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Director Appointment

10 May 2011 15:55

RNS Number : 3208G
Billing Services Group Limited
10 May 2011
 



For Immediate Release

 

Billing Services Group Limited ('BSG' or the 'Company')

 

Cancellation of General Meeting and Board Changes

May 10, 2011 - BSG (AIM: BILL), a leading provider of clearing, settlement, payment and financial risk management solutions to the telecommunications industry, merchants and online stores, today announces that the General Meeting of the Company due to be held at the offices of Reed Smith LLP at The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS, United Kingdom on the 16th of May 2011 at 10.00 a.m. local time has been cancelled. Notification of this cancellation has been sent to all shareholders.

BSG also announces the appointment of both Denham Hervey Newall Eke and Rayan Ramesh Joshi as non-executive directors of the Company effective May 10, 2011.

Mr. Eke, 59 years of age, is the managing director of Burnbrae Group Limited, a private investment company. Mr Eke started his career in stockbroking and insurance with Sheppards & Chase and then Hogg Robinson plc. Over the last 15 years he has held directorships of a large number of companies, principally involved in equity investments, property ownership and management, and hotel operations, where he has been tasked with rationalising and restructuring operations to enhance profitability. Mr. Eke is Chairman of Webis plc; CEO of Speymill plc; CFO of Emerging Metals plc and Copper Development Corporation; and a director of ARBB AG and Rivington Street Holdings plc. He is CEO of Manx Financial Group plc, which together with Mr. Jim Mellon are interested in 66,395,600 common shares in BSG, representing 23.7%. 

Mr. Joshi, 34 years of age, is an analyst at Hawkeye Capital Management, LLC. He was previously senior vice president at a multi-billion dollar investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and an associate at the law firms Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He is a member of the New York State Bar and the California State Bar. Hawkeye Capital Management, LLC is interested in 51,963,471 common shares in BSG, representing 18.5%.

Mr. Eke holds the following directorships and has held the following directorships within the last five years:

 

Past

TransSend Holdings Ltd

Estavis AG

 

Current

Albany Management Ltd

Burnbrae Spandau GmbH

Marchmont Enterprises Ltd

ARBB AG

Burnbrae Tempelhof GmbH

Navrona Investments Ltd

Arundel Services Ltd

Burnbrae Tiergarten GmbH

Orkney Group Ltd

BetInternet Ltd

Burnbrae Wedding GmbH

Paymonthly.com (Hong Kong) Ltd

Big Group plc

Burnbrae Wilmersdorf GmbH

Regent Group Ltd

BigSave Ltd

Burrow Head Ltd

Ross Services Ltd

Burnbrae Belgium Ltd

Calabrese House Ltd

Rothesay Enterprises Ltd

Burnbrae Charlottenburg GmbH

Chester House Management Ltd

SCI Burnbrae Paris

Burnbrae Commercial GmbH

Chester House Property Ltd

Scotsdale Properties Ltd

Burnbrae Development GmbH

Clean Air Capital Ltd

SDJM Ltd

Burnbrae Friedrichstein GmbH

Conister Bank Ltd

Shellbay Investments Ltd

Burnbrae Germany East GmbH

Conister Card Services Ltd

Sleepwell Aviation Ltd

Burnbrae Germany GmbH

Copper Development Corporation

Sleepwell Construction Management Ltd

Burnbrae Germany North GmbH

Deutsche Flughaven Investments plc

Sleepwell Hotels (UK) Ltd

Burnbrae Germany South GmbH

DF Holdings plc

Sleepwell Hotels Ltd

Burnbrae Germany West GmbH

Dundrennan Ltd

Snowdoun Ltd

Burnbrae Group Ltd

Emerging Metals Ltd

Speymill Contracts Ltd

Burnbrae Kreutzberg GmbH

European Wagering Services Ltd

Speymill plc

Burnbrae Ltd

Executive Club (IoM) Ltd

Speymill Property Group Ltd

Burnbrae Lutzowstrasse GmbH

Galloway Ltd

Speymill Property Managers (Far East) Ltd

Burnbrae Mitte GmbH

Genseq Limited

Stonehaven Properties Ltd

Burnbrae Prenlauer Berg GmbH

German Airport Investments plc

SunGreen Ltd

Burnbrae Residential GmbH

IC Techology (UK) Ltd

Technical and Facilities Services Ltd

Burnbrae Sachsen GmbH

Indigo Securities Ltd

Troon Properties Ltd

Burnbrae Schonefeld GmbH

Islay Enterprises Ltd

Webis Holdings plc

Burnbrae Spain SL

Manx Financial Group plc

Wielandstrasse 5 Objekt GmbH

 

Mr. Eke was a director of Roldec Systems plc from 1994 to 1999. Roldec Systems plc was wound up by way of a creditors' voluntary liquidation in March 1999.

Mr. Joshi has held the following directorships within the last five years:

Past

Exploration II Inc.

Military Parts Exchange LLC

No further information regarding the appointments of Mr. Eke and Mr. Joshi to the Board is required to be disclosed under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Inquiries:

 

Billing Services Group Limited +1 210 949 7000

Greg Carter

Norm Phipps

 

Evolution Securities Limited +44 (0) 20 7071 4300

Stuart Andrews

 

Media Relations +1 210 326 8992

Leslie Komet Ausburn

 

 

 

About BSG

Billing Services Group Limited is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, USA and traded on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: BILL). For over 20 years, BSG has been a leading provider of clearing, settlement, payment and financial risk management solutions for the telecommunications industry, merchants and online stores. For more information on BSG, visit www.bsgclearing.com.

 

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