12th Jan 2006 12:30
Signet Group PLC12 January 2006 SIGNET BOARD & MANAGEMENT CHANGES Signet is pleased to announce that Mark Light (44), has been appointed ChiefExecutive of the Group's US Division and to the main Board of Signet as anExecutive Director. Mr Light joined the Group in 1978 and has been President andChief Operating Officer of the US business since 2002. Terry Burman, Group Chief Executive, who until now was also Chief Executive ofthe US Division, will remain Executive Chairman of that business. There are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6 of theListing Rules. Enquiries: Tim Jackson, Investor Relations Director +44 (0) 20 7399 9520 Mike Smith, Brunswick +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 Signet operated 1,820 speciality retail jewellery stores at 31 December 2005;these included 1,219 stores in the US, where the Group trades as "Kay Jewelers","Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry" and under a number of regional names. At thesame date Signet also operated 601 stores in the UK, where the Group trades as"H.Samuel", "Ernest Jones" and "Leslie Davis". Further information on Signet isavailable at www.signetgroupplc.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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