Board Appointment

RNS Number : 6701A

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

13 October 2009

Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")

Board Appointment

Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that Tony Bates has today been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Tony Bates is Chief Operating Officer of COLT Telecom Group, having been a member of the Board since joining in 2004 as Group Chief Financial Officer. Previously he spent twelve years at EMI Group plc where he was Group CFO and Executive Vice President of EMI Recorded Music.

The Company confirms that there is no further information about Tony Bates requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

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