£148k	UK£79k	UK£3m
Apr 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jan 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£4m
Oct 31 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jul 31 2018	UK£193k	UK£75k	UK£3m
Apr 30 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jan 31 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Oct 31 2017	n/a	n/a	UK£3m
Jul 31 2017	UK£130k	UK£72k	UK£3m

Compensation vs Market: Neil James's total compensation ($USD262.88K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD1.04M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Neil James's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Neil James Newman-Shepherd (47 yo)

3.7yrs

Tenure

UK£210,342

Compensation

Mr. Neil James John Newman-Shepherd serves as Group Managing Director at Lok'nStore Group Plc since August 1, 2020. He served as Group Sales Director at Lok'nStore Group Plc since September 2014 until Augu...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Andrew Jacobs	Executive Chairman	23.9yrs	UK£275.52k	13.21% £ 47.3m
Neil James Newman-Shepherd	Group MD & Executive Director	3.7yrs	UK£210.34k	0.095% £ 341.2k
Raymond Davies	Group Finance Director & Executive Director	20.3yrs	UK£543.01k	0.32% £ 1.1m
Thomas Lampard	Property Director & Executive Director	1.2yrs	UK£89.14k	0.00031% £ 1.1k

3.7yrs

Average Tenure

55.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: LOK's management team is considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Andrew Jacobs	Executive Chairman	23.9yrs	UK£275.52k	13.21% £ 47.3m
Neil James Newman-Shepherd	Group MD & Executive Director	8.4yrs	UK£210.34k	0.095% £ 341.2k
Raymond Davies	Group Finance Director & Executive Director	20.3yrs	UK£543.01k	0.32% £ 1.1m
Thomas Lampard	Property Director & Executive Director	1.2yrs	UK£89.14k	0.00031% £ 1.1k
Jeffrey Woyda	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	3.6yrs	UK£31.35k	0.0075% £ 26.9k
Simon Thomas	Independent Non-Executive Director	27.3yrs	UK£30.99k	4.78% £ 17.1m
Richard Holmes	Independent Non Executive Director	23.8yrs	UK£25.08k	0.87% £ 3.1m
Charles Peal	Independent Non Executive Director	17.3yrs	UK£25.08k	1.02% £ 3.7m
Bridget Barker	Additional Independent Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	0.037% £ 133.2k

17.3yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: LOK's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 17.3 years average tenure).

Lok'nStore Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Board Member recently bought UK£98k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group Plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 07, 2023

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£161k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group Plc Appoints Bridget Barker as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Audit and Remuneration Committees

Lok'nStore Group Plc Appoints Bridget Barker as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Audit and Remuneration Committees

Independent Non Executive Director recently bought UK£160k worth of stock

Recent updates

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd (ENXTBR:SHUR) have reached agreement to acquire Lok'nStore Group Plc (AIM : LOK) from group of sellers for approximately £370 million.

Board Member recently bought UK£98k worth of stock

New minor risk - Insider selling

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.1325

Lok'nStore Group Plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 07, 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.13 per share at 2.5% yield

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£161k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group's (LON:LOK) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Lok'nStore Group Plc Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on 5January 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analyst expectations

Lok'nStore Group Plc Appoints Bridget Barker as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Audit and Remuneration Committees

Lok'nStore Group Plc Appoints Bridget Barker as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Audit and Remuneration Committees

Independent Non Executive Director recently bought UK£160k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Oct 30, 2023

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Lok'nStore Group Plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £20.500003 million.

Lok'nStore Group Plc announced that it expects to receive £18 million in funding

Independent Non Executive Director recently sold UK£90k worth of stock

Independent Non Executive Director recently sold UK£83k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.058 per share at 2.1% yield

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0575

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.12 (vs UK£0.30 in 1H 2022)

Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold UK£91k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group Plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Apr 24, 2023

Lok'nStore Group Plc Appoints Tom Lampard as Executive Director

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£86k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.1225

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£116k worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold UK£123k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group's (LON:LOK) Promising Earnings May Rest On Soft Foundations

Consensus forecasts updated

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1225

Lok'nStore Group Plc Announces Board Changes

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.30 (vs UK£0.079 in 1H 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Lok'nStore Group Plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 08, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First half 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.05 per share

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At UK£0.05

Price target increased to UK£13.50

Independent Non Executive Director recently sold UK£78k worth of stock

Independent Non Executive Director recently bought UK£50k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group Plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Apr 25, 2022

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 11%

Self Storage Trading LLP agreed to acquire Four Freehold Stores located in Basingstoke, Cardiff, Horsham and Portsmouth from Lok'nStore Group Plc (AIM:LOK) for £39 million.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share

Executive Chairman exercised options and sold UK£1.4m worth of stock

Non-Executive Director recently sold UK£798k worth of stock

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At UK£0.11

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.11 (vs UK£0.10 in FY 2020)

Price target increased to UK£8.83

Price target increased to UK£8.32

Independent Non Executive Director recently bought UK£60k worth of stock

Here's Why Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.043 per share

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.079 (vs UK£0.057 in 1H 2020)

Lok'nstore Group plc Announces Interim Dividend, Payable on June 11, 2021

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Has Gifted Shareholders With A Fantastic 122% Total Return On Their Investment

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK)

New 90-day high: UK£6.85

Have Insiders Been Buying Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK) Shares?

Lok'nStore Group Plc's (LON:LOK) Has Been On A Rise But Financial Prospects Look Weak: Is The Stock Overpriced?

New 90-day high: UK£5.80

If You Had Bought Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) Shares Five Years Ago You'd Have Earned 62% Returns

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Lok'nStore Group Plc (LON:LOK)

Revenue beats expectations, earnings disappoint

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.10