Bakkavor (the ‘’ or ‘Bakkavor’) Directorate Chang : Bakkavor Group plc (the ‘Company’ or ‘Bakkavor’) Directorate Change

Bakkavor announces the appointment of Jill Caseberry, who will join the Board of Bakkavor on 1 March 2021 as an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Jill is an accomplished general manager with extensive sales, marketing and general management experience across a number of blue-chip companies including Mars, PepsiCo and Premier Foods. She brings a depth of understanding of the food industry, spending most of her career in marketing, commercial and general management roles in the food and beverage sector. Jill is currently a Non-executive Director of Bellway Plc, C&C Group Plc, St Austell Brewery and Halfords Group plc.

Simon Burke, Chairman, said: 'On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Jill to the Board. Jill's extensive executive experience in the food and beverage sector, where she has been involved in both turnaround and growth situations, in a range of branded and own label businesses, will be of significant benefit to the Board. We very much look forward to Jill joining us.'

Notes:
This disclosure is given in accordance with LR 9.6.11 R of the Listing Rules. There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.

ENQUIRIES

Institutional investors and analysts:

Sally Barrett-Jolley, Head of Corporate Affairs [phone]

Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary [phone]

Media:

Tulchan Communications [phone]

William Palfreyman

ABOUT BAKKAVOR

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food ('FPF') in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. The Group is the number one by market share in the UK in the four FPF product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Its customers include some of the UK's leading grocery retailers, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. The Group's International segment operates in the US and China. Bakkavor was founded in 1986 and has its headquarters in London. The Group has over 19,000 employees and operates 25 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.

DISCLAIMER - FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This statement, prepared by Bakkavor Group plc (the 'Company'), may contain forward-looking statements about Bakkavor Group plc and its subsidiaries (the 'Group'). Forward-looking statements involve uncertainties because they relate to events, and depend on circumstances, that will, or may, occur in the future. If the assumptions on which the Group bases its forward-looking statements change, actual results may differ from those expressed in such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Nothing in this statement should be construed as a profit forecast. Some numbers and period on period percentages in this statement have been rounded or adjusted in order to ensure consistency with the financial information.

LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949