Embargoed: 0715hrs 28 June 2005
INTERNATIONAL BRAND LICENSING PLC
('IBL' or the 'Company')
DIRECTORATE CHANGES
International Brand Licensing Plc ('IBL') today announces the resignation of
its Finance Director, Mark Kirkland, who leaves the Company to pursue other
interests.
The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Foulger as Finance
Director, with immediate effect. Mr. Foulger has considerable public and
private company experience and, most recently, acted as Finance Director in the
significant reversal of FirstAfrica Oil Plc into Financial Development
Corporation Plc. Previously Mr. Foulger worked in the publishing industry with
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (part of News Corp) and was subsequently Finance
Director at Elsevier Science Ltd (a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier plc). Earlier
this year Mr. Foulger led a management buy-out of previously quoted financial
communications group Hansard.
Further information relating to the appointment of Paul Foulger appears at the
foot of this announcement.
Additionally the Company announces that Adam Reynolds, currently a
Non-Executive Director of the Company has now been appointed Non-Executive
Chairman.
IBL Chief Executive, Tony Hutchinson, commented: 'We are delighted to welcome
Paul Foulger to the Board of IBL at this key stage in the Company's
development. His experience will be of great benefit to us as we continue to
grow the business.
I would like to thank Mark Kirkland for his contribution to the company over
the past two and a half years and we wish him well in his future endeavors.'
Appendix
Paul Andrew Peter Foulger FCCA, aged 35, holds or has held the following
directorships and partnerships over the past five years:
Current Past
Hansard Communications.Com Limited FirstAfrica Oil Plc
Hansard Group Limited The Heritage Image Library Limited
Hansard Corporate Limited Heritage Image Partnership Limited
Alan Bailey Studios Limited Fuel IT Limited (company secretary)
Boldwood Limited Fuel Holdings Limited (company secretary)
Cielo Holdings Plc Brainstorm Mobile Solutions Limited
(company secretary)
Table Mountain Minerals Plc Brainstorm Marketing Solutions Limited
(company secretary) (company secretary)
Hallco68 Limited
Hallco70 Limited
Mr Foulger is currently interested in 20,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in IBL
representing 0.06% is the issued share capital of the Company.
Save for the information disclosed above there is no further information
required to be disclosed under Paragraph (f) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
For further details contact:
Tony Hutchinson
Adam Reynolds
International Brand Licensing Plc:
020 7823 1733
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