6 Dec 2006 07:01
Spiritel PLC06 December 2006 For immediate release 6 December 2006 SPIRITEL PLC ("Spiritel" or "the Company") Appointment of Deputy Chairman Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications company, is pleased to announcethat Steven Maine, a Non-Executive Director of the Company and a former ChiefExecutive of Kingston Communications plc, has been appointed as the Company'sDeputy Chairman, a non-executive position. Mr Maine joined Spiritel's Board in April 2006. His vast experience of thetelecoms and media sectors has been of considerable value to the Company's Boardand to the development of the Company. Commenting, Lord St John of Bletso, Spiritel's Chairman, said: "Since hisappointment to Spiritel's Board earlier this year, Steven Maine has made a verysignificant contribution to the Company's development. His combination ofexperience, judgment and vision make him ideally place to add further value tothe Company in the position of Deputy Chairman." There is no new information to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) of the AIMRules. For further information: Spiritel plc 020 7160 0100Alastair Mills, Chief Executive Teather & Greenwood 020 7426 9000Jeff Keating Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Mark Court/Mary-Jane Johnson Notes for Editors: About Spiritel plc Spiritel plc (AIM: STP) is a telecommunications group that joined the AIM marketof the London Stock Exchange in July 2004. We have multiple routes to market forour products and services, which include a range of both traditional andemerging telecoms technologies. Spiritel's client base includes corporate,wholesale and retail customers served directly through our value added resellerdivision Spiritel Retail, via web portals and through independent resellers. Spiritel, in partnership with Oxfam, has launched the directory enquiriesservice 118 918, from which Oxfam receives 9p from every call made. For further information please visit www.spiritelplc.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange