17th Jul 2007 11:46
Speedy Hire PLC17 July 2007 17 July 2007 Speedy Hire Plc ("Speedy Hire" or "the Company") Non-Executive Director Changes Speedy Hire announces the appointment as a non-executive director of IshbelMacpherson. Ishbel is an investment banker of over twenty years standing who has specialisedin UK mid-market corporate finance. Ishbel was Head of UK Emerging CompaniesCorporate Finance at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein from 1999 to 2005 and ispresently a non-executive director of MITIE Group plc, GAME Group plc andHydrogen Group plc. Save for these appointments there is no other informationwhich requires disclosure under the Listing Rules (LR 9.6.13) concerningIshbel's appointment. Ishbel will join the Board of Speedy Hire at the conclusion of today's AGM. Herappointment will be for an initial fixed term of three years. The lettersetting out her terms of appointment will be made available on the Company'swebsite. Speedy Hire also announces that Frank Dee, its senior non-executive director andchairman of the Remuneration Committee, having completed two three year terms asa non-executive director, will consequently step down from the Board at the endof the year. Both as senior independent director and chairman of theRemuneration Committee, Frank has played an influential role and has made amajor contribution towards the development of Speedy Hire. He will leave theBoard with our sincere thanks. For further information: Speedy Hire Plc Hudson SandlerDavid Wallis, Chairman Wendy BakerSteve Corcoran, Chief Executive Kate HoughTel: 01942 720 000 Tel: 020 7796 4133 Website: www.speedyhire.plc.uk Notes to Editors: Speedy Hire is the UK's No.1 provider of tools and equipment for hire. TheCompany operates from over 350 depots throughout the UK. The Group alsooperates in the Republic of Ireland. The Group's activities are the provision for hire of small tools, portableaccommodation, compressed air, pumps, lifting, material handling, survey andmeasurement instrumentation and power generation equipment. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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