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Result of AGM and Board Changes

28th Apr 2010 14:38

RNS Number : 9645K
Stanley Gibbons Group PLC
28 April 2010
 



28 April 2010

The Stanley Gibbons Group plc

("Stanley Gibbons" or the "Company")

 

 

Result of AGM and Board Changes

 

Stanley Gibbons is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at today's AGM were duly passed.

 

The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of John Byfield as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. John, a Jersey resident aged 58, qualified as a Solicitor in 1978 and was a founding partner of a substantial law practice based in Southampton which he built up over some 20 years. Specialising in company and commercial law, he has been an adviser to the Boards of many private and public companies. He currently holds a variety of directorships, including a trust company regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

 

Martin Bralsford, Chairman, commented: "Apart from his professional experience in law, John brings with him a wealth of public company experience having been Executive Chairman of Essentially Group, formerly AIM listed, until the company was sold in October 2009. His appointment, after an extensive search, comes at a key point in the development of the group, to which he will make a significant contribution."

 

John is, or has been in the previous 5 years, a Director of the following companies or a partner of the following firms:

 

Current Directorships

Previous Directorships

Essentially Sport Ltd

Essentially Group Ltd

Sensortec Ltd

Glow Communications Ltd

Garfield-Bennett Trust Company Ltd

Paladin Management Limited

Previous Partnerships

Ensor Byfield, Solicitors

 

 

The Company confirms that there is no other information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the Aim Rules for Companies.

 

The Board also announces that John Wright has indicated his intention to retire from the Board with effect from 15 May 2010 at the close of the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition.

 

Martin Bralsford said: "John has been a Non-Executive Director of Stanley Gibbons for two full terms. The Board wishes to thank him for his wise counsel over the last six years in seeing the Company through a period of significant change."

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Martin Bralsford The Stanley Gibbons Group plc Tel: 01534 766711

John Cowie Seymour Pierce Limited Tel: 020 7107 8000

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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