IMI Regulatory News (IMI)

27 November 2019

Non-executive director changes

IMI plc ('IMI'), the specialist engineering group, announces the appointment of Caroline Dowling as a non-executive director and member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees with effect from 1 January 2020.

Caroline has extensive experience at senior executive level through her successful career in the technology industry, spending much of her career in California. Caroline has held senior global leadership roles at Flex Ltd (previously Flextronics International Ltd), most recently as Group President, Enterprise & Cloud Compute Business Groups & Global Services Business Unit. Caroline is also a non-executive director of DCC plc and was previously a non-executive director of the Irish Development Agency.

Following our announcement that Birgit Nørgaard will be stepping-down from the Board at the end of February 2020, on 1 March 2020 Carl-Peter Forster will succeed Birgit as Chair of the Remuneration Committee. On the same date, Thomas Thune Andersen will become the non-executive director responsible for employee engagement, will join the Audit Committee and will cease to be a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chair, commented:

"Caroline has enjoyed a highly successful career at the forefront of the fast-moving digital and electronics industry; her experience will be of significant value to IMI. I am delighted to welcome her to the Board."

(There is no further information which requires notification under LR9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.)

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Notes to editors

IMI plc, the specialist engineering company, designs, manufactures and services highly engineered products that control the precise movement of fluids. IMI has manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries and operates a global service network. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Further information is available at www.imiplc.com.

IMI plc is registered in England No. 714275. Its legal entity identifier ('LEI') number is 2138002W9Q21PF751R30