Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0451B

IDOX PLC

27 February 2014

 



27 February 2014

Idox plc

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

The board of Idox plc (AIM: IDOX, "Idox" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Mackie as Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect.

Jane (aged 34) has been a member of the Company's finance team for over eight years, where she has held the position of Group Financial Controller since 1 March 2009 and Company Secretary since 1 December 2009. Prior to this Jane was an assistant audit manager at Grant Thornton in Glasgow where she qualified as a Chartered Account in 2004. Jane has a first class degree in Accounting from the University of Strathclyde, where she graduated in 2001.

Jane is the beneficial holder of 37,562 ordinary shares of Idox ("Ordinary Shares"), which equates to a beneficial interest in 0.01% of the total issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company, and holds options over 195,122 and 500,000 further Ordinary Shares under the Company's Option Scheme, which are exercisable at 10.25 pence and 18 pence respectively per Ordinary Share.

Commenting on her appointment Martin Brooks, Chairman of Idox said,

"After a rigorous selection process involving both external as well as internal candidates, we are delighted that we are appointing Jane as Chief Financial Officer. She has been an integral part of the Group's finance team for the past eight years and we feel that this is the natural next step for her and the Company's development. Our shareholders will know that we are a strong supporter of investing in the development of our own staff and Jane is no exception; bringing to the board a combination of strong technical expertise and a clear vision for the strategic role of our finance function as well as her intimate knowledge of Idox's operations."

The following information is disclosable pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Current directorships

Grantfinder Ltd

Past directorships

Nil

Save as disclosed above, there is no information in relation to the appointment of Jane Mackie which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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Enquiries:

Idox plc                                                                                                [phone]

Martin Brooks, Chairman

Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive

Jane Mackie, Chief Financial Officer

N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Broker)                                                   [phone]

Shaun Dobson / Nick Donovan

Leander (Financial PR)                                                                     [phone]

Christian Taylor-Wilkinson

About Idox plc

Idox plc is a supplier of specialist document management collaboration solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to highly regulated asset intensive industries around the world in the wider corporate sector.

Its Public Sector Software Division is the leading applications provider to UK local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers. The Division provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents, content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web. It also supplies, predominantly to the public sector, decision support content such as grants and planning policy information as well as related specialist services.

The Engineering Information Management Division delivers engineering document control, project collaboration and facility management applications to many leading companies in industries such as oil & gas, architecture and construction, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation around the world.

The Group employs over 500 staff located in the UK, the USA, Europe, India and Australia.

For more information see www.idoxplc.com

 

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