ASOS Regulatory News (ASC)

21 Aug 2009 07:00



FOR RELEASE

7.00 AM 

21 August 2009

ASOS plc ("ASOS")

A leading internet based fashion retailer

Board Appointment 

Mary Turner appointed Non-Executive Director 

ASOS is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Turner (age 51) as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2009.

Mary Turner has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tiscali UK Limited ("Tiscali") since 2001. Prior to joining Tiscali, she was Chief Executive Officer of BTLineOne, the joint venture between BT and United News Media, Managing Director (ISP and Portal) UK and Vice President Marketing (Europe) at CompuServe Information Services and General Manager of Capital Sales at Innovation Group.

Lord Alli, the Chairman of ASOS, commenting on the appointment said:

"We are delighted to welcome Mary Turner to the Board. Mary has an extensive knowledge of the online sector which, along with her knowledge of the US and European markets, will greatly benefit ASOS's international growth strategy."  

Save as disclosed at the end of this announcement, there are no other details regarding Mary Turner that are required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules. 

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For further information contact: 

ASOS plc Tel: 020 7756 1000

Nick Robertson, Chief Executive 

Nick Beighton, Finance Director 

Cubitt Consulting Tel: 020 7367 5100

Brian Coleman-Smith / Nicola Krafft / James Verstringhe

JPMorgan Cazenove Tel: 020 7588 2828

Luke Bordewich / Gina Gibson 

Numis Tel: 020 3205 7500

Alex Ham / Mark Lander

Background note

ASOS is rapidly becoming the market leader in the UK online fashion world. The business continues to generate profitable growth despite continued investment in operational resources and enjoys strong and increasing barriers to entry.

Established in June 2000 and admitted to AIM in October 2001, ASOS is the UK's largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer and offers over 24,700 branded and own label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty with approximately 1000 new product lines being introduced each week.

Aimed primarily at fashion forward 16-34 year olds, ASOS attracts over 5.4 million unique visitors a month and as at 31 May 2009 had 2.4 million registered users and 1.2 million active customers (defined as having shopped in the last 6 months). www.asos.com

Mary Turner - Information required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules

None

Schedule of previous directorships (resigned within the last five years):

AccentUK Limited

Freedom to Surf Consumer Services Limited

Freedom to Surf Limited

Freedom to Surf Registration Services Limited

Green Dot Property Management Limited

GX Networks Twelve Limited

Highway One Limited

Homecall (UK) Limited

Homecall Payment Services Limited

MTZ Limited

Nildram Limited

Pipex Broadband Limited

Pipex Communications Services Limited

Pipex Internet Limited

Pipex Networks Limited

Pipex UK Limited

Switch2 Telecoms Limited

Tiscali Business UK Limited

Tiscali Network Distribution Limited

Tiscali UK Holdings plc

Tiscali UK Limited

Toucan Residential Limited

Trinite Limited

Trinite Services Limited

Universal Sports Marketing Limited

Video Networks Limited

Videonet Limited

VNL Sports Limited

VNL Trustees Limited

World Online Limited