Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2208B

CVS Group plc

02 April 2013

 



2 April 2013

CVS Group plc

("CVS" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

CVS, one of the UK's leading providers of veterinary services, is pleased to announce that, further to the Company's Interim Results dated 13 March 2013, Mike McCollum has been appointed to its board of directors (the "Board") as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Mr. McCollum is Chief Executive Officer of Dignity plc ("Dignity"). Mr. McCollum joined Dignity's former parent, Service Corporation International, in 1995 from KPMG Corporate Finance in London. He was appointed as the Finance Director of Dignity at the end of 2001 and became Chief Executive Officer at the beginning of 2009. He has a law degree from Birmingham University (LL.B), is a qualified solicitor and also holds an MBA from Warwick University.

Commenting on the appointment, Richard Connell, Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, said: "We welcome Mike to the Board of the Company and we believe his knowledge and experience of a business that that has performed consistently well, enjoys strong growth opportunities and has a similar growth strategy to that of CVS will be invaluable to the Company."

Contacts:

CVS Group plc Simon Innes, Chief Executive Nick Perrin, Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
N+1 Singer - Nominated Adviser & Broker Aubrey Powell Alex Wright	Tel: [phone]

Appendix - Information required under AIM rules

Michael Kinloch McCollum, aged 45, holds no shares in the Company. Save as disclosed below, there are no further disclosures to be made under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

Current directorships

The following directorships are related to Mr. McCollum's position at Dignity plc:

A. HAZEL & SONS LIMITED A. SHEPHERD & SONS LIMITED A.AND N.DUCKWORTH LIMITED A.ASHTON AND SONS LIMITED A.BENNETT & SONS LIMITED A.F. TOWNSEND (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED A.HAXBY & SONS (FILEY) LIMITED A.T. GENDERS LIMITED A.V.BAND LIMITED ABBEY FUNERAL SERVICE LTD. ADELA FUNERAL HOMES LIMITED ADVANCE PLANNING LIMITED ANGLIAN FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED ARMITAGE (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED ARTHUR DENYER LIMITED ARTHUR G. WHITEHEAD (WESTMINSTER) LIMITED ASHTON & EBBUTT LIMITED ASHTON EBBUTT HOLDINGS LIMITED ASHTON MEMORIALS LIMITED ASHTONS (BRIGHTON) LIMITED ASSOCIATED FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED B & B FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED B. BERNARD & SONS LIMITED BAGULEY BROS., LIMITED BANKS FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED BIRKBECK SECURITIES LIMITED BIRMINGHAM CREMATORIUM (1973) LIMITED BOYCE ANDERSON MOTORS LIMITED BRACHER BROTHERS LIMITED BRIGHTON STONEMASONS LIMITED BROADWATER LIMOUSINES LIMITED C. POWELL FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED CALEDONIAN FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED CARRWOOD FUNERAL SUPPLIES LIMITED CASTLE COURT FUNERAL & LIMOUSINE SERVICES LIMITED CHICHESTER CREMATORIUM LIMITED CHOSEN HERITAGE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED CHOSEN HERITAGE LIMITED CHOSEN HERITAGE SERVICES LIMITED CLEGG HUMPHREYS LIMITED COOKSEY & SON LIMITED COOKSLEY & SON LIMITED COOMBES & SONS (BOVEY TRACEY) LIMITED COUNTIES CREMATORIUM LIMITED COYNE BROTHERS LIMITED CREMATORIUM COMPANY LIMITED (THE) CYRIL H.LOVEGROVE LIMITED D J THOMAS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED D. WALSH & SON LIMITED D.J. EVANS FORSE & CO. LIMITED DALY AND COMPANY LIMITED DAVID B. HENDRY LIMITED DAVID SILVEY & SON LIMITED DAVIS MCMULLAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED DIGNITY (2002) LIMITED DIGNITY (2004) LIMITED DIGNITY (2008) LIMITED DIGNITY (2009) LIMITED DIGNITY (2011) LIMITED DIGNITY CARING FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED DIGNITY CREMATORIA LIMITED DIGNITY FINANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED DIGNITY FINANCE PLC DIGNITY FUNERALS LIMITED DIGNITY FUNERALS NO.2 LIMITED DIGNITY HOLDINGS LIMITED DIGNITY HOLDINGS NO.2 LIMITED DIGNITY IN DESTINY LIMITED DIGNITY LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED DIGNITY MANUFACTURING LIMITED DIGNITY MEZZCO LIMITED DIGNITY PLC DIGNITY PRE ARRANGEMENT LIMITED DIGNITY SECURITIES LIMITED DIGNITY SERVICES DILLISTONE FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED DOCKLANDS FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED DOTTRIDGE BROTHERS LIMITED DOWNER & WHITE LIMITED DOWNS CREMATORIUM LIMITED DOWSETT & JENKINS LIMITED DUNDEE CREMATORIUM LIMITED DUNNING (UNDERTAKING) LIMITED DYSON RICHARDS LIMITED E HURTON & SON LIMITED E. BRIGHAM FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED E. FINCH AND SONS LIMITED E.F.EDWARDS LIMITED E.M.LANDER, LIMITED E.SEYMOUR & SON LIMITED EARL OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED EDEN PARK ESTATE LIMITED EDMUND & LEWIS LIMITED EDWARD LEWIS WICKS & SONS, LIMITED ELY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED EVER 1324 LIMITED EVER 1326 LIMITED EVER 1327 LIMITED EXETER AND DEVON CREMATORIUM LIMITED F. HARRISON & SON (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED F. KNEESHAW & SONS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED F. SMITH & SON (STAINES) LIMITED F.E.J. GREEN & SONS LIMITED F.G. PYMM (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED F.L. MILDRED AND SONS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED FAREBROTHER FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED FISHER & TOWNSEND (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) FLOWERS BY DESIGN LIMITED FORD ENNALS FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED FORETHOUGHT LIMITED FRANCIS CHAPPEL & SONS LIMITED FRANK STEPHENSON & SON (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED FREDERICK W. CHITTY & CO. LIMITED FREDK. W. PAINE LIMITED FUNERAL DEBT COLLECTION LIMITED FUNERAL SERVICES LONDON LIMITED G GAMBLE & SON LIMITED G. M. CHARLESWORTH & SON LIMITED G. SMITH (WOOBURN) LIMITED G.F. COOK (FUNERALS) LIMITED G.F. HUNT (BATH) LIMITED GEORGE HALL & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED GEORGE S. MUNN & COMPANY, LIMITED GEORGE STANTON (1935) LIMITED GERALD MARTIN FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED GINNS & GUTTERIDGE LIMITED GORNALLS FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED, GRAVE DESIGN LIMITED GREAT SOUTHERN GROUP LIMITED GRIMMETT & TIMMS LIMITED H & G WILDE FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED H. DORRICOTT AND J. BENT LIMITED H. HILL FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED H. TOWELL LTD H.A.HARROLD & SON LIMITED H.COPELAND & SON LIMITED H.G.BROWN & SANDERS, LIMITED H.J. DAWSON LIMITED H.J. WHALLEY & SONS LIMITED H.J.PHILLIPS & SON (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED H.LESLIE HUMPHREYS LIMITED H.R.H. HOLDINGS LIMITED H.TONKIN LIMITED HAMBROOK & JOHNS LIMITED HANNINGTONS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED HARDACRES FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED HARRY WILLIAMS & SONS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED HEIGHTON & SON LTD. HEMLEY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED HENRY NAYLOR (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED HENRY PAUL LIMITED HENRY SMITH (WANDSWORTH) LIMITED HIGHFIELD FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED HINDU FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED HODGSON HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED HODGSON HOLDINGS LIMITED HOLDFAST (FUNERALS) LIMITED HOWARD JENKINS (EDGE HILL) LIMITED HUNTERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED

INGALL SERVICES LIMITED INVICTA MEMORIALS LIMITED J. KYNASTON LIMITED J. STEADMAN & SONS LIMITED J.D. FIELD & SONS LIMITED J.H. KENYON LIMITED J.H. RAVEN LIMITED J.W. TATE & SON LIMITED J.W.TATE & SON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED JACK LEE & SONS LIMITED JAMES ALLEN & SON (DISLEY) LIMITED JAMES CROOK LIMITED JOHN & WILLIAM SHERING LIMITED JOHN BARDGETT & SONS, LIMITED JOHN G.ASHTON & CO. (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED JOHNSON FUNERAL SUPPLIES LIMITED JOHNSON-SEARS LIMITED JONATHAN HARVEY LIMITED JOSEPH SWIFT (FUNERAL DIRECTOR) LIMITED JOSEPH TOMLINSON & SONS LIMITED JOSLIN MEMORIALS (1974) LIMITED KELLAWAYS (FUNERAL SERVICE) LIMITED KEN GREGORY & SONS LIMITED KENT FUNERAL SUPPLIES LIMITED KENYON AIR TRANSPORTATION LIMITED KENYON EMERGENCY SERVICES LIMITED KENYON REPATRIATION LTD KENYON SECURITIES LIMITED KENYONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED KIRKWOODS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED L. FULCHER LIMITED L.J.CLEGG LIMITED LAMBETH & BRIXTON COMMUNITY FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED LAMBETH FUNERAL SERVICES LTD. LAWRENCE FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED (THE) LEA VALLEY FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED LEEDS LIMOUSINES LIMITED LEEHOPE SERVICES LIMITED LEVERTON FUNERAL SERVICE (DARTFORD) LIMITED (THE) LONDON NECROPOLIS COMPANY LIMITED LONGHURST (UNDERTAKERS) LIMITED LOWDEN WELLS LIMITED MACINTOSH & STEVEN LIMITED MALCOLM J PRESLAND LIMITED MANNERINGS LIMITED MATHIAS'S OF PUTNEY LIMITED MAXWELL BROS, LIMITED MEADOW POOL LIMITED MEWS AND YEATMANS LIMITED MID SUSSEX FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED MIDDLETON & WOOD (1919) LIMITED MONUMENTAL MASONS LIMITED MOODY'S FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED MORAY CREMATORIUM HOLDINGS LTD. MORAY CREMATORIUM LIMITED MORECAMBE & HEYSHAM FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED NATIONAL FUNERAL TRUST LIMITED NEWPORT HIRE (I.W.) LIMITED NEWSOME'S FUNERAL SERVICE (ROYSTON) LIMITED NORFOLK CREMATORIUM, LIMITED NORTHAMPTON CREMATORIUM LIMITED NORWICH CREMATORIUM HOLDINGS LIMITED NORWICH CREMATORIUM LIMITED OXFORD CREMATORIUM LIMITED PATRICK STONEMASONS LIMITED PERSONAL CHOICE FUNERAL PLAN LIMITED PFG HODGSON KENYON (SERVICES) LIMITED PFG HODGSON KENYON (UK) LIMITED PFG HODGSON KENYON LIMITED PHILIP FORD & SON (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED PHILLIPS FUNERAL PLANS LIMITED PHILLIPS FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED PHILLIPS HOLDINGS (HERTFORDSHIRE) LIMITED PHILLIPS SUPPLIES LIMITED PICCIONI (MASONRY) LIMITED PLANTSBROOK GROUP LIMITED PLANTSBROOK LIMITED PRESTON IRELAND BOWKER LIMITED PRIESTLEY & COCKETT LIMITED R GARNER, SON & WOOD, LIMITED R. DAVIES & SON LTD R.BUTLER & SONS LIMITED R.C.HOLDEN & SON LIMITED R.S. JOHNSON & SONS LIMITED R.S.SCOTT (FUNERALS) LIMITED RAVENHILL FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED REMEMBRANCE LIMITED ROBEMANOR LIMITED ROBERTS & BRAIN LIMITED ROMNEY MARSH FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED ROSSPARK LIMITED S WELLENS & SONS LIMITED S.A.BATES AND SONS LIMITED SAFTWAY LIMITED SALENEW LIMITED SANDERS GOODALE & CO.LIMITED SCI PRE ARRANGEMENT LIMITED SEAFORD FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED SEDDONS OF SOUTHPORT LIMITED SELIM SMITH & CO. LIMITED SERENITY LIMITED SHANKILL FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED SILVER LADY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED SIMPLICITY FUNERALS LIMITED SIMPSONS (UNDERTAKERS REQUISITES) LIMITED SOUTH LONDON AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES CREMATION SOCIETY LIMITED (THE) SOUTH LONDON CREMATORIUM CO LIMITED (THE) STANWAY & GARNETT FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED SWIFT AND MILDRED LIMITED T. & R. O'BRIEN LIMITED T. H. SANDERS & HIGGS LIMITED T.H.FENTON LIMITED T.H.SANDERS & SONS LIMITED T.J.DAVIES & SONS (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED T.S. ANNISON & SONS LIMITED T.S. HORLOCK & SON LIMITED TAYLORS FUNERALS (WIRRAL) LIMITED THE DIGNITY PLAN LIMITED THE EAST RIDING CREMATORIUM COMPANY LIMITED THE HALTEMPRICE CREMATORIUM LIMITED THOMAS BROTHERS (WELLINGTON AND TAUNTON) LIMITED THOMPSONS (BUSBYS) LIMITED THOMPSONS (FUNERAL FURNISHERS) LIMITED THOMPSONS (MAGUIRES) LIMITED THOMPSONS (RIMMERS) LIMITED TITFORD FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED (THE) TOVEY & MORRIS LIMITED U.F.D. LIMITED UK FUNERALS LIMITED UKF LIMITED W. THORP & SONS (LEIGH-ON-SEA) LIMITED W.E. TURNER (FUNERAL FURNISHERS) LIMITED W.G. DIXON, LIMITED W.G. RATHBONE FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED W.GARSTIN & SONS LIMITED W.S. BOND LIMITED W.S.HARRISON & SON, LIMITED WALMSLEY HAMMOND (RAYLEIGH) LIMITED WARBURTON FUNERALS LIMITED WETTON FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED WHITE LADY FUNERALS LIMITED WHYTE FUNERAL SERVICES LTD. WILLIAM PEARCE & SON, LIMITED WILMSHURST & DICKSON LIMITED WOODFIELD PARK FUNERAL HOME LTD YEW HOLDINGS LIMITED

The following directorship is not related to Mr. McCollum's position at Dignity plc:

FUNERAL PLANNING AUTHORITY LIMITED

Past directorships held within the last 5 years

VSH INVESTMENTS LIMITED (INACTIVE ON DISSOLUTION AT 10 JUNE 2008)

 

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