Directorate Change

RNS Number : 8625G

4imprint Group PLC

11 August 2016

 

For immediate release                                                                                                                            11 August 2016

4imprint Group plc Board Changes - Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman

4imprint Group plc ("4imprint", "the Group") the leading international direct marketer of promotional products announces the appointment of Paul Moody as Non-Executive Chairman.

Mr. Moody will take up the role of Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 1 December 2016 when the present Chairman, John Poulter, will retire. Mr. Poulter had announced at the 2016 Annual General Meeting that he would be retiring towards the end of the year.

Mr. Moody serves on the Board of Johnson Service Group plc as Non-Executive Chairman and is also a Non-Executive Director of Pets at Home Group plc.  He has been a Non-Executive Director of 4imprint since February 2016.

He has extensive public company experience and spent seventeen years at Britvic plc, including the last eight years as Chief Executive.

John Warren, the Senior Independent Director of 4imprint said:

"I am pleased that Paul is to become Non-Executive Chairman of 4imprint, following his recent tenure as a Non-Executive Director of the Group. He has extensive commercial and leadership experience and I look forward to working with him in the continuing development of the business.

"The Board would like to thank John Poulter for his valuable contribution to 4imprint since joining the Board in May 2010 and becoming Executive Chairman in September 2010, a period which has seen a radical transformation of the company, and to wish him well for the future."

Mr. Moody said:

"I am delighted to be appointed as Non-Executive Chairman and very much look forward to working with my colleagues on the Board in the continued development of the business."

There are no further disclosure requirements under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect of Mr. Moody's appointment as Chairman.

For further information please contact:

MHP Communications

Katie Hunt / Reg Hoare

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 3128 8794

 

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