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1 April 2022
RNS Announcement
BRISTOL WATER PLC
Directorate Change
Bristol Water plc today announces changes to the Board of Directors following the acquisition by Pennon Group plc of Bristol Water Holdings UK Limited and its subsidiaries including Bristol Water plc on 2 June 2021 and the subsequent decision on 7 March 2022 by the Competition and Markets Authority not to pursue a Phase 2 merger review.
Resignations
Keith Ludeman, Timothy Tutton, James McAuliffe and Jeremy Bending are stepping down and have resigned as directors of Bristol Water plc on 31 March 2022.
Appointments
Gill Rider, Claire Ighodaro and Jon Butterworth have been appointed directors of Bristol Water plc with effect from 2 April 2022.
Gill Rider is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, and Intertek Group plc. Gill Rider is appointed Chair of the Board of Bristol Water plc.
Claire Ighodaro is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, a non-executive director of AXA XL Insurance Company UK Limited, AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of XL Insurance Company SE and non-executive Chair of the Audit Board of KPMG LLP.
Jon Butterworth is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, a director of National Grid Gas PLC, National Grid Metering Limited and National Gas Museum Trust Limited.
Bristol Water plc
For further information contact:
Mel Karam, Chief Executive Officer
Laura Flowerdew, Chief Financial Officer
Tel 0117 953 6470
Or contact:
Bristol Water Corporate Affairs on 0117 953 6470 during office hours or 0800 917 8066 at any time.
About Bristol Water and Pennon Group
Pennon is a UK-focused water infrastructure group, comprising South West Water (incorporating Bournemouth Water), Bristol Water, and Pennon Water Services.
Bristol Water is a regulated water only company supplying drinking water to a population of approximately 1.2 million people in the Bristol region.
South West Water provides water and wastewater service to a population of c.1.8 million in Cornwall, Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset, and water only services to c.0.5 million in parts of Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
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