Directorate Change and Board Committees

RNS Number : 1437H

Cineworld Group plc

11 March 2015

 

Cineworld Group Plc ("Cineworld" or the "Company")

Directorate Change and Board Committees

Cineworld Group Plc announces the following proposed changes to its Board which will take effect from the Annual General Meeting of the Company due to be held on 26 May 2015 ("AGM"):

·    David Maloney and Peter Williams, both of whom have been Non-Executive Directors for nine years and so will cease to be considered independent, will leave the Board at the AGM. At the same time, the Company will be proposing the appointment of one new Non-Executive Director, Julie Southern.  Her appointment will be subject to shareholder approval at the AGM. 

·    Julie Southern currently holds Non-Executive roles (and is Chairman of the Audit Committee) at Rentokil-Initial Plc and DFS Furniture Plc. She is also a Non-Executive Director of NXP Semiconductors N.V..  Julie brings decades of experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, driving strategy, revenue and commercial planning. She has worked across multiple industry sectors and sizes of organisation including PwC, WH Smith, Porsche Cars and Virgin Atlantic.

There is no other information required to be disclosed under listing Rule 9.6.13R.

Julie Southern will become the Chair of the Audit Committee at the Company on appointment and Martina King, a current Non-Executive Director, will become the Chair of the Remuneration Committee at the same time. 

It is anticipated that a second new Non-Executive Director will be identified and announced in due course and, following that announcement, other revisions to the composition of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees of the Board will be made.

Cineworld Chairman Anthony Bloom said:

"David and Peter have been invaluable members of the Cineworld Board over the last nine years. On behalf of Cineworld and the shareholders I would like to thank them both for their dedication and diligence. We also look forward to welcoming, if elected, Julie Southern, who will commence her role following the AGM. The business will greatly benefit from her experience and skill sets."

For further information please contact:

Cineworld Group PLC                                       [phone]

Anthony Bloom, Chairman

Philip Bowcock, Chief Financial Officer

Bell Pottinger                                                  [phone]

Elly Williamson

Charlie Harrison

Notes to editors

About Cineworld Group plc

Cineworld Group plc was founded in 1995 and listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange in May 2007.

The company has grown organically and by acquisition to become one of the leading cinema Groups in Europe with the number one or number two position by number of screens in each of its regions.  Cineworld currently operates 1,880 screens across 205 sites in the UK and Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Israel.

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