Confirmation of Board Changes

RNS Number : 2223B

Plant Health Care PLC

02 April 2013

 



2 April 2013

Plant Health Care plc

("Plant Health Care" or "the Company")

Confirmation of Board Changes 

Plant Health Care (AIM / CISX: PHC.L), a leading provider of novel patent protected biological products to the global agriculture marketsconfirms that, further to the announcement of 26 March 2013, Mr Paul Schmidt has today been appointed the Company's Chief Executive Officer and that Mr John Brady, former CEO, has stepped down from this role but remains as a non-executive director on the Plant Health Care Board. In addition, Mr Sam Wauchope has stepped down from the Board today, following nine years as a non-executive director and a stint as Interim Chairman in 2012

The Company is pleased to welcome Paul Schmidt. Mr Schmidt, age 54, has extensive operational experience in the agriculture industry, having served in senior roles in the USA, Germany and Canada during 25 years with Bayer CropScience and its predecessor companies. As President of Merck/EMD Crop Bioscience, a leading developer of natural plant health products, Paul led a turn-around which resulted in substantially increased sales and profit. In February 2011, he oversaw the sale of the business to Novozymes for $275 million. Paul graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BSA in Agronomy in 1980.

Dr. Christopher Richards, Chairman commented: "I would like to reiterate my thanks to both John and Sam for all that they have done for Plant Health Care. Securing the services of Paul as the Company's new CEO is a real coup.  Paul's extensive experience in the industry leaves us very well positioned to progress to the next stage in the Company's development. I am convinced that Paul has the right qualities to lead Plant Health Care to this next level."

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Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Mr Paul Martin Schmidt's appointment as a Director of the Company other than as follows:

Paul Martin Schmidt:

Current Directorships	Former Directorships
Member of the Board of Directors of Alberta Innovates BioSolutions (Province of Alberta corporation) 2011- present	Director of EMD Crop BioSciences Inc (2007-2011)
Owner of Paul Schmidt Consulting LLC

About Plant Health Care plc: Plant Health Care plc ("Plant Health Care") is a leading provider of novel patent protected biological products to the global agriculture markets.  The Company's ordinary shares have been quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange since July 2004 and listed on the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange ("CISX") since February 2010 (ticker symbol/mnemonic: PHC).

Further information is available at: www.planthealthcare.com.

 For further information, please contact:

Plant Health Care plc
Dr Christopher Richards, Chairman	Tel: [phone]
Paul Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer	On the day Tel: [phone]
	Thereafter: Tel: [phone]
Stephen Weaver, Finance Director	Tel: [phone] x151
Nomura Code Securities
Chris Collins / Clare Terlouw / Chris Golden	Tel: [phone]
Powerscourt
Paul Durman / Nick Dibden / Sophie Moate	Tel: [phone]

 

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