Portmeirion Group PLC Directorate Change (5791I)

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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               +44 (0) 1782     [e-mail] 
                            744 721 
 Non-executive Chairman 
  Mike Raybould              +44 (0) 1782     [e-mail] 
                             744 721 
 Group Finance Director 
 Bell Pottinger: 
 Dan de Belder             +44 (0) 203      [e-mail] 
                            772 2561 
 
 Panmure Gordon 
  (Nominated Adviser         +44 (0) 207 
  and Broker):               886 2500 
 Freddy Crossley/          Corporate 
  Duncan Monteith           Finance 
 Tom Salvesen              Corporate 
                            Broking 
 
 
 Cantor Fitzgerald 
  Europe                +44 (0) 207 
  (Joint Broker):       894 7000 
 Catherine Leftley    Corporate 
  /Marc Milmo          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         Channel Wines & Spirits 
  Limited                           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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