Board Appointment

Nichols PLC
25 January 2002



Date:        For immediate release, Friday 25 January 2002

Contacts:    John Nichols, Chairman
             Gary Unsworth, Chief Executive
             Simon Nichols, Finance Director
             Nichols plc
             Telephone:     [phone]

             Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
             Philip Dennis
             Hudson Sandler
             Telephone:     [phone]
             Email:         [e-mail]



                                  Nichols plc

                                Board Appointment



Nichols plc, the soft drinks, food and foodservice group, is pleased to announce
the appointment of John Bee as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

John, 60, was previously a Partner at Grant Thornton, from which, in 1984, he
went on to become Group Finance Director of Yates Brothers Wine Lodges PLC.  In
1997 he retired from this position taking on a number of consultancies and
non-executive directorships.  These included Cafe Inns PLC, Online Group
Holdings PLC, Burtonwood Brewery PLC and Manchester Building Society, where John
remains a non-executive director.


John Nichols, Chairman, commented:


'We are extremely pleased John has decided to join us as a non-executive
director. He has extensive range of experience, both in running similar
businesses to Nichols and also with the City. He will no doubt prove to be a
valuable addition to the management team in the years ahead'.



Notes to Editors:


The group has three principal operations: Soft Drinks (primarily involved in the
manufacture and sale of soft drinks, including Vimto, throughout the world and
Sunkist in the UK), Food Products and Beverage Systems (including Nichols Foods,
the manufacturer and supplier to the vending, foodservice and retail markets;
Balmoral, supplier of hot beverage systems and Cabana, soft drinks on draught)
and Co-packing (which includes Stockpack, the group's contract food packing
operation).



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