Directorate Change and Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7385B

Leeds Group PLC

23 February 2011

 



23 February 2011

Leeds Group plc

(the "Company")

Directorate Change and Result of AGM

At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were duly passed.  In addition Leeds Group plc is pleased to announce that at a board meeting following the AGM, Kathryn Anne Davenport was appointed as the Non-executive Chairman of the Company with immediate effect. 

Kathryn, aged 41, is a qualified solicitor and Company Secretary with significant expertise in company administration and corporate governance.  In February 2010 Kathryn was appointed as a non-executive director of Coral Products plc and in May 2010 she was appointed as a non-executive director of Abbeycrest PLC.  She is also Company Secretary of Chapelthorpe plc.  Previously, she was Company Secretary at Union plc, now Browallia Holdings Limited and is a sole practitioner trading as Davenport Law Limited.  Kathryn is also a director of Cybrus Limited and was previously a director at Darby Group Limited.

Johan Claesson, commenting on the appointment said: "We are delighted to welcome Kathryn to the Board and we believe that her regulatory and administrative experience will be invaluable in leading the Company as we continue to drive the performance of the business forward."

There is no other information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. 

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Enquiries:

Malcolm Wilson                                                                     Tel:  [phone]

Leeds Group plc

Sarah Jacobs (Nominated Adviser)                                   Tel:  [phone]

Laetitia McManus (Broker)

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