Appointment of Non-Executive Director

29 May 2013

Brady plc ("Brady")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Brady (BRY.L), the leading supplier of trading and risk management solutions for metals, recycling, energy and soft commodities, announced today that Robert de Picciotto, aged 64, will join the Board of Brady plc with effect from 1 June 2013.

Robert is also a non-executive director of Ergonos Consulting SA, AdP Management and Consulting SARL and Capital B. Solutions SA. He is the founder and a former director of Viveo Switzerland SA a company acquired by Brady in 2010 (subsequently renamed Brady Switzerland SA) and the former CEO of the Brady Physicals business unit until his retirement earlier this year.

There are no other details to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Paul Fullagar, Chairman of Brady plc, commented: "Brady is delighted to welcome Robert to the Board. He has a wealth of experience spanning nearly thirty years in the commodities space. Having founded Viveo in 1986, which was acquired by Brady in 2010, Robert has been instrumental in leading the business unit with substantial compound year on year revenue growth. We welcome his close contact with the physical trading community to ensure the Group's initiatives are aligned with market requirements."

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About Brady

Brady plc (BRY.L) is the largest European-headquartered provider of trading and risk management software to the global commodity and energy markets. Brady combines fully integrated and complete solutions supporting the entire commodity trading operation, from capture of financial and physical trading, through risk management, handling of physical operations, back office financials and treasury settlement, for energy, refined, unrefined and scrap metals, soft commodities and agriculturals.

Brady has 25 years' expertise in the commodity markets with some 300 customers worldwide, who depend on Brady's software solutions to deliver vital business transactions across their global operations. Brady clients include many of the world's largest financial institutions, trading companies, miners, refiners and producers, recycling companies, scrap processors, tier one banks and a large number of London Metal Exchange (LME) Category 1 and 2 clearing members and many leading European energy generators, traders and consumers.

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