Appointment to the Board

Portmeirion Group PLC
01 October 2024
 

1 October 2024

 

PORTMEIRION GROUP PLC

('the Group')

 

Appointment to the Board

 

Portmeirion Group PLC, the owner, designer, manufacturer and omni-channel retailer of leading homeware brands in global markets, announces that further to the announcement on 6 September 2024, Jonathan Hill, Group Finance Director, has today been appointed to the Board following completion of the required regulatory checks.

 

Further information in accordance with Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies (the "AIM Rules") is set out at the end of this announcement.

 

ENQUIRIES:

 

Portmeirion Group PLC:

 

 

Mike Raybould, Chief Executive

+44 (0) 1782 743 444

mraybould@portmeiriongroup.com

Jonathan Hill, Group Finance Director

+44 (0) 1782 743 444

jhill@portmeiriongroup.com

 

 

 

Hudson Sandler:

 

 

Dan de Belder

+44 (0) 207 796 4133

portmeirion@hudsonsandler.com

Nick Moore

Emily Brooker



 

Shore Capital:

(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker):

 

+44 (0) 207 408 4090


Patrick Castle

Lucy Bowden

Corporate Advisory


Malachy McEntyre

Isobel Jones

Corporate Broking


 

Singer Capital Markets

(Joint Broker):

 

+44 (0) 207 496 3000


Peter Steel

Investment Banking


Asha Chotai



 

NOTES TO EDITOR:

Portmeirion Group PLC is a leading, omni-channel British ceramics manufacturer and retailer of leading homeware brands.

 

Based in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, the Group owns six unrivalled heritage and contemporary brands, with 750+ years of collective heritage; Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester, Pimpernel, Wax Lyrical and Nambé.

 

The Group serves markets across the world, with global demand driven by diversified international markets including the key geographies of the US, UK and South Korea.

 

Portmeirion Group has a proven capital-light, well developed and self-funded growth strategy focused on building a wider customer base and growing the sales footprint of its brands, through:

·    Building and growing international sales markets

·    Developing online sales channels in core markets

·    Designing and launching new product to widen appeal and take market share

·    Leveraging brands and extensive product ranges

 

 

Appendix - AIM Rule 17 

 

Save for the information set out in the announcement dated 6 September 2024 "Appointment of Group Finance Director", as well as the information below, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules in respect of the appointment of Jonathan "Jon" Charles Hill , aged 52. Jon does not hold an interest in the Company's share capital.

 

Current Directorships

 

Nil

 

Past Directorships in the last 5 years

 

Coleman Milne Limited

Cormar (Exports) Limited

Greenwood & Coope Limited

JM Engineering (Scarborough) Limited1

Mellor Coachcraft Limited

Mersey Carpet Co., Limited (The)

Promech Technologies Limited1

TB Realisations 2023 Limited1

Trinity BidCo Limited2

Trinity MidCo Limited2

Trinity TopCo Limited2

Tunstead Needlefelt Company Limited

Vehicle Conversion Specialists Limited1

Villmount Limited

WN Vtech Holdings Limited1

WN Vtech Limited1

Woodall Nicholson Trustee Limited

 

 

 

Footnotes

 

The companies referenced in the footnotes below were all related to the same group, being WNVT Group:

 

1 Jon Hill was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 12 July 2023 and resigned with immediate effect on 4 December 2023. On 20 November 2023, these companies entered into administration.

 

2 Jon Hill was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 12 July 2023 and resigned with immediate effect on 4 December 2023. Creditors voluntary liquidation commenced on 31 May 2024.

 

 

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