REG - Norish Plc - Change of Name, Board and Management Changes

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22/11/2021 18:05

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RNS Number : 1864T  Norish PLC  22 November 2021

22 November 2021

Roebuck Food Group plc ("the Company")

(formerly Norish plc)

Change of Name, Board and Management Changes

Further to the announcement earlier of the results of today's EGM, the
Company's change of name to Roebuck Food Group plc has been registered by the
Registrar of Companies in Ireland.

Arising from the sale of the Cold Stores and return of capital, the Company is
pleased to announce the following Board and management changes

Management

●          As previously announced, Group CEO Kieran Mahon will be
leaving the Company in December 2021.

●         Aidan Hughes will step down from his executive role as
Group Finance Director on 31 December 2021.

●         Declan Morrissey, current CEO of the Company's dairy
division, will assume the role of CEO and join the Board on 1 January 2022.

●      Gerard Murphy, current Group Company Secretary, will become
Finance Director and join the Board on 1 January 2022.

Further details of Mr Morrissey and Mr Murphy are contained below.

Board

Non-executive directors Torgeir Mantor and Willie McCarter are retiring from
the Board with immediate effect.

Aidan Hughes will remain on the Board and will become non-executive Deputy
Chairman on 1 January 2022.

Executive Chairman Ted O'Neill commented:

"Now that we have disposed of the cold store division and are returning funds
to shareholders, it is an opportune time to refresh the Board and executive
team, some of whom have been on the journey with the Company for many years. I
am already on the record for expressing my gratitude to Kieran Mahon and I
would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and
appreciation to Torgeir Mantor and Willie McCarter for their good counsel and
good humour on the board over many years. I would also like to welcome Declan
and Gerard to the Board as we embark on a new and exciting journey with the
renamed Roebuck Food Group plc."

Declan Morrissey (34) joined the Company in 2017 as head of the Dairy Division
and co-founded its subsidiary Grass to Milk Company Ltd; commercialising dairy
products with functional nutrition benefits, derived from its unique A2
protein grass-fed milk source. He previously worked as an equity analyst in
Davy, covering the European food sector with a particular focus on dairy,
ingredients and supply chain. During his time at Davy, he provided coverage on
companies including DSM, Cranswick and Premier Foods and has experience in
fundraising, IPO's and equity issuances in the Irish market. He is a director
of Grass to Milk Company Ltd and Cantwellscourt Farm Ltd. There is no other
information that is required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 of the
AIM Rules for Companies

Gerard Murphy (36) is a Chartered Accountant and has been with the Company
since the acquisition of Townview Foods Ltd in October 2012. He is currently
the Financial Controller of both the product sourcing division and the dairy
division. He was appointed Company Secretary in April 2018. Gerard joined
Townview Foods in 2012 having previously worked as Assistant Manager in
PricewaterhouseCoopers audit and advisory department in both their Belfast and
Dublin offices. He holds a BSc in accounting from Queens University Belfast
and a postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounts from the University of Ulster.
There is no other information that is required to be disclosed in accordance
with Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies

 

Enquiries:

 Roebuck Food Group plc
 Aidan Hughes, Finance Director  Telephone: + 44 1293 862 498
 Davy (Nomad)
 Anthony Farrell                 Telephone: + 353 1 679 6363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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