Walker Boyd to Retire in June 2010

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Signet Jewelers Ltd ("Signet") (NYSE and LSE: SIG) today announced that Walker Boyd will retire from the Board of the Company and as Finance Director at the end of the Company's annual general meeting to be held in June 2010.

Terry Burman, Group Chief Executive, commented: "It has been a privilege to work with Walker. He has made a very significant contribution to the success of Signet over the last 18 years.  We all wish him well in his retirement."

The board will immediately begin a search process involving both internal and external candidates.

  Enquiries    Terry Burman, Chief Executive, Signet
               Jewelers                                     [phone]
               Tim Jackson, Investor Relations Director,
               Signet Jewelers                              [phone]

               Michael Henson, Taylor Rafferty              [phone]
               Jonathan Glass, Brunswick                [phone]



Signet operated 1,952 specialty retail jewelry stores at August 1, 2009; these included 1,396 stores in the US, where the Group trades as "Kay Jewelers," "Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry" and under a number of regional names.  At that date Signet operated 556 stores in the UK, where the Group trades as "H.Samuel," "Ernest Jones" and "Leslie Davis."  Further information on Signet is available at http://www.signetjewelers.com/.  See also http://www.kay.com/, http://www.jared.com/, http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/ and http://www.ernestjones.co.uk/. 

DATASOURCE: Signet Jewelers Ltd



CONTACT:  Terry Burman, Chief Executive or Tim Jackson, Investor

Relations Director, both of Signet Jewelers, [phone]; or Michael

Henson of Taylor Rafferty, [phone]; or Jonathan Glass of Brunswick,

[phone]



Web Site:  http://www.signetjewelers.com/ 

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