Anglo-Eastern Plantations Regulatory News (AEP)

28 Apr 2008 10:59

Anglo-Eastern Plantations PLC28 April 2008 ANGLO-EASTERN PLANTATIONS PLC Directorate change Mr Rollo Barnes, aged 63, Finance Director and Company Secretary ofAnglo-Eastern (AEP.L), which operates and is developing some 83,000 hectares ofplantations, primarily palm oil in Indonesia, will be retiring on 30 April 2008. Mr David William Smith was appointed a director of Anglo-Eastern with effectfrom 26 April 2008 and will take over from Mr Barnes as Finance Director andCompany Secretary on 1 May 2008. Mr Smith, aged 59, is a Chartered Accountant. He was previously with theCommonwealth Development Corporation and has extensive international experience,particularly in agriculture. He has been involved in investment in the oil palmsector and has worked in Indonesia in plantations. Dato' John Lim was appointed a non-executive director of Anglo-Eastern witheffect from 26 April 2008. Dato' Lim, aged 58, is a Fellow of the Associationof Chartered Certified Accountants and has been a partner for 22 years, the last10 of which have been with UHY Hacker Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, inLondon. He has extensive audit and business consultancy experience,particularly with Far Eastern clients with operations in the UK. Neither Mr Smith nor Dato Lim has held any directorship in any publicly quotedcompany at any time in the previous five years and there are no details to bedisclosed under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules. R O B Barnes Company Secretary Monday 28 April 2008 Enquiries: Anglo-Eastern Plantations PlcRollo Barnes (Financial Director) 020-7236 2838 Bankside Consultants LimitedCharles Ponsonby 020-7367 8851 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange