Directorate Changes

Crescent Hydropolis Resorts PLC 18 March 2008 CRESCENT HYDROPOLIS RESORTS PLC ANNOUNCEMENT Appointment of Directors and Resignation of Directors Crescent Hydropolis Resorts PLC (the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Bernd Wolfgang Artinger as non-executive chairman with immediate effect. His appointment is concurrent with the resignation of Mr Joachim Hauser as executive chairman, who has retired from the Board of Directors (the Board) but will continue to work for the Company at a project development company level. The Company further announces the appointment of Mr Uwe Hohmann as chief executive and executive director. His appointment is concurrent with the resignation of Mr Mansoor Ijaz as executive deputy chairman, who has retired from the Board to pursue his bid for the United States Senate in the next election cycle. Mr Artinger, aged 44, is a private investor from Germany and a shareholder of the Company. He formed and owned transact Elektronische Zahlungssysteme GmbH in 1997 and was Managing Director there until 2003, when he sold the company to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT). He continued to serve as Managing Director during a transition period until 2006. transact is one of the leading independent electronic payments processors and the market leader in processing of prepaid mobile airtime top-up services in Germany, with a market share of 50% of electronic top-up transactions. Prior to forming transact, Mr Artinger was head of IT at Wellcom GmbH's e-payment group from 1990 to 1997. He served in the German army from 1988 to 1989 and studied at the Fachhochschule Muenchen from 1983 until 1989. Mr Artinger owns 1,253,333 Ordinary Shares of the Company and 1,000,000 Options on Ordinary Shares due to expire December 31, 2010. His shareholding represents 1.52% of the Company's total voting rights. Mr Hohmann, aged 44, is head of a tax consulting firm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mr Hohmann is a director of Trust ME. Trust ME offers a range of professional accounting services to European companies in Dubai. Prior to forming Trust ME, Mr Hohmann and his brother, Lothar Hohmann, started a laser engraving company, PRECISE Trading LLC, where Mr Hohmann continues to be a director, which is now the leading Middle East company for crystal laser engraving. Mr Hohmann was also a director of businesspants.com from 2005 to 2006. From March 1998 until May 2003, Mr Hohmann was assistant to the chairman of the board of Meffert AG Farbwerke, a leading paint producing company in Germany. Mr Hohmann was educated in business administration and law taxation, earning a Masters of Law Taxation at the College of Applied Science in Worms, Germany in 1996. He served in the German Air Force from April 1985 until September 1993. Mr Hohmann owns 550,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company, representing 0.67% of the Company's total voting rights. The Company has entered into service contracts with both Messrs Artinger and Hohmann. Mr Artinger shall receive total compensation of £10,000 per annum for service as non-executive chairman. Mr Hohmann shall receive €7,000 per month to serve as chief executive of the Company. The contracts shall be ratified and extended, if deemed in the interests of the Company, at the 2008 Annual General Meeting. The Company has further issued indemnity letters to outgoing directors and all directors who previously served the company in a non-executive or executive capacity. The Board intends to ask shareholders to ratify all indemnity letters at the 2008 Annual General Meeting. No other information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules. For further information contact:- Uwe Hohmann Chief Executive +971 50 55 11 018 u.hohmann@crescent-hydropolis.com Richard Swindells/Natasha Reed Nabarro Wells 020 7710 7400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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