Hammerson plc (the "Company")
Board Changes
25 January 2019
Following the recent appointment of Terry Duddy as the Interim Chairman of Debenhams plc, the Board of the Company and Terry have mutually agreed that with immediate effect Terry will step down as a Non-Executive Director and the Senior Independent Director of the Company.
Terry has recently completed nine years' service on the Board of Directors and, in accordance with the Company's normal approach, it had been expected that he would step down at the Company AGM in April 2019.
Gwyn Burr has been appointed to act as the Company's new Senior Independent Director with immediate effect. The Company is in the advanced stages of the search for a new Non-Executive Director and an announcement will be made in due course.
Sarah Booth
General Counsel and Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 7887 1000
The announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.