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Cake Box Holdings plc
("Cake Box" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director
Cake Box Holdings Plc, the specialist retailer of fresh cream cakes, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shaun Smith as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 February 2024. On appointment, Shaun will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration, Nomination and ESG Committees and is expected to become the Chair of the Audit Committee after the completion of the FY24 audit.
Shaun has extensive plc experience and is currently Non-Executive Chair of Driver Group Plc, a Non-Executive Director of Inspecs Group Plc and Epwin Group Plc, where he is also Audit Committee Chair. He was Chief Financial Officer at Norcros plc, a London Stock Exchange Main Market listed supplier of bathroom and kitchen products, retiring from the Board on 31 July 2021, and prior to that, was Group Finance Director at Aga Rangemaster Group plc (formerly Glynwed International Plc) from 2001 until its takeover in 2015. He also previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Air Partner Plc.
Martin Blair, Non-Executive Chair of Cake Box, comments:
"I warmly welcome Shaun to the board of Cake Box, his extensive leadership and board experience will contribute significantly to our work and support our growth with the many exciting opportunities ahead for the business."
Please refer to the appendix of this announcement below, for all further disclosures relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information, please contact:
Cake Box Holdings plc Martin Blair, Non-Executive Chairman Sukh Chamdal, CEO Michael Botha, CFO
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Shore Capital (NOMAD and Broker) Stephane Auton Patrick Castle Rachel Goldstein Fiona Conroy - Corporate Broking
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Liberum (Joint Broker) Dru Danford Edward Thomas
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MHP Communications Charlie Barker Robert Collett-Creedy Hugo Harris | +44 (0) 20 3128 8570 cakebox@mhpc.com |
Appendix - AIM Rule 17
Save for the information set out above and below, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment to the Board of Shaun Michael Thomas Smith, aged 63. Shaun does not hold an interest in the Company's share capital.
Current Directorships
Driver Group Plc
Epwin Group Plc
Inspecs Group Plc
Past Directorships (within 5 years)
Air Partner Limited (formerly Air Partner Plc)
Christa (271) Pty Ltd
Hatherdown (1991) Limited
Merlyn Industries U.K. Limited
Norcros Developments Limited
Norcros Estates Limited
Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited
Norcros Group (Trustee) Limited
Norcros Industry (International) Limited
Norcros Plc
Norcros SA Pty Ltd
RAP Plumbing Supplies Pty Ltd
Standard Engineering Plastics Limited
Tile Africa Windhoek Property (Pty) Ltd
00227097 Limited
00495630 Limited