Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5791I

Portmeirion Group PLC

20 June 2017

 

20 June 2017

Portmeirion Group PLC ('the Company' or 'the Group')

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Portmeirion Group PLC (AIM: PMP), the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of high quality homewares under the Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester and Wax Lyrical brands, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Andrea to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 20 June 2017. 

Andrew is currently the Chief Financial and Corporate Development Officer for Marston's PLC, a leading independent brewing and pub retailing business. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has held senior positions within Marston's since 2002, prior to which he worked in various financial and commercial roles with Guinness Brewing Worldwide, Bass Brewers Limited and Dolland & Aitchison.

Dick Steele, Non-executive Chairman, said:

"I welcome Andrew to the Board of the Company. Andrew's wide ranging experience in organisations of significant turnover and his expertise in finance, consumer brands and retail will undoubtedly add value to our decisions as we develop the Group over the coming years".

Please refer to Annex 1 for all further disclosure relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR).

ENQUIRIES:

Portmeirion Group PLC:
Dick Steele	[phone]	[e-mail]
Non-executive Chairman Mike Raybould	[phone]	[e-mail]
Group Finance Director
Bell Pottinger:
Dan de Belder	[phone]	[e-mail]
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Broker):	[phone]
Freddy Crossley/ Duncan Monteith	Corporate Finance
Tom Salvesen	Corporate Broking

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Joint Broker):	[phone]
Catherine Leftley /Marc Milmo	Corporate Finance
Mark Westcott	Sales

Annex 1

Andrew Andonis Andrea (age 48) is, or has been in the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

Current directorships	Previous directorships
Banks's Brewery Insurance Limited	Channel Wines & Spirits Limited
Bedford Canning Company Limited
Bluu Limited
Brasserie Restaurants Limited
Celtic Inns Holdings Limited
Celtic Inns Limited
Eldridge, Pope & Co., Limited
English Country Inns Limited
EP Investments 2004 Limited
Fairdeed Limited
Fayolle Limited
John Marston's Taverners Limited
Lambert Parker & Gaines Limited
Mansfield Brewery Limited
Mansfield Brewery Properties Limited
Mansfield Brewery Trading Limited
Marston's Acquisitions Limited
Marston's Estates Limited
Marston's Operating Limited
Marston's PLC
Marston's Property Developments Limited
Marston's Pubs Limited
Marston's Pubs Parent Limited
Marston's Telecoms Limited
Marston's Trading Limited
Marston, Thompson & Evershed Limited
Osprey Inns Limited
Pitcher and Piano Limited
Porter Black (2003) Limited
QP Bars Limited
Refresh UK Limited
Refresh Group Limited
Ringwood Brewery Limited
S.K. Williams Limited
SDA Limited
Sherwood Forest Properties Limited
Sovereign Inns Limited
The Gray Ox Limited
The Wychwood Brewery Company Limited
Van Finance Limited
W&DB (Finance) PLC
W. & D. PLC
Wizard Inns Limited
Wychwood Holdings Limited

There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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