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RNS Number : 6245Q  Distil PLC  28 January 2026

Distil plc (the "Company")

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (NED) APPOINTMENT

Distil plc (AIM: DIS), the owner of premium drinks brands RedLeg Spiced Rum,
Blackwoods Gin and Vodka and Blavod Black Vodka is pleased to announce that
Philip Naughton has been appointed as non-executive director, effective from
2nd February 2026.

Philip has extensive corporate experience within the financial services
industry, specialising in compliance and governance, with clients ranging from
banks to corporate finance firms, investment firms, wealth managers and hedge
funds.

Most recently, Philip led compliance consultancy, Cosegic, for five years,
growing the business 124% (revenues), and leading two successful private
equity buyouts.

Philip Naughton commented:

"Distil has a strong portfolio of brands with great potential for growth, and
I'm excited to bring my experience of scaling businesses to the board to help
achieve its full potential. Distil also has a significant latent opportunity
in Ardgowan Distillery of which Distil owns 10.5% via a convertible loan note.
Given the significant interest in Scottish whisky from overseas investors I
look forward to supporting Distil in unlocking the potential of this strategic
asset"

Don Goulding, Executive Chairman of Distil, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Philip to the board as we seek to further
strengthen our team and take Distil into the next phase of development. An
additional independent non-executive director is also being sought to bring
balance to the board."

Further information in relation to Philip Brendan Naughton (aged 58)

In addition to his appointment to the Board, Mr Naughton holds or has held the
following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

 Previous directorships    Current directorships
 Coral Bidco Limited       None

 Coral Topco Limited

 Coral Midco Limited

 Coral Holdco Limited

 Portall Limited

 Nanstrad Ltd

 Cosegic Midco Limited

 Cosegic Holdco Limited

 Cosegic Finance Limited

 CS Advisers Ltd

 Cosegic Limited

Mr Naughton has an interest in 218,474,063 ordinary shares of the Company,
amounting to 10.74% of the Company's issued share capital.

Save for the information above, there are no further disclosures to be made in
accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in
respect of the appointment.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of
the Market Abuse Regulation (eu) 596/2014

For further information, please contact:

 

 Distil PLC
 Don Goulding, Executive Chairman  Tel: +44 203 283 4006

 SPARK Advisory Partners Limited

 (NOMAD)
 Neil Baldwin                      Tel: +44 203 368 3550

 Mark Brady
 Allenby Capital Ltd

 (Broker)
 James Reeve/Piers Shimwell        Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

 Matt Butlin/Jos Pinnington

 

 

 

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