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11 March 2015
Centaur Media Group PLC
("Centaur Media"or "the Company")
Appointment of New Chairman and notice of AGM
Centaur Media plc (LSE: CAU), the multi-platform content group, is pleased to announce that Ron Sandler CBE will join the Board as a non-executive director and Chairman with effect from the Company's Annual General Meeting which will take place at 11.30 am on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at the Company's offices, Wells Point, 79 Wells St, London, W1T 3QN.
Ron Sandler currently chairs Ironshore and Towry and is a member of the advisory board of Palamon Capital Partners.
His early career was with the Boston Consulting Group. He was Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd's of London from 1995 until 1999, playing a key role in Lloyd's Reconstruction and Renewal, and subsequently Chief Operating Officer of NatWest Group. Ron is a past-president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and in 2002 he led an independent review of the UK Long Term Savings Industry. He has been chairman of numerous companies, including Northern Rock, Phoenix Group and Paternoster.
Patrick Taylor, Chairman of Centaur Media said:
" It has been a privilege to have served on the Board of Centaur Media and I would like to thank all of my colleagues for their support over the last 11 years. There have been a lot of positive changes over the last two years both in terms of management and business structure and I am delighted to be stepping down at a time when the future for the Company looks so bright. Ron Sandler has enormous experience and I am certain that this will be of significant benefit to Centaur Media in the years ahead. On behalf of the Board I would formally like to welcome him to the Company".
The Company confirms that there is no further information about Ron Sandler requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
For further enquiries:
Centaur Media plc
Grainne Brankin, Company secretary 020 7970 4000
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Neville Harris 07909 976044