Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

3 February 2020

The Barkby Group Plc

("Barkby or "The Group")

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

The Barkby Group PLC, the diversified business group, is pleased to confirm the appointment of Douglas Benzie as Chief Financial Officer. Doug will join Barkby from Pure, the London based healthy fast food chain and a Whitbread plc backed company, where he has been Finance Director for nearly three years. Prior to this, Doug held the roles of Group Financial Controller and Chief Accountant at Pret A Manger and was part of the team that helped grow the company from revenues of around £300m to around £800m and increased EBITDA from £35m to £95m.

Doug began his career at EY where he worked for 8 years in the strategic growth markets practice and qualified as a chartered accountant.

Doug is expected to join Barkby Group in Q2 2020 and will be appointed to the Board as an Executive Director at that time. Confirmation of his start date will be notified by RNS in due course.

Charles Dickson, Executive Chairman of the Barkby Group, commented:

"I am delighted that Doug has agreed to join Barkby as CFO. Doug brings with him extensive experience of senior finance roles in the food and beverage sector and will be a fantastic addition to the Board and senior management team. I look forward to working with him as we embark upon our journey as a listed business."

The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

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Notes to editors

The Barkby Group PLC is a diversified group of high growth, high quality businesses run by an entrepreneurial and experienced management team. The existing wholly owned businesses within Barkby include; Commercial Property Development, Barkby Hospitality (comprising Barkby Pubs and Workshop Coffee) and Centurian Automotive. In addition to these businesses, Barkby has the right to participate in the upcoming fundraisings for two disruptive high growth private companies: Transcend Packaging, a sustainable and innovative paper packaging manufacturer aiming to eliminate single use plastic, and VivoPlex, a digital health company aiming to transform fertility treatment with precision medicine. Barkby's strategy is to accelerate and maximise opportunities within its existing businesses as well as continue to source and invest in cash generative, growth businesses with the ability to disrupt.