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RNS Number : 0077C  Smiths News PLC  06 October 2025

6 October 2025

Smiths News PLC

("Smiths News" or the "Company")

 

New Chief Financial Officer Transition

&

Notice of Full Year Results

 

Smiths News (LSE: SNWS), the UK's largest news wholesaler and a leading
provider of early morning end-to-end supply chain solutions, confirms it will
announce its full year results for the 52-week period ended 30 August 2025 on
Tuesday, 4 November 2025 and provides an update on the Chief Financial Officer
transition.

 

Chief Financial Officer Transition

As previously announced, Richard Clay has been appointed as Chief Financial
Officer ("CFO") and the Company confirms he will join the business on 2
February 2026.

Paul Baker will be stepping down as an executive director and CFO to join a
large private business operating in a different sector, and his last day at
Smiths News will be 21 November 2025.

George Cooper, currently Group Financial Controller at the Company, will be
assuming the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer (a non-board appointment)
to cover the period between Paul's departure and Richard's arrival.

George joined Smiths News in 2017 and is a highly experienced finance
professional, having previously worked as a Finance Manager at Associated
British Foods plc, and spent over 13 years with EY working in the audit
division.

 

Analyst meeting

There will be a meeting for sell-side analysts at 9.30am on Tuesday, 4
November 2025, hosted by Jon Bunting (CEO), Paul Baker (CFO) and George Cooper
(Group Financial Controller). For more details and to register attendance,
please contact Vigo at smithsnews@vigoconsulting.com
(mailto:smithsnews@vigoconsulting.com) .

A copy of the presentation will be made available on the Smiths News website
following the meeting at: Smiths News Results & Presentations
(https://smithsnews.co.uk/investor-zone/investors/results-and-presentations/)

 

Investor presentation

A webcast presentation of the Company's full year results will be hosted on
the Investor Meet Company platform at 12.00pm on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. The
presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can
be submitted prior to the event via the Investor Meet Company dashboard up to
9.00am on the day before the meeting, or at any time during the live
presentation.

Investors can sign up for free and add to meeting Smiths News via the
following link: Smiths News IMC meeting
(https://www.investormeetcompany.com/smiths-news-plc/register-investor)

Investors who already follow Smiths News on the Investor Meet Company platform
will be automatically invited.

 

For further information, please contact:

 Smiths News PLC                                                        via Vigo Consulting

 Jonathan Bunting, Chief Executive Officer

 Paul Baker, Chief Financial Officer

 www.smithsnews.co.uk (http://www.smithsnews.co.uk)

 Vigo Consulting                                                        Tel: +44 (0) 20 7390 0230

 Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Hetherington / Anna Sutton

 smithsnews@vigoconsulting.com (mailto:smithsnews@vigoconsulting.com)

 

About Smiths News

Smiths News is the UK's largest news wholesaler and leading provider of early
morning, end-to-end supply chain solutions. Smiths News has been delivering
newspapers to retailers across the UK for over 200 years on behalf of the
major national and regional publishers. Today, Smiths News delivers to over
22,000 customers across England and Wales on a daily basis.

Smiths News' service capability now extends into a number of growth
initiatives that build on its expertise in warehousing, reverse logistics and
early morning final mile services, across its extensive high-density UK
delivery network, including a waste recycling collection service, the delivery
of additional categories such as books and home entertainment, and extending
our services in the final mile.

The speed of turnaround and the density of Smiths News' coverage is critical
to one of the world's fastest physical supply chains and we remain focused on
continuing to deliver best in class service to the news and magazines market,
whilst exploring opportunities for growth based on this strong foundation.

For more information, please visit: www.smithsnews.co.uk
(http://www.smithsnews.co.uk)

 

Person responsible for arranging release of this announcement:

Stuart Marriner, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Smiths News plc, Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon SN2
8UH

Email: cosec@smithsnews.co.uk (mailto:cosec@smithsnews.co.uk)

 

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