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1 September 2008
API GROUP PLC
APPOINTMENT OF GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
API Group plc, the specialist packaging materials company, announced today the appointment of Christopher Ian Charles Smith (age 44) as Group Finance Director.
Mr Smith, who will formally join the Board at its next meeting on 23 September 2008, is a Charted Accountant with 17 years industrial experience with Courtaulds plc and latterly with Scapa plc, a manufacturer of adhesive tapes and films. At Scapa, he was Finance and IT Director for Europe and Asia.
Commenting on the appointment, Richard Wright, Non-executive Chairman of API, said:
At this time, the Board would also like to thank Richard Scully who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since Andrew Robertson stepped down in March of this year."
Other than as set out below, there are no other matters which are required to be announced pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
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Andrew Turner, Chief Executive, API Group plc |
01625 650 334 |
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Nicola Biles, Financial Dynamics |
020 7831 3113 |
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Numis Securities Limited Nick Westlake, Nominated Advisor James Serjeant, Corporate Broking
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020 7260 1000 |
Schedule
Details of the names of companies and partnerships of which Christopher Smith has been a director or partner at any time in the previous five years are set out below.
(i) Current directorships and partnerships
None
(ii) Previous directorships and partnerships
Scapa UK Ltd
Medifix Adhesive Products Ltd
Boldscope Ltd
Scapa Italia SpA
Scapa Schweiz AG
Scapa Deutschland GmbH
Scapa Benelux BV
Scapa Belgium SA
Scapa Iberica SA
APACS Ltd (formerly Scapa Tapes (Ireland) Ltd)
Scapa Teoranta, (Eire). Christopher was a director of Scapa Teoranta when it entered a members voluntary liquidation and completed it's dissolution in October 2006.
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