Directorate Change

27 April 2016

Chemring Group PLC

("Chemring" or "the Group")

Directorate Change

Chemring today announces that Andy Hamment, a Non-Executive Director of the Group, will step down from the Board on 30 April 2016.Mr Hamment joined the Board of Chemring on 1 July 2013, and announced his intention to retire from the Board for personal reasons on 21 January 2016. 

ENDS

For further information:

Rupert Pittman, Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Chemring Group PLC 01794 833901

Andrew Jaques/John Olsen/James White, MHP Communications 0203 128 8100

Notes to Editors

· Chemring is a global business that specialises in the manufacture of high technology products and the provision of services to the aerospace, defence and security markets

· Employing approximately 3,000 people worldwide, and with production facilities in four countries, Chemring meets the needs of customers in more than fifty countries

· Chemring is now organised under three strategic product segments: Countermeasures, Sensors & Electronics, and Energetic Systems

· Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that deliver high reliability solutions to protect people, platforms, missions and information against constantly changing threats

· Operating in niche markets and with strong investment in research and development, Chemring has the agility to rapidly react to urgent customer needs

www.chemring.co.uk