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RNS Number : 3801E  Premier Foods plc  10 March 2022

 

 

 

10 March
2022

 

Premier Foods plc (the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Non-executive director appointment

 

Premier Foods is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Tilbian as an
independent non-executive director of the Company commencing 1(st) April 2022.
Lorna will also join the Nomination Committee.

 

Lorna has extensive experience as a media analyst and investment adviser with
strong financial analysis and leadership skills. She was executive director
and Head of the Media Sector at Numis Corporation PLC until her retirement in
2018. She was a founder of Numis, when it launched in 2001, having previously
worked at Sheppards, as a director at SG Warburg and an executive director of
WestLB Panmure. Lorna is executive Chair of Dowgate Capital Ltd, sits on the
Advisory Board of TechNation's Future Fifty programme and is a non-executive
director of Rightmove plc, Finsbury Growth & Income Trust plc and ProVen
VCT plc.

 

 

Colin Day, Chairman said:

"I am delighted that Lorna has agreed to join the Board. Her appointment
further strengthens the Board's expertise with her considerable investment
banking, financial and senior leadership experience.  She is a valuable
addition to the Board as we continue to pursue our branded growth strategy and
path to further value creation."

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Premier Foods plc:

 Richard Godden, Director of Investor Relations   +44 (0) 1727 815850

 Headland:

 Ed Young                                         +44 (0) 7884 666830

 Jack Gault                                       +44 (0) 7799 089357

 

 

 

The following information sets out the disclosure required in respect of LR
9.6.13:

 

Pursuant to LR 9.6.13(1), Lorna Tilbian was a non-executive director of
Jupiter UK Growth Investment Trust plc (May 2001 to March 2021), Euromoney
Institutional Investor plc (January 2018 to March 2021)

and M&C Saatchi plc (January 2018 to December 2019).

 

 No further information is required to be disclosed with respect to her
appointment under LR 9.6.13.

 

 

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About Premier Foods

As one of Britain's largest food producers, we're passionate about food and
believe each and every day we have the opportunity to enrich life for
everyone. Premier Foods employs over 4,000 people operating from 16 sites
across the country, supplying a range of retail,
wholesale, foodservice and other customers with our iconic brands which
feature in millions of homes every day.

 

Through some of the nation's best-loved brands, including Ambrosia,
Batchelors, Bisto, Loyd Grossman, Mr. Kipling, Oxo and Sharwood's, we're
creating great tasting products that contribute to healthy and balanced diets,
while committing to nurturing our people and our local communities, and going
further in the pursuit of a healthier planet, in line with our Purpose of
'Enriching Life Through Food'.

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