Director Declaration

RNS Number : 2562J

Telecom Plus PLC

01 December 2008

 



1 December 2008 

Telecom plus PLC (the 'Company')

Directorate Change

Director Declaration

As announced in its interim results issued on Wednesday 26 November 2008, Telecom plus PLC, (trading as the Utility Warehouse), which supplies a wide range of utility services (gas, electricity, fixed line telephony, mobile telephony and broadband internet) to both residential and business customers, confirms that Andrew Lindsay MBE has joined the Board in the role of Chief Operating Officer. He was formerly the Company's Commercial Director.  

Andrew, 31, joined Telecom plus in April 2007 after leading a management buy-out of Ryness Lighting & Electrical, a London-based distributor and retailer of small electrical goods in 2006. He started his career with three years as an analyst in the UK Mergers & Acquisitions team at Goldman Sachs.  

Andrew graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford with a first class degree in Geography and represented the university in the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race three times.  He subsequently won a Gold Medal rowing in the Men's VIII for Great Britain at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.  

The Company confirms that there is no further information to be disclosed under paragraphs 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules in respect of the appointment of Andrew Lindsay as an executive director.

Mr Lindsay has a beneficial interest in 6,465 ordinary shares of 5p each, representing approximately 0.01 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

Mr Lindsay holds the following share options:

	Total	Exercise price per share	Exercisable from	Expiry date
30 August 2007	75,000	171p	30 August 2010	29 August 2017
12 June 2008	217,400	330.5p	12 June 2011	11 June 2018

For more information please contact: 

Telecom plus PLC
Charles Wigoder, Chief Executive	020 8955 5000
Richard Hateley, Finance Director
KBC Peel Hunt
Richard Kauffer / Nicholas Marren	020 7418 8900
Smithfield
Reg Hoare / Katie Hunt / Will Henderson	020 7360 4900

About Telecom plus PLC:

Telecom plus, which owns and operates the Utility Warehouse brand, is the UK's only fully integrated provider of a wide range of competitively priced utility services spanning both the Communications and Energy markets. 

Customers benefit from the convenience of a single monthly bill, consistently good value across all their utilities and exceptional levels of customer service. The Company does not advertise, relying instead on 'word of mouth' recommendation by existing satisfied customers in order to grow their market share.

Telecom plus is listed on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker: TEP LN). For further information please visit: www.telecomplus.co.uk.

 

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