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Ocado Group plc (“Ocado”) today announces the appointment to its Board of Douglas McCallum as an independent non-executive director with effect from 3 October 2011.

Lord Grade, chairman of Ocado, said:

“I am very pleased to welcome Doug to the Ocado Board. His high-level background in e-commerce and IT is a most valuable addition to the skills and experience of the existing directors. He will make a significant contribution to Ocado’s plans for growth. Doug’s appointment marks Ocado’s latest step toward a Board composition that fully complies with The UK Corporate Governance Code.”

Doug McCallum said:

“Ocado is a smart online retailer with innovation and quality of service at the heart of everything that it does. I look forward to helping the business develop further and fulfill its long-term ambitions.”

Doug, 44, is Senior Vice President, Europe of eBay, a role he has held since 2008, having previously run eBay’s UK business from 2002. Prior to this he held senior management posts at Capital Radio plc and at Intel Corporation’s Summit Systems division, and he successfully led Pret A Manger online and into the B2B sector. Doug holds a MA (hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Notes to editors

Doug McCallum

There is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R in respect of Doug McCallum. Doug will be a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee.

Contact information

M&C Saatchi
+44 (0) 207 543 4500
ocado@mcsaatchi.com

ABOUT OCADO

Online supermarket ocado.com was established in 2000 and is one of Britain’s leading online retailers. Delivering to over 70% of the UK population, every shopping bag is carefully packed in one of three distribution centres using in-house designed software and technology. Shopping is then delivered direct to customers using a network of regional spokes in brightly-coloured vans.

With award-winning mobile apps for every platform, Ocado on the Go, Ocado delivers over 40,000 products, including big-name brands, a range of over 650 Ocado Own Label products and a growing non-food selection. Thoughtful service features such as colour-coded bags, receipts provided in date order, reminder texts with your driver’s name, along with with convenient hourly delivery slots compliment award winning customer service on email, phone and social media.

For all the latest news, images and details of awards, head to the Media Centre at ocadogroup.com

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Ocado appoints Douglas McCallum as new non-executive director