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Distil PLC
21 December 2020
21 December 2020
Distil plc (the "Company")
Board Changes
Distil plc (AIM: DIS), the owner of premium drinks brands RedLeg
Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Gin and Vodka, Blavod Black Vodka, Jago's
Cream Liqueur and Diva Vodka, is pleased to announce that Roland
Grain has been appointed as non-executive director and Kate
O'Connell, Marketing & Operations Director, is to be appointed
to the Board. Both appointments are effective from 1st January
2021. Roland Grain will succeed non-executive director Mark Quinn.
The Company also has intentions to appoint an independent
non-executive director in due course with a search process
commencing in the new year.
Roland has extensive experience in the Spirits industry within
multi-faceted roles as an Owner, Investor and Director. Firstly,
Roland has been an Investor in East London Liquor Company since
2015 and became a Director in 2020, as well as being the Owner of
Austria's largest whisky importer and distributor, Potstill Spirits
Trading GmbH, since 2019. Roland is also the founding Investor and
a Director of Manly Spirits. Additionally, Roland is the CEO and
Owner of Grain GmbH since 1994, which provides IT Services focused
on large international corporations. Roland has a Master of Science
degree in Controlling and Financial Leadership from Danube
University.
Kate is an integral longstanding employee at Distil having
joined the business in 2011 as Marketing Manager, before then being
promoted to Marketing and Operations Director in 2017. Before
joining Distil, Kate was Marketing Manager at The Juice Brewery Ltd
from 2008-2011. Kate has a BA degree in Criminology from the
University of Leicester.
Don Goulding, Executive Chairman of Distil, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome both Roland and Kate to the board as
we seek to further strengthen our team and take Distil into the
next phase of development. An independent non-executive director is
sought to bring balance and we will begin the search in
January.
My personal thanks go to Mark Quinn who, as non-executive
director, has been of great support and guidance to the board since
2010 and played an important role in helping lay the foundation for
growth"
Further information in relation to Roland Andreas Grain (aged
48)
In addition to his appointment to the Board, Mr Grain holds or
has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past
five years:
Current directorships Previous directorships
East London Liquor Company Limited None
ANXO Holding GmbH
Grain GmbH
RGS Beteiligungs- und Management GmbH
Potstill Spirits Trading GmbH
ANXO Trse UK Limited
Manly Spirits Co.
Anxo Adriatics d.o.o, Serbia, Belgrade
Grain Slovakia s.r.o, Slovakia, Bratislava
Grain Bulgaria, o.o.d, Sofia, Bulgaria
Grain Middle East FZ-LLC, Dubai
Mr Grain has an interest in 102,309,584 ordinary shares of the
Company, amounting to 20.38% of the Company's issued share
capital.
Further information in relation to Kate O'Connell (aged 34)
In addition to her appointment to the Board, Kate O'Connell
holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in
the past five years:
Current directorships Previous directorships
Distil Company Limited None
Kate has share options over 7,000,000 ordinary shares of the
Company.
Save for the information above, there are no further disclosures
to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (eu) 596/2014
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For further information:
Distil PLC
Don Goulding Executive Chairman Tel: +44 207 352
Shaun Claydon, Finance Director 2096
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SPARK Advisory Partners
Limited (NOMAD)
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Neil Baldwin Tel +44 20 3368
Mark Brady 3550
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Turner Pope Investments
(TPI) Ltd (Broker)
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Andy Thacker Tel +44 203 657
Zoe Alexander 0050
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About Distil
Distil Plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange. It owns drinks brands in a number of sectors of the
alcoholic drinks market. These include premium spiced rum, vodka,
gin, vodka vanilla cream liqueur and are called RedLeg Spiced Rum,
Blackwoods Vintage Gin, Blackwoods Vodka, Blavod Original Black
Vodka, Diva Vodka and Jago's Vanilla Cream Liqueur.
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