REG - Fevertree Drinks PLC - Board Changes

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25/05/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 5692A  Fevertree Drinks PLC  25 May 2023

 

25(th) May 2023

 

Fevertree Drinks plc

 ("Fever-Tree" or the "Company")

 

Board Changes

Fever-Tree announces that Coline McConville has informed the Board of her
intention to step down from the Board of the Company later this year, having
served nine years as a Non-Executive Director.

 

Following the conclusion of today's AGM, Coline will be succeeded as Senior
Independent Director by Kevin Havelock who joined the Board in January 2018.
Laura Hagan, who joined the Board and the Remuneration Committee in May 2021,
will take over from Coline as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

 

Additionally, the Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Clare
Swindell as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit
Committee following the conclusion of today's AGM.

 

Clare is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience within
the consumer brand sector. She is currently Co-CEO at Camelot, operator of The
National Lottery, having joined as CFO in 2017 before being appointed to the
board in 2019. Prior to that she was Group CFO at dunnhumby, having previously
spent over 17 years at Tesco where she worked across a wide range of
operational and financial positions, including CFO for Tesco.com and Group
Audit Director.

 

Bill Ronald, Chairman, said: "I would like to thank Coline for her
contribution to Fever-Tree over the last eight and half years as a
Non-Executive Director. Her knowledge and experience have been invaluable
throughout an important period of growth for the Company and I am delighted
she is remaining on the Board for the coming months to ensure a smooth
transition."

 

"On behalf of my Board colleagues and incoming Chair, Dom De Lorenzo, I would
also like to welcome Clare to the Board. She brings with her significant
financial and consumer sector expertise which I have no doubt will be of great
value to the Board going forward."

 

Regulatory Disclosures

The following information regarding the appointment of Clare Lester-Swindell
(known as Clare Swindell), aged 53, is disclosed under Rule 17 and Schedule
2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Current directorships and/or partnerships:

Camelot UK Lotteries Limited

Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years):

CISL Limited

Camelot Lotteries Limited

Wholesale Commercial Collections Ltd

National Lottery Enterprises Limited

Clare Swindell does not currently hold any shares in the Company.

There are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 and
paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Ends

 

For further information:

 

Investor queries

Ann Hyams, Director of Investor Relations I ann.hyams@fever-tree.com I +44
(0)2045 168 106

 

Media queries

Oliver Winters, Director of Communications I oliver.winters@fever-tree.com I
+44 (0)770 332 9024

 

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Notes to Editors:

 

Fever-Tree is the world's leading supplier of premium carbonated mixers for
alcoholic spirits by retail sales value, with distribution to over 85
countries worldwide. Based in the UK, the brand was launched in 2005 to
provide high quality mixers which could cater to the growing demand for
premium spirits, in particular gin, but also increasingly for vodka, rum and
whisky. The Company now sells a range of carbonated mixers to hotels,
restaurants, bars and cafes ("On Trade") as well as selected retail outlets
("Off Trade").

 

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