Appointment of Nominated Advisor and Joint Brokers

RNS Number : 2382S

CVS Group plc

13 July 2022

 

13 July 2022

CVS Group Plc

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

Appointment of Nominated Advisor and Joint Brokers

CVS, the AIM-quoted veterinary group and one of the UK's leading providers of integrated veterinary services, announces that it has appointed Peel Hunt LLP as its nominated advisor and both Peel Hunt LLP and Berenberg as its joint brokers with immediate effect.

CVS would like to thank their outgoing nominated advisor, Singer Capital Markets, for their support and advice over the past ten years.

The Company also announces the information relating to directors' disclosures pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies as set out in the Appendix below.

Contacts:

CVS Group plc	via MHP Communications
Richard Fairman, CEO
Jenny Farrer, Company Secretary
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Advisor & Broker)	[phone]
Adrian Trimmings / Michael Burke / Andrew Clark / Lalit Bose
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Toby Flaux / Ben Wright / Ciaran Walsh / Milo Bonser	[phone]
MHP Communications (Financial PR) Andrew Jaques / Simon Hockridge / Rachel Farrington / Charles Hirst	[phone]

About CVS Group plc ( www.cvsukltd.co.uk )

CVS Group is an AIM-quoted fully-integrated provider of veterinary services in the UK, with practices in the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland. CVS is focused on providing high quality clinical services to its customers and their animals, with outstanding and dedicated clinical teams and support colleagues at the core of its strategy.

The Group has c.500 veterinary practices across its three markets, including eight specialist referral hospitals and 35 dedicated out-of-hours sites. Alongside the core Veterinary Practices division, CVS operates Laboratories (providing diagnostic services to CVS and third-parties), Crematoria (providing pet cremation and clinical waste disposal for CVS and third-party practices), Buying Groups and the Group's online retail business ("Animed Direct").

 The Group employs c.7,900 personnel, including c.2,100 veterinary surgeons and c.2,900  nurses.

Appendix

The Company announces the following information relating to directors' disclosures pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

At the time of appointment of Richard Connell to the Board of the Company on 18 September 2007, the below disclosures were omitted: Richard Connell, Non-Executive Chairman, held the following directorships within five years of his appointment:

-  Keston Boilers Limited

-  Keston Holdings Limited

-  Keston Boilers Sales Limited

-  Cory Environmental Holdings Limited

-  Unifeeder A/S

-  Unifeeder Netherlands branch of Unifeeder A/S

At the time of appointment of Deborah Kemp to the Board of the Company on 2 January 2018, the following disclosure was omitted: Deborah Kemp, Non-Executive Director, held the following directorships within five years of her appointment to the Board of the Company; Doves Limited and William H.Painter Limited.

At the time of appointment of David Wilton to the Board of the Company on 23 September 2021, the following disclosure was omitted: David Wilton, Non-Executive Director, held the following directorship within five years of his appointment to the Board of the Company; Pacman Acquisition Sub, Inc.

 

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