Tomkins PLC Appoints Non-Executive Director

    LONDON--Sept. 7, 2001--Tomkins PLC announces that Jack Keenan will join the Board as a non-executive director on November 1, 2001 and will become a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
    Jack Keenan, aged 64, is Deputy Chief Executive of Guinness United Distillers & Vintners and an executive director of Diageo plc; he retires from that board in October 2001. He is also a non-executive director of The Body Shop International plc and Marks & Spencer plc and a patron of the advisory board of the Cambridge Centre for International Business and Management.
    David Newlands, Executive Chairman, said:

    "We are delighted that Jack has agreed to join the Board and I know that his broad business experience will be of great assistance to our deliberations. This appointment now completes the current program of strengthening the representation of independent non-executive directors on our Board."

    Following this appointment, the Board of Tomkins PLC will comprise:

    David Newlands - Executive Chairman
    Ken Lever - Finance Director
    David Snowdon - Chief Operating Officer
    Tony Reading - Chairman, Tomkins Corporation
    Richard Marchant - Administration Director and Company
    Secretary
    Norman Broadhurst - Non-Executive Director
    Jack Keenan- Non-Executive Director
    Ken Minton - Non-Executive Director
    Sir Brian Pitman - Non-Executive Director
    Marshall Wallach- Non-Executive Director and advisor to the
    Gates family interests

John (Jack) Keenan Deputy CEO, Guinness UDV

    Jack Keenan is a US citizen resident in the UK. He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Guinness UDV, part of Diageo plc, the global branded consumer goods company, on September 1, 2000. Jack has been Chief Executive Officer for UDV since December 1997. He is a member of the Diageo plc Board. He retires from that board in October 2001.
    Jack originally joined International Distillers & Vintners (IDV) as Chief Executive in March 1996 and was appointed to the Board of Grand Metropolitan plc. Prior to this he spent more than 30 years in marketing and general management positions with the General Foods Group and Kraft Foods International, subsidiaries of the Philip Morris Companies, rising to Chairman, Kraft Foods International.
    During his career, Jack has built significant consumer brand businesses around the world, including the UK. He has also been at the centre of significant change management in recent years.
    Jack is currently a non-executive director of The Body Shop International plc and Marks and Spencer plc. Jack is also a patron of the advisory board of the Cambridge Centre for International Business and Management. He has served on the boards of Cable & Wireless Communications and Moet Hennessy.
    Jack was educated at Tufts University in Boston and Harvard Business School.
    Born in New York in October 1936, he is married with one son.