Board Announcement

RNS Number : 2525Y

Nichols PLC

01 September 2009

 



Date:	Immediate Release, Tuesday 1 September 2009
Contacts:	John Nichols, Non-Executive Chairman
	Brendan Hynes, Group Chief Executive
	Nichols plc
	Telephone: [phone]
	Website:  www.nicholsplc.co.uk
	Alistair Mackinnon-Musson	Mark Brady
	Nathan Field	Brewin Dolphin
	Hudson Sandler	(NOMAD)
	Telephone:[phone]	Telephone: [phone]
	Email: [e-mail]	Website: www.corporatefinance.brewin.co.uk

Nichols plc

Board Announcement

Nichols plc, the soft drinks group, announces that it has been agreed Taylor Purkis, Group Finance Director, will step down from the Board and leave the company on 7 September 2009. The Board would like to wish Taylor the very best for the future and thank him for his contribution to the company.

Brendan Hynes, Chief Executive and former Group Finance Director, will assume Taylor's responsibilities until a permanent replacement is found.

On 5 August 2009 Nichols announced Interim Results with a strong trading outlook that was ahead of market expectations. The company remains on schedule to deliver full year results that are ahead of last year.

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The group is a highly focused soft drinks and dispensed cold drinks business, comprising two operations: 

1.	Soft Drinks (sales and marketing of the Vimto brand throughout the world, where it is now available in over 65 countries, and of the Panda & Sunkist brands in the UK).
2.	Dispense Systems (namely the Cabana, Beacon, Cariel & Dayla cold soft drinks on draught 'dispense' businesses)

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