Directorate Change

Date: March 18, 2009

                         Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C.                         

                James Espey (Non Executive) retires from Board                 

Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. ("Fuller's"), London's only remaining traditional
family brewer, today announces that Non Executive Director and Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee, James Espey, will retire from the Fuller's board as of
today.

Michael Turner, Chairman of Fuller's, said: "James joined Fuller's as a Non
Executive Director in 1998 and has been a good listener and a wise contributor
on a wide range of topics. We have benefitted enormously from his advice, and
we shall miss him."

                                     ENDS                                      

Notes to editors:

  * James Espey has spent most of his career in the liquor industry, starting
    in Sales & Marketing in South Africa before holding a number of senior
    international management positions.
   
  * In 2008, with two friends and former colleagues he created The Last Drop
    Distillers Ltd. to market very rare and old, limited edition Scotch whisky:
    www.lastdropdistillers.com
   
  * John Dunsmore, recently appointed to the Board of Fullers, takes over as
    Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
   
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