DGC Dobbies Garden

RNS Number:6264E
Dobbies Garden Centres PLC
27 September 2007


                           DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES PLC

                              Directorate changes


Appointment and resignation of non-executive directors

Dobbies Garden Centres plc ("Dobbies" or "the Company") announces that Lucy
Neville-Rolfe, Executive Director (Corporate and Legal Affairs) of Tesco PLC,
has been appointed as non-executive Chairman of Dobbies with effect from 26
September 2007. In addition, Jonathan Lloyd, Company Secretary of Tesco PLC, and
Eamonn O'Hare, UK Finance Director of Tesco PLC, have been appointed as
non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 26 September 2007.

Dobbies also announces that, as referred to in the offer document posted by
Tesco Holdings Limited to Dobbies' shareholders on 20 June 2007, Johnny Trotter,
William Thomson and David Stevenson have resigned from their positions as
non-executive directors of Dobbies and Alex Hammond-Chambers has resigned from
his position as non-executive Director and Chairman of Dobbies.

As a result of these changes, the board of Dobbies now comprises: Lucy
Neville-Rolfe (non-executive Chairman); James Barnes (Chief Executive); Sharon
Brown (Finance Director); Jonathan Lloyd (non-executive director); and Eamonn
O'Hare (non-executive director). Dobbies headquarters continue to be in
Dalkeith, Midlothian.

Information on Dobbies

   * Dobbies is one of the UK's leading garden centre retailers with 22
     stores across the UK. Headquartered in Midlothian, Dobbies has over 1,500
     employees.

   * For the year ended 31 October 2006, on a UK GAAP basis and from
     continuing operations, Dobbies reported revenues of approximately #68.8
     million and profit before taxation of approximately #5.4 million. Net
     assets as at 31 October 2006 were approximately #42.6 million.
   
   * For the six months ended 30 April 2007, on a UK GAAP basis and 
     from continuing operations, Dobbies reported revenues of approximately 
     #40.0 million and profits before taxation of approximately #2.5 million. 
     Net assets as at 30 April 2007 were approximately #44.1 million.

Dobbies' strategy

James Barnes, Chief Executive, said: "Our strategy for the future remains
unchanged - to position Dobbies as the leading garden and homes retailer in the
UK and to develop the horticultural and environmental aspects of our brand that
reinforce our position as first choice for plants and gardening. I believe we
have a unique opportunity to deliver this.

Our ambition is to raise the growth rate of the business in the coming years,
through new site developments, by acquisitions as and when appropriate, and via
our new internet business.

We will continue to innovate and differentiate in our product range, our
customer service and our buildings and architecture.

These steps, combined with a focus on economies of scale and improved margins,
give us cause for some excitement about the future."

Information on new non-executive directors

Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe, 54, was appointed to the board of Tesco PLC as
Corporate and Legal Affairs Director in 2006. She joined Tesco PLC from the
Cabinet Office in 1997 and was Company Secretary from 2004-2006. She is Deputy
Chair of the British Retail Consortium and a member of the China Britain
Business Council and of the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change.

Jonathan Mark Lloyd, 41, was appointed Company Secretary to the Board of Tesco
PLC in December 2006. He joined Tesco as Deputy Company Secretary and Corporate
Secretariat Director in April 2005 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Eamonn Francis O'Hare, 43, joined Tesco PLC in 2005 as UK Finance Director.
Before joining Tesco, Eamonn was the CFO of Energis Communications and prior to
that he spent 10 years with PepsiCo in a series of senior international finance
roles.

Enquiries

James Barnes, Dobbies                                             0131 663 6778
(Chief Executive)

Sandy Fraser, Bell Lawrie                                         0131 529 0272
(nominated adviser and joint broker to Dobbies)

Alex Borrelli, Shore Capital                                      020 7468 7932
(joint broker to Dobbies)

Ben Woodford/Emma Kent/Antonia Coad
Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial                              020 7861 3232
(financial PR adviser to Dobbies)

Jonathan Church, Tesco PLC                                        01992 644645
(Media Director)


Information required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 of the AIM Rules

Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe currently holds the following directorships, all of 
which are companies within the Tesco PLC Group with the exception of the British 
Retail Consortium and the China-Britain Business Council:

Actado Limited; Adminstore Limited; Adsega Limited; Alfred Preedy & Sons
(Trustees) Limited; Alfred Preedy & Sons Limited; Anthony Heagney Limited;
Armitage Finance Unlimited; Armitage Holdings BV; Armitage Luxembourg s.a r.l.;
Bathmare Ltd; Beehythe Estates Limited; Billjive Limited; Bride Investments
(Cowley) Limited; British Retail Consortium; Broughton Retail Park Nominee 1
Limited; Broughton Retail Park Nominee 2 Limited; Broughton Retail Park Nominee
3 Limited; Broughton Retail Park Nominee 4 Limited; Bugden Ltd; Buttoncable
Limited; Buttoncase Limited; Buyright (London) Ltd; Buy-Wise Limited; Cadena
Cafes Ltd; Cheshunt Holdings Guernsey Limited; Cheshunt Luxembourg S.ar.l.;
China - Britain Business Council; Cirrus Luxembourg s.a r.l.; Comar Limited;
Country Market Limited (The); Cowbell Estates Limited; Crazy Prices; Cullen's
Holdings Limited; Cullen's Patisseries Limited; Cullen's Stores Limited; Daily
Wrap Produce Limited; Dairyglen Travel Limited; Day And Nite Stores Limited;
Delamare Holdings BV; Delamare Luxembourg s.ar.l.; Delamare Road Service Centre
Limited; Dillons Newsagents Limited; East Herts Research Limited; Ek-Chai
Distribution System Co Ltd; Engineering Maintenance Services Limited; Europa
Foods Limited; Faraday Properties Limited; Fieldcastle Investments Limited;
Flitwick Pharmacies Limited; Folderpage Limited; Food & Wine Lovers Limited;
Food Foundation; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Fresh & Easy Neighborhood
Market Inc; Gibbs News Limited; Gibbs Newsagents Limited; Giltbonus Public
Limited Company; Harrow Stores (Watford) Limited; Harts the Grocer (Gloucester
Road) Limited; Harts The Grocers (Fulham Road) Limited; Harts The Grocers
(Russell Square) Limited; Harts The Grocers (TCR) Limited; Harts The Grocers
Limited; Hillards Pension Trustees Limited; J.E.Cohen & Company Limited; JSTU
Limited; Kansas Transportation Limited; Kingsway Fresh Foods Ltd; Kiwilight
Limited; La Boucherie Limited; Launchgrain Limited; Launchtable Limited; Laws
Stores Limited; Lee (Southern) Limited; London & Home Counties Superstores
Limited; Lowfoods Limited; M & W Limited; Moody & Midgley Limited; Motorcause
Limited; New Clapton Stadium Company Limited; NPL (Hardgate) Limited; One Stop
Community Stores Limited; One Stop Convenience Stores Limited; One Stop Stores
Limited; Orpington (Station Road) Limited; Orpington (Station Road) Management
Company Limited; Paper Chain (East Anglia) Limited; Peter B. Harris Limited;
Phonematch Limited; Precedent Limited; Riverway Finance Company Limited; S
Bottomley & Bros Limited; Salecastle Limited; Sanders Supermarkets Limited;
Seacroft Green Nominee 1 Limited; Seacroft Green Nominee 2 Limited; Speedhalt
Limited; Spen Hill Developments (Holdings) Ltd; Spen Hill Developments
(Portishead) Ltd; Spen Hill Developments (Tonbridge) Limited; Spen Hill
Management Limited; Spen Hill Properties (Holdings) plc; Spen Hill Properties
(Southend) Limited; Stewarts Supermarkets Limited; T & S Management Services
Limited; T & S Stores Management Limited; T&S Properties Limited; T&S Stores
Limited; Tapesilver Limited; Tesco (Foxtrot 1) Limited; Tesco (Foxtrot 2)
Limited; Tesco (London) Limited; Tesco (Overseas) Ltd; Tesco (Partnership)
Limited; Tesco (Tango) Limited; Tesco (Yorkshire) Limited; Tesco Aqua (GP)
Limited; Tesco Blue (GP) Limited; Tesco Capital No 1 Limited; Tesco Capital No.2
Limited; Tesco Card Services Limited; Tesco Dispensing Ltd; Tesco Distribution
Holdings Limited; Tesco Distribution Limited; Tesco Employees' Share Scheme
Trustees Limited; Tesco Estates Limited; Tesco Fuchsia (GP) Limited; Tesco Fuel
Limited; Tesco Grey (GP) Limited; Tesco Holdings BV; Tesco Holdings Limited;
Tesco Hungary (Holdings) Limited; Tesco International BV; Tesco International
Clothing Brand s.r.o.; Tesco International Services Limited; Tesco Kirkby
(General Partner) Limited; Tesco Mobile Communications Limited; Tesco Mobile
Services Limited; Tesco Overseas (Holdings) Limited; Tesco Overseas Investments
Limited; Tesco Overseas ULC; Tesco Pension Trustees Ltd; Tesco Pink (GP)
Limited; Tesco PLC; Tesco Property (Nominees) (No.3) Limited; Tesco Property
(Nominees) (No.4) Limited; Tesco Property (Sparta Nominees) Limited; Tesco
Property Holdings (No. 2) Limited; Tesco Property Holdings Ltd; Tesco Property
Market Limited; Tesco Purple (GP) Limited; Tesco Red (GP) Limited; Tesco
Seacroft Limited; Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Tesco Stores (Thailand) Ltd;
Tesco Stores Holdings Inc; Tesco Stores Limited; Tesco Swap Realisation Company
(No.2) Limited; Tesco Swap Realisation Company Limited; Tesco Vin Plus SA; Tesco
Violet (GP) Limited; Tesco White (GP) Limited; Tesco Worldwide Limited;
Tesco.Com Limited; TGP (Partnership Nominee) Limited; Toogood's Newsmarket
Limited; Ventcourt Limited; W.H.Richards Limited; Waltham Abbey Developments
Limited; Weymouth Avenue (Dorchester) Limited; and Wm Low Supermarkets Limited.

Her previous directorships held over the past five years are:

3 Guys Ltd (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Anthony Jackson's Foodfare Limited
(Dissolved - 19/04/2005); Bishops Bridge Investments Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/
2007); Brace Pinhorne Construction Company Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007);
Brewell Development Company Limited (Sold - 26/11/2004); Bride Developments
(Borehamwood) Ltd (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Bride Developments (Colchester)
Limited (Dissolved - 05/01/2006); Bride Developments (Ely) Limited (Dissolved -
03/01/2007); Bride Developments (Middlewich) Limited (Dissolved - 03/01/2006);
Bride Developments (Twickenham) Ltd (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Bride Developments
Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments (Borehamwood) Limited
(Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments (Colchester) Limited (Dissolved - 08
/02/2007); Bride Investments (Ely) Limited (Dissolved - 09/02/2007); Bride
Investments (Middlewich) Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments
(Twickenham) Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Charles Phillips & Company
Limited (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Clifton Moor Limited; Daylin Stores Limited
(Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Dubpark Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Ely Trading
Estate Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); G.H. Langley (Pharmacy) Limited (Dissolved
- 08/02/2007); Glenne Motors Ltd (Dissolved - 05/01/2006); J W Hillard Ltd;
Jivebill Ltd (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); One Stop Stores Trustee Services Limited;
Ready Pharmacy Limited (Dissolved - 03/01/2006); Sheraz Limited (Dissolved - 03/
01/2006); Surrey Quays Limited; Tesco (Cheshunt) Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007);
Tesco (Wholesale) Ltd (Dissolved - 09/02/2007); Tesco Management Ltd (Dissolved
- 08/02/2007); Tesco Property Partner (GP) Limited; Tesco Savings Ltd (Dissolved
- 08/02/2007); Tesco Self Service Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Tesco Services
Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Williamsons Ltd (Dissolved - 05/01/2006); Wm
Low Investments Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); and WNFS Limited (Dissolved -
09/02/2007).

All of the companies referred to as "dissolved" in the above paragraph were
voluntarily liquidated as part of Tesco PLC's ongoing programme of liquidating
dormant companies.


Jonathan Mark Lloyd currently holds the following directorships, all of which
are companies within the Tesco PLC Group:

ABIBO Beteiligungs Verwaltungs AG; Actado Limited; Adminstore Limited; Adsega
Limited; Alfred Preedy & Sons (Trustees) Limited; Alfred Preedy & Sons Limited;
Anthony Heagney Limited; Armitage Finance Unlimited; Bathmare Ltd; Beehythe
Estates limited; Boscombe Residential Management Company Limited; Bride
Investments (Cowley) Limited; Broughton Retail Park Nominee 1 Limited; Broughton
Retail Park Nominee 2 Limited; Broughton Retail Park Nominee 3 Limited;
Broughton Retail Park Nominee 4 Limited; Buckingham Road (Bletchley) Management
Company Limited; Bugden Ltd; Buttoncable Limited; Buttoncase Limited; Buyright
(London) Ltd; Buy-Wise Limited; Cadena Cafes Ltd; Cambridge Riverside Management
Company Limited; Comar Limited; Country Market Limited (The); Cowbell Estates
Limited; Crazy Prices; Cullen's Holdings Limited; Cullen's Patisseries Limited;
Cullen's Stores Limited; Daily Wrap Produce Limited; Day And Nite Stores
Limited; Delamare Road Service Centre Limited; Dillons Newsagents Limited;
Drallim Limited; Engineering Maintenance Services Limited; Europa Foods Limited;
Faraday Properties Limited; Fleet Court Management Limited; Flitwick Pharmacies
Limited; Folderpage Limited; Food & Wine Lovers Limited; Fresh & Easy
Neighborhood Market Inc; Gibbs News Limited; Gibbs Newsagents Limited; Giltbonus
Public Limited Company; Harrow Stores(Watford) Limited; Harts the Grocer
(Gloucester Road) Limited; Harts The Grocers (Fulham Road) Limited; Harts The
Grocers (Russell Square) Limited; Harts The Grocers (TCR) Limited; Harts The
Grocers Limited; J.E.Cohen & Company Limited; JSTU Limited; Kansas
Transportation Limited; King Street Residents Company Limited; Kingsway Fresh
Foods Ltd; Kiwilight Limited; La Boucherie Limited; Latitude Management Company
Limited; Launchgrain Limited; Launchtable Limited; Laws Stores Limited; Lee
(Southern) Limited; London & Home Counties Superstores Limited; Lowfoods
Limited; M & W Limited; M. Copeland Limited; Motorcause Limited; New Clapton
Stadium Company Limited; NPL (Hardgate) Limited; One Stop Community Stores
Limited; One Stop Convenience Stores Limited; One Stop Stores Limited; Orpington
(Station Road) Limited; Orpington (Station Road) Management Company Limited;
Paper Chain (East Anglia) Limited; Peter B. Harris Limited; Phonematch Limited;
Power Supermarkets Limited; Precedent Limited; Red & Green Limited; S Bottomley
& Bros Limited; Salecastle Limited; Sanders Supermarkets Limited; Seacroft Green
Nominee 1 Limited; Seacroft Green Nominee 2 Limited; Speedhalt Limited; Spen
Hill Developments (Holdings) Ltd; Spen Hill Developments (Portishead) Ltd; Spen
Hill Developments (Tonbridge) Limited; Spen Hill Developments Limited; Spen Hill
Management Limited; Spen Hill Properties (Holdings) plc; Spen Hill Properties
(Southend) Limited; Statusfloat Limited; Stewarts Supermarkets Limited; T & S
Management Services Limited; T & S Stores Management Limited; T&S Properties
Limited; T&S Stores Limited; Tapesilver Limited; Tesco (Jersey) Limited; Tesco
(London) Limited; Tesco (Overseas) Ltd; Tesco (Partnership) Limited; Tesco
(Yorkshire) Limited; Tesco Aqua (GP) Limited; Tesco Blue (GP) Limited; Tesco
Capital No.1 Limited; Tesco Capital No.2 Limited; Tesco Card Services Limited;
Tesco Dispensing Ltd; Tesco Distribution Holdings Limited; Tesco Distribution
Limited; Tesco Employees' Share Scheme Trustees Limited; Tesco Estates Limited;
Tesco Fuchsia (GP) Limited; Tesco Fuel Limited; Tesco Grey (GP) Limited; Tesco
Holdings Limited; Tesco Hungary (Holdings) Limited; Tesco International Services
Limited; Tesco Kirkby (General Partner) Limited; Tesco Overseas (Holdings)
Limited; Tesco Overseas Investments Limited; Tesco Overseas ULC; Tesco Pink (GP)
Limited; Tesco Property (No.1) Limited; Tesco Property (Nominees) (No.3)
Limited; Tesco Property (Nominees) (No.4) Limited; Tesco Property (Sparta
Nominees) Limited; Tesco Property Holdings (No. 2) Limited; Tesco Property
Holdings Ltd; Tesco Property Market Limited; Tesco Property Partner (GP No.2)
Limited; Tesco Property Partner (GP) Limited; Tesco Property Partner (No.1)
Limited; Tesco Property Partner (No.2) Limited; Tesco Purple (GP) Limited; Tesco
Quest Limited; Tesco Red (GP) Limited; Tesco Seacroft Limited; Tesco Stores
Holdings Inc; Tesco Swap Realisation Company (No.2) Limited; Tesco Swap
Realisation Company Limited; Tesco Violet (GP) Limited; Tesco White (GP)
Limited; Tesco Worldwide Limited; TGP (Partnership Nominee) Limited; Toogood's
Newsmarket Limited; Ventcourt Limited; Waltham Abbey Developments Limited;
Weymouth Avenue (Dorchester) Limited; Whiskers Limited; Wm Low Supermarkets
Limited; and Worple Road Plc.

His previous directorships held over the past five years are:

Bishops Bridge Investments Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Brace Pinhorne
Construction Company Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Developments
Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments (Borehamwood) Limited
(Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments (Colchester) Limited (Dissolved - 08
/02/2007); Bride Investments (Ely) Limited (Dissolved - 09/02/2007); Bride
Investments (Middlewich) Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Bride Investments
(Twickenham) Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Clifton Moor Limited; Dubpark
Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Ely Trading Estate Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/
2007); G.H. Langley (Pharmacy) Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Surrey Quays
Limited; Tesco (Cheshunt) Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Tesco (Wholesale) Ltd
(Dissolved - 09/02/2007); Tesco Management Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Tesco
Savings Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Tesco Self Service Ltd (Dissolved - 08/02/
2007); Tesco Services Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); Wm Low Investments
Limited (Dissolved - 08/02/2007); and WNFS Limited (Dissolved - 09/02/2007).


All of the companies referred to as "dissolved" in the above paragraph were
voluntarily liquidated as part of Tesco PLC's ongoing programme of liquidating
dormant companies.


Eamonn Francis O'Hare currently holds the following directorships, all of which
are companies within the Tesco PLC Group:

Tesco Aqua (1LP) Limited; Tesco Aqua (FinCo2) Limited; Tesco Blue (1LP) Limited;
Tesco Blue (FinCo1) Limited; Tesco Blue (FinCo2) Limited; Tesco Blue (Nominee 1)
Limited; Tesco Blue (Nominee 2) Limited; Tesco Blue (Nominee Holdco) Limited;
Tesco Fuchsia (1LP) Limited; Tesco Fuchsia (2LP) Limited; Tesco Fuchsia (Finco2)
Limited; Tesco Fuchsia (Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Fuchsia (Nominee 2) Limited;
Tesco Fuchsia (Nominee Holdco) Limited; Tesco Grey (1LP) Limited; Tesco Grey
(2LP) Limited; Tesco Grey (Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Grey (Nominee 2) Limited;
Tesco Grey (Nominee HoldCo) Limited; Tesco Kirkby (LP) Limited; Tesco Kirkby
(Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Kirkby (Nominee 2) Limited; Tesco Kirkby (Nominee
Holdco) Limited; Tesco Kirkby (Unitholder 1) Limited; Tesco Kirkby (Unitholder2)
Limited; Tesco Pink (1LP) Limited; Tesco Pink (2LP) Limited; Tesco Pink (FinCo
1) Limited; Tesco Pink (FinCo2) Limited; Tesco Pink (Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco
Pink (Nominee 2) Limited; Tesco Pink (Nominee Holdco) Limited; Tesco Property
Nominees (No.5) Limited; Tesco Property Nominees (No.6) Limited; Tesco Purple
(1LP) Limited; Tesco Purple (2LP) Limited; Tesco Purple (Finco 1) Limited; Tesco
Purple (Finco2) Limited; Tesco Purple (Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Purple (Nominee
2) Limited; Tesco Purple (Nominee Holdco) Limited; Tesco Red (1LP) Limited;
Tesco Red (Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Red (Nominee 2) Limited; Tesco Red (Nominee
Holdco) Limited; Tesco Violet (1LP) Limited; Tesco Violet (2LP) Limited; Tesco
Violet (Finco 1) Limited; Tesco Violet (Finco 2) Limited; Tesco Violet (Nominee
1) Limited; Tesco Violet (Nominee 2) Limited; and Tesco Violet (Nominee Holdco)
Limited.

His previous directorships held over the past five years are:

Chelys Limited; Energis Communications Limited; Energis Management Limited;
Energis Integration Services Limited; Energis Mobile Limited; Energis Squared
Limited; T3 Telecommunications Limited; Energis Holdings Limited; Energis Local
Access Limited; Stentor Communications Limited; Metroholdings Limited; Pepsico
Hong Kong Limited; Serm Sulk plc; Tesco Aqua (FinCo1) Limited; Tesco Aqua
(Nominee 1) Limited; Tesco Aqua (Nominee 2) Limited; and Tesco Aqua (Nominee
Holdco) Limited.


Save as disclosed above, there is no further information to be notified under 
Rule 17 of the AIM Rules or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.



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