Appointment of Non-executive Director

RNS Number : 9895I

Hargreaves Services PLC

06 June 2014

 



For immediate release

6 June 2014

HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC

("Hargreaves" or the "Group")

Appointment of Non-executive Director

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), the UK's leading supplier of solid fuels and bulk material logistics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Jones to the Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from today, 6 June 2014.  He will be appointed a member of the Nominations Committee and Audit Committee and he will also Chair the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Jones was until recently the Chief Executive of Associated British Ports, the UK's leading ports group which runs ports including Immingham, the UK's biggest port by tonnage and the largest coal handling facility in the UK.

Gordon Banham, CEO of Hargreaves, said: "Peter's experience will be invaluable as we grow our energy supply business. We look forward to his contribution to the Board."

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Peter Anthony Jones, age 59 years, has been a director of the following companies during the five years preceding the date of this announcement:

Current directorships

Henderson Opportunities Trust plc

SKIL Ports & Logistics Ltd

Milford Haven Port Authority

Past directorships

Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd

Southampton Container Terminal Ltd

Tilbury Container Services Ltd

UK Major Ports Group Ltd

Mr Jones has not held any other directorships in the previous five years and he does not hold any ordinary shares in the Group. There are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules in connection with Peter Jones' appointment to the Group's Board.

For further details:

Hargreaves Services	Tel: [phone]
Gordon Banham, CEO
Iain Cockburn, Finance Director
Buchanan	Tel: [phone]
Mark Court / Fiona Henson / Sophie Cowles
N+1 Singer (Nomad & Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Sandy Fraser / Nick Owen
Jefferies Hoare Govett (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Sara Hale / Harry Nicholas

 

END

 

 

BOADMGGVVKDGDZM