22 October 2018
Headlam Group plc
("Headlam" or the "Company")
Board Committee Appointments
Headlam Group plc (LSE: HEAD), Europe's largest distributor of floorcoverings, announces that Keith Edelman, who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Headlam with effect from 1 October 2018, has been appointed as a member of Headlam's Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees with effect from 19 October 2018.
Alison Littley, who, as previously announced, will join the Board and become a member of the Remuneration Committee on 1 January 2019, will also be appointed to the Audit and Nomination Committees with effect from that date.
Philip Lawrence has stepped down from the Audit Committee with effect from 19 October 2018.
Headlam Group plc |
Tel: 01675 433 000 |
Steve Wilson, Chief Executive Chris Payne, Chief Financial Officer |
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Investec Bank plc (Corporate Broker) |
Tel: 020 7597 5970 |
David Flin / Alex Wright |
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker) |
Tel: 020 7886 2500 |
Erik Anderson / Andrew Potts / Ailsa MacMaster |
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Buchanan (Financial PR and IR) |
Tel: 020 7466 5000 |
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Catriona Flint |
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Notes for Editors:
Headlam is Europe's largest distributor of floorcoverings having grown significantly via organic growth and acquisition since 1992.
Headlam's core business provides the distribution link between suppliers and customers of floorcoverings, providing suppliers with the greatest coverage and customer penetration for their products across the UK and Continental Europe, and customers with the broadest range of products supported by next day delivery.
The Company is engaged with suppliers across 16 primary countries whose products cover a significant proportion of the floorcoverings market including carpet, residential vinyl, engineered wood, laminate, luxury vinyl tiles, ceramic tiles, underlay and commercial flooring. The Company's customers are within both the residential and commercial sectors and comprise principally independent retailers and flooring contractors.
The Company comprises 65 wholly-owned businesses in the UK and Continental Europe (UK 61, Continental Europe 4) each operating under their own trade brand and utilising their individual sales team which achieves greater market penetration.
Each of the businesses is supported by the Company's centralised and financial resources and extensive distribution network across the UK and Continental Europe.