Directorate Change

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ASOS PLC

06 August 2009

 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

6 August 2009

ASOS plc ('ASOS')

A leading internet based fashion retailer

Board Appointment 

Karen Jones appointed Non-Executive Director 

ASOS is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Jones (age 53) as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2009.

Karen Jones is the Founder and current Chairman of Food & Fuel Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Booker Group plc, Virgin Active Group Ltd and Royal National Theatre Enterprises. She was previously Chief Executive of Spirit Group Limited and a former Non-Executive Director of HBOS plc, Gondola Holdings plc and Emap plc, among others, and was the co-founder of Café Rouge and the Pelican Group plc.

Lord Alli, the Chairman of ASOS, commenting on the appointment said:

'We are delighted to welcome Karen Jones to the Board.  Karen has shown her ability to nurture and develop fast growing businesses and I am confident that her managerial, strategic and international experience will be integral to the continued success of ASOS.'  

Save as disclosed at the end of this announcement, there are no other details regarding Karen Elisabeth Dind Jones that are required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules. 

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For further information contact: 

ASOS plc                                    Tel: [phone]

Nick Robertson, Chief Executive 

Nick Beighton, Finance Director 

Cubitt Consulting                      Tel: [phone]

Brian Coleman-Smith / Nicola Krafft / James Verstringhe

JPMorgan Cazenove                  Tel: [phone]

Luke Bordewich / Gina Gibson 

Numis                                         Tel: [phone]

Alex Ham / Mark Lander

Background note

ASOS is rapidly becoming the market leader in the UK online fashion world. The business continues to generate profitable growth despite continued investment in operational resources and enjoys strong and increasing barriers to entry.

Established in June 2000 and admitted to AIM in October 2001, ASOS is the UK's largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer and offers over 24,700 branded and own label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty with approximately 1000 new product lines being introduced each week.

Aimed primarily at fashion forward 16-34 year olds, ASOS attracts over 5.4 million unique visitors a month and as at 31 May 2009 had 2.4 million registered users and 1.2 million active customers (defined as having shopped in the last 6 months). www.asos.com

Karen Elisabeth Dind Jones-Information required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules

Current directorships:  

Arem Foundation Limited  

Booker Group plc 

Bricks and Fuel Limited

Food & Fuel Limited  

Front Page Holdings Limited  

Front Page Pubs Limited  

Royal National Theatre Enterprises Ltd  

Virgin Active Group Ltd 

Schedule of previous directorships (resigned within the last five years):

Aspect Leisure Activities Limited  

Aspect Ventures Limited  

AVL (Pubs) No.1 Limited  

AVL (Pubs) No.2 Limited  

Bank of Scotland Plc  

Barnaby's Carvery Limited  

Barshelf 2 Limited  

British Beer & Pub Association  

Broadway Inns Limited  

Catertour Limited  

Chef & Brewer Hotels Limited  

Chef & Brewer Limited  

Cheshire Hotels (Developments) Limited  

Cheshire Hotels Limited  

City Limits Limited  

Cleveland Place Holdings Limited  

Clivara Limited  

Country Fayre Restaurants Limited  

Country Grill Restaurants Limited  

CPH (R&L) No.1 Limited  

CPH (R&L) No.2 Limited  

CPH Palladium Limited  

Dearg Limited  

Emap International Limited  

Freehouse Limited  

Freshwild Limited  

Gondola Holdings Limited  

Halifax Limited  

HBOS Plc  

Homespreads Limited  

Huggins And Company Limited  

John Barras & Co Limited  

Little London Pubs Limited  

London Pub-Restaurants Limited  

London Tourist Pubs Limited  

Mountloop Limited  

Narnain  

New Pubco (SLB) Limited  

New Pubco Holdings Limited  

Newpubco (MC) Limited  

Open House Limited  

Partstripe Limited  

Pelican Restaurants Limited  

Premier Inn Hotels Limited  

Prestbury Wentworth Intermediate Limited  

Punch Pub Company Limited

Punch Pub Company (Pubs) Limited

Punch Pub Company (Supply) Limited  

Punch Taverns (PPCF) Limited  

R.V. Goodhew Limited  

Readystripe Limited  

Schooner Inns Limited  

Southern Inns Limited  

Spirit (AKE Holdings) Limited  

Spirit (BRB) Limited  

Spirit (CCR) Limited  

Spirit (Faith) Limited  

Spirit (Lodges Holdings) Limited  

Spirit (OOL) Limited  

Spirit (PSC) Limited  

Spirit (SGL) Limited  

Spirit Acquisition Properties Limited  

Spirit Acquisitions Guarantee Limited  

Spirit Acquisitions Holdings Limited  

Spirit Financial Holdings Limited  

Spirit Group Equity Limited  

Spirit Group Finco Limited  

Spirit Group Holdings Limited  

Spirit Group Parent Limited  

Spirit Group Retail (North) Limited  

Spirit Group Retail (Northampton) Limited  

Spirit Group Retail (Pubs) No.1 Limited  

Spirit Group Retail (Pubs) No.2 Limited  

Spirit Group Retail (South) Limited  

Spirit Group Retail Hotels Limited  

Spirit Group Retail Limited  

Spirit Group Retail Pubs and Restaurants Limited  

Spirit Intermediate Holdings Limited  

Spirit Issuer Parent Limited  

Spirit Issuer Plc  

Spirit Managed Funding Limited  

Spirit Managed Holdings Limited  

Spirit Managed Inns Limited  

Spirit Parent Limited  

Spirit Pubs Holding Limited  

Spirit Pubs Parent Limited  

Spirit Retail Bidco Limited  

Springtarn Limited  

Steward and Patteson Limited  

Stickpad Limited  

Telsombe Tavern Limited  

The Chef & Brewer Group Limited  

The Host Group Limited  

The Nice Pub Company Limited  

Tom Cobleigh (Inns) Limited  

Tom Cobleigh (Trading) Limited  

Tom Cobleigh Group Limited  

Tom Cobleigh Holdings Limited  

Tom Cobleigh Limited  

Whitegate Taverns Limited  

 

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