Coretx Holdings Regulatory News (COR)

13 Dec 2005 15:25

Chorion PLC13 December 2005 13 December 2005 JEREMY BANKS TO LEAVE COMMERCIAL POST AT CHORION Chorion PLC (LSE: COR.L) announces that Jeremy Banks will be leaving the Groupat the end of January. Jeremy has been with the Chorion group since July 2001. He was appointed GroupFinance Director upon Chorion's flotation in May 2002 and performed this roleuntil October of last year when he was promoted to the new position ofCommercial Director. The role of Commercial Director was created to assist inthe expansion of Chorion, create new commercial opportunities and activelypursue acquisitions. In the last 18 months Chorion has acquired the Roger Hargreaves Estate (Mr Men &Little Miss), the Raymond Chandler Estate (Philip Marlowe) and Silver LiningProductions Limited and developed other commercial opportunities. Theseactivities have resulted in fast paced, significant growth for Chorion. Following this period of growth, Jeremy has now decided to take the opportunityto develop his career elsewhere and will be leaving Chorion on 31st January2006. The Board would like to thank Jeremy for his hard work and dedication to thecompany over the past four years when the company has grown from a market cap of£18m to the current market cap today of £75m. The Board wish him every successin his future career. Enquiries please contact : Nick James, Chief Executive, Chorion +44 (020) 7061 3800Andrew Sholl / Katie Thompson, Portland +44 (020) 7404 5344 About Chorion Chorion (LSE: COR) is a leading owner and manager of classic literary-basedbrands. Its foremost properties include Enid Blyton's Noddy and Famous Five,Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men and Little Miss series, Agatha Christie's HerculePoirot and Miss Marple, Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret and RaymondChandler's Philip Marlowe. Visit www.chorion.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange