Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7554B

Acal PLC

21 August 2008

 



FOR RELEASE

7.00 AM

21 AUGUST 2008

ACAL plc 

(Leading pan-European, value-added technology based distributor 

providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services)

ACAL PLC - BOARD CHANGE

Acal plc ('Acal') announces that Jim Virdee, who has been Finance Director of Acal since 1993, has stepped down from that position.

Malcolm Cooper, who has worked within the Acal group for over nine years and has been Group Financial Controller since 2004 is appointed as Finance Director of Acal with immediate effect.

Mr Cooper qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and prior to joining Acal worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and the BOC Group.

There are no matters requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

Contacts

Richard Moon - Chairman    01483 544500

Brian Coleman-Smith - Cubitt Consulting 020 7367 5100 / 07802 724 400

Notes to Editors:

1                    The Acal Group is a leading European technology based distributor providing specialist design-in, sales, marketing and other services through two divisions: Electronics and Parts Services. Its value-added philosophy and geographic coverage enables Acal to provide specialist knowledge and support to customers on a pan-European basis.

 

2                    Acal has operating companies in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. Westech Electronics, an associated company, is based in Singapore and covers the Far East region.

 

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