SSP Group Regulatory News (SSPG)

13 April 2015

SSP Group plc

Board Appointment

SSP Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Per Utnegaard as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2015. He will also serve as a member of the Board's Remuneration and Audit Committees.

Per Utnegaard has been Group President and CEO of Swissport International Ltd., the world's leading provider of ground and cargo handling services to the aviation industry, since 2007. His previous roles include Group Wholesale Director and a member of the Group Board at Alliance Unichem plc, Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development at Danzas Holding Ltd. (a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG), and various senior positions at TNT Post Group. Between 2004 and 2013 he was also a non-executive director at Berendsen Plc.

Commenting on the appointment, Vagn Sørensen, Chairman of SSP, said: "'We are delighted to welcome Per to the Board. His significant management experience in a number of senior pan-European and global positions, as well as his substantial knowledge of the international airport sector, will be highly complementary to the balance of skills on our Board."

There is no other information to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.

For further information contact:

Helen Byrne

Company Secretary & General Counsel

+ 44 (0) 207 543 3300

Investor and Analyst Enquiries

Charles King

Director of Investor Relations

 +44 (0) 203 714 5251

E-mail: charles.king@ssp-intl.com

Business and Financial Media Enquiries:

Rob Greening / Lisa Kavanagh

Powerscourt

+44 (0)20 7250 1446

ssp@powerscourt-group.com

About SSP 

SSP is a leading operator of food and beverage concessions in travel locations, operating restaurants, bars, cafés, food courts, lounges and convenience stores in airports, train stations, motorway service stations and other leisure locations. With a heritage stretching back over 60 years, today SSP has nearly 30,000 employees, serving approximately a million customers every day. It has business at circa 120 airports and circa 270 rail stations, and operates approximately 2,000 units in 29 countries around the world. 

SSP operates an extensive portfolio of approximately 300 international, national, and local brands. These include Upper Crust, Starbucks, Caffè Ritazza, Burger King, M&S Simply Food, Caviar House & Prunier, Millie's Cookies, and YO! Sushi, as well as stunning bespoke concepts such as the Montreux Jazz Café in Geneva, Zurich and Paris, Café Deco in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and the award winning Center Bar at Zurich. 

The Group's revenue and underlying operating profit for the year ended 30 September 2014 were £1.82 billion and £88.5 million, respectively.

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