Directorate Changes and Update

RNS Number : 5438L

Altitude Group PLC

28 April 2015

 



ALTITUDE GROUP PLC

("Altitude", the "Company" or the "Group")

Directorate Changes and Update

Altitude announces certain changes to the Board of the Company and a restructuring of the operations of the Group.

Board changes

Richard Sowerby, who was previously Finance Director, has been appointed Executive Chairman; Vicky Robinson, who is Managing Director of the Company's subsidiary, Trade Only Limited, has been appointed Group Managing Director and Peter Hallett has been appointed a Non-Executive Director.  In addition, Martin Varley has been re-appointed to the Board in the role of Group Commercial Director.

Stephen Yapp has left the Board in order to pursue other business opportunities.

Vicky Robinson has worked for Altitude for over ten years and has most recently been responsible for the successful UK Exhibitions, Technology and Information businesses.  She has an MBA from Manchester Business School and has over 20 years' experience within the markets that Altitude operates.  Vicky is the beneficial owner of 652,158 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 1.5% of the issued share capital.

Peter Hallett is an experienced public company director and was until early 2014 Group Chief Financial Officer of both Redcentric plc ("Redcentric"), the AIM-quoted UK network and cloud managed service provider, and Castleton Technology plc ("Castleton"), the AIM-quoted infrastructure and network managed services provider.  Castleton was previously named Redstone plc ("Redstone"), from which Redcentric was demerged in April 2013.  Peter played an instrumental role in the demerger process, which was the culmination of a successful and complex turnaround of Redstone commencing on his appointment in 2009.  In addition Peter was previously finance director of Texas Homecare and First Quench.

Update

The Board is in the process of implementing a restructuring of the Group's operations in order to enhance efficiency and reduce overheads.  The restructuring will include a combination of business units and will result in a number of redundancies.

The Board expects that the restructuring can be achieved without an impact on levels of business and will result in a material reduction in ongoing costs.

Enquiries:

Altitude Group plc
Richard Sowerby (Executive Chairman)	Tel: [phone]
WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Tim Feather Liam Gribben

APPENDIX

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Victoria Ann Robinson, aged 39, is currently a director of the following companies:

The Advertising Products Group Limited

Boxcam Limited

Charles Franklin Limited

Customer Focus Exhibitions Limited

Promoserve Business Systems Limited

Trade Only Limited

Trade Only Technology Services Limited

Peter John Hallett, aged 57, is, or has been within the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

Current	Previous
Paradigm Global (Holdings) Limited	Caltell Communications Limited
Paradigm Global Services (UK)	Castleton Communications Limited
	Castleton Technology Plc
	Compass Communications Technical Services Limited
	Compass Telecom Limited
	Comunica Group Limited
	Dialnet Plc
	Essential Network Solutions Limited
	Fastnet Consulting Services Limited
	Fastnet Group Limited
	Fastnet Systems Plc
	Fenfones Communications Limited
	Genesis Telecommunications Limited
	IDN Telecom Limited
	Independent Digital Networks Limited
	Isomatrix Uk Limited
	Lend Lease Construction Management Services (One) Limited
	Marcom Communications Limited
	Net Quest Solutions Limited
	Pure Networks Limited
	Redcentric Managed Solutions Limited
	Redstone Converged Solutions Limited
	Redstone Group Holdings Limited
	Redstone I4E Limited
	Redstone Telecom Holdings Limited

Martin Roy Varley aged 52, is, or has been within the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

Current	Previous
Artworktool LLC.	Advertising Gifts.net Limited
Trade Only Limited	Altitude Group plc
Trade Only Technology Services Limited	Business Gifts Limited
	Corporate Gifts Limited
	Corporate Solutions (UK) Limited
	Silent Kite Limited

Martin is the beneficial owner of 11,472,559 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 26.7% of the issued share capital.

There are no further disclosures required in accordance with the AIM Rules.

 

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