Cppgroup Regulatory News (CPP)

CPPGROUP PLC

Directorate Change

26 May 2015

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

CPPGroup Plc ("CPP" or the "Group") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Roger Canham as a non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Mr Canham has wide-ranging business experience across a number of different industries. He has been Non-Executive Chairman of Hornby PLC, the international models and collectibles Group, since February 2013, and has also been Chairman of Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited since 2009. Mr Canham has also founded and manages a number of well-established property development companies. He was a Non-executive Director of Goshawk Insurance Holdings PLC from 2007 until the business was acquired in 2008, and a director of Brake Bros Limited, for a year following its acquisition of W.Pauley & Co Limited in 2002.

Executive Chairman, Eric Anstee, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Roger to CPP. He brings over 24 years of business and financial services experience to the Board and we all look forward to working with him as the Company enters the next phase of its development".

Further information:

Roger Timothy Canham, 51, is or has been a director in the following companies during the past five years:

Current directorships:

Eastern Rose

Rutland Homes

County Property Limited

MAF Properties (Midlands) Limited

Asta Court Management Limited

Gatebrand Limited

Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited

Coppice Lane Management Limited

Hornby PLC

Previous directorships:

Northampton Road Management Company

St Gilbert's Church of England Primary School

There are no further disclosures required pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the proposed appointment of Roger Canham to the Board of CPPGroup Plc.

Enquiries

CPPGroup Plc 

Craig Parsons, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +44 (0)1904 544702

Lorrain Beavis, Group Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0)1904 545395

Media

Tulchan Communications: Martin Robinson; David Allchurch

Tel: +44 (0)20 7353 4200

Sponsor and Broker

Numis Securities Limited: Robert Bruce; Stuart Skinner; Charles Farquhar

Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000

Notes to Editors

CPPGroup Plc (CPP or the Group) is an international assistance business operating in the UK and overseas within the financial services, telecommunications and travel sectors. CPP primarily operates a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) business model providing services and retail, wholesale and packaged products to customers through Business Partners and direct to consumer. The Group's core assistance and travel service products help to provide security and enhance the experience of travel for customers worldwide, designed to make everyday life easier to manage.

For more information on CPP visit www.cppgroupplc.com

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