Re Directorate

RNS Number : 9009T

Safestore Holdings plc

09 October 2014

 



Safestore Holdings plc

("Safestore" or "the Group")

 

Directorate change

Safestore Holdings plc announces that it has been notified that Adrian Martin will be retiring from the Board as Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director at the next Annual General Meeting in March 2015.   

The Board of Safestore is also pleased to announce the appointment of Joanne Louise Kenrick to the Board, with immediate effect, as a Non-executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee.

Jo is Marketing Director at Homebase, a subsidiary of the Home Retail Group plc, and a non-executive director of Principality Building Society where she is also a member of the Customer and Conduct and Nominations Committees.

Previously, Jo was Chief Executive Officer of Start, a Prince of Wales charity. She was Marketing and Customer Proposition Director at B&Q, and Marketing Director at Camelot Group plc. Jo has a law degree and started her career at Mars Confectionery and PepsiCo.

Alan Lewis, Safestore's Chairman, said:

"The Board joins me in putting on record our gratitude to Adrian for his valuable contribution to Safestore over the last six years and wishing him the best for the future. I am also delighted to have Jo joining our Board with significant operational, sales and marketing experience in consumer retail across a number of well-known retail brands. Her deep understanding and knowledge of marketing will help support the Group's continued development."

In accordance with the Listing Rules, there are no additional matters that would require disclosure under LR 9.6.13 R (1) to (6) in relation to Ms. Kenrick's appointment.

9 October 2014

For further information, please contact:

Safestore Holdings plc
Sam Ahmed, Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]

About Safestore:

·     Safestore is the UK's largest self storage group with 134 stores. They include 97 wholly owned stores in the UK and 25 wholly owned stores in the Paris region together with 12 stores under management in the UK.

·     The Company provides storage to around 46,000 personal and business customers.

·     Safestore (excluding Space Maker) has a maximum lettable area ("MLA") of 5.08 million sq. ft. (including the expansion pipeline stores) of which 3.48 million sq. ft. is currently occupied.

·     Safestore employs around 550 people.

 

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