Appointment of CEO

Cashbox PLC 12 April 2007 Cashbox PLC ('Cashbox' or 'the Company') Appointment of Chief Executive Cashbox PLC (AIM: CBOX), the AIM listed independent ATM deployer and operator, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ciaran Morton as Chief Executive Officer with effect from Thursday 12th April 2007. Ciaran Morton, previously with The Thomson Corporation, has extensive public company experience and has held senior management roles in a number of Thomson companies, with considerable operating experience in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific. In his latest role, General Manager of Thomson Business Intelligence, Ciaran personally led the restructuring of a global business with clients in over one hundred countries. Prior to this, aged 31, he was appointed to the board of M.A.I.D PLC in 1994 and led their expansion into Asia Pacific. Following an acquisition in 2000 Ciaran moved to the Thomson Corporation as Executive Vice President of The Dialog Corporation, a TLR (Thomson Legal and Regulatory) subsidiary, responsible for all non-US operations. Following Dialog's acquisition of Intelligence Data and NewsEdge, Ciaran led the successful integration of all international operations, with directorships in every key European market. In 2004 Dialog was unbundled to enable the component parts of the business to specialise in key areas and Ciaran led a period of substantial growth for the newly created Thomson Business Intelligence, one of the world's largest suppliers of online strategic business intelligence. Anthony Sharp, Chairman of Cashbox, commented: 'We are delighted to have been able to appoint somebody of Ciaran's calibre as CEO. The management expertise he brings with him, especially that of leading and driving growth in highly competitive markets, will enable Cashbox to create the firm foundation for long term sustainable and profitable growth in the coming years.' Ciaran Morton stated: 'Cashbox is a dynamic business with a very exciting future. I look forward to helping Cashbox attain its rightful place at the forefront of the IAD industry.' Ciaran Gregory Morton, aged 43 , studied Law at Leeds University and is currently a non-executive director of InventAsia Ltd, and has held numerous public and private limited company directorships around the world during his career. Within the last five years Ciaran Morton was a director of Virtual Business Information Limited, Dialog Holdings Limited, Virtual Intelligence Limited, Profound Limited, Dialog Multimedia Limited, Dialog Information Services Limited and The Dialog Corporation Limited. Enquiries: Cashbox PLC 0870 126 2274 Anthony Sharp, Chairman Threadneedle Communications 020 7936 9606 Josh Royston/Graham Herring Seymour Pierce Ltd 020 7107 8000 Jeremy Porter This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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