Board Appointment

26 Jul 2005 07:00

Falkland Islands Holdings PLC26 July 2005 Falkland Islands Holdings plc Board Appointment & Results of Annual General Meeting Falkland Islands Holdings plc announces the appointment today of Michael SedleyKillingley FCA as a Non-executive Director of the Company. Falkland Islands Holdings is also pleased to announce that all resolutionsproposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held yesterday werepassed. Mike Killingley (54) had previously been appointed the Non-executive Chairman ofThe Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company PLC following Falkland Islands Holdingsplc's successful bid for that company in December 2004. He had also previouslybeen a Non-executive Director of that company in the period between February2003 to June 2004. Mike Killingley is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner of KPMG (andpredecessor firms) from 1984 to 1998. He is currently Non-executive Chairman ofBeale plc, a listed company, and Non-executive Chairman of Condor Environmentalplc, an AIM quoted company. He was previously the Non-executive Chairman ofSouthern Vectis plc which, until earlier this year, was an AIM quoted companyand is an operator of bus services on the Isle of Wight and in and aroundSouthampton. He is also a Non-executive Director of several private companies. Given his background and experience, the Board has appointed Mike Killingley asthe Chairman of the Board's Audit Committee and he has also been appointed as amember of the Board's Remuneration Committee. Commenting on the appointment David Hudd, the Chairman, said: "We are delighted to welcome Mike to the Board. His strong accounting andfinancial background, together with his existing and previous involvement in ThePortsmouth Harbour Ferry Company PLC and his wider business experience will beof great value to the Board and to the Company." 26 July 2005 Enquiries: Falkland Islands Holdings Tel: 01279 461 630David Hudd, Chairman Tel: 07771 893 267 College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020Ben Brewerton/Nick Elwes Mike Killingley's current directorships are: Kayloo Limited, Beale plc, CondorEnvironmental plc, Advantage Business Group Limited, IGG Component TechnologyLimited, The Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company plc, Singer & Friedlander AIM VCTplc, and Kendrick Ash Limited. Previous directorships in the last five yearsare: Southern Vectis plc, Advanced Technology Trust Limited, MarwellPreservation Trust Limited, IGG Component Technology Limited, New MarineLimited, Amtech Electronic Filtration Technologies Limited, and Chilworth ManorLimited. There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the aboveappointment pursuant to schedule 2 rule (f) (i) to (viii) of the AIM rules forcompanies. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange