Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1881B

AIM Investments PLC

22 October 2009

 



22 October 2009

AIM Investments plc

("AIM Investments" or 'the Company')

Directorate Change

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hume-Kendall as Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. 

Simon has extensive public company board experience having served as a director on a number of FTSE listed companies. He is currently an Ambassador in the Kent & Sussex Region for Clydesdale Bank Plc and held the Chair of the regional Ambassadors between 2005 and 2008. He has a number of personal business interests such as Lamberhurst Vineyard and Bewl Water both in Kent, which earned him the West Kent Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2008/2009. 

In 2008, Simon sold his Kent-based Hop Farm and associated businesses. In 1991, he sold Tower Heritage Hotels, the chain of 7 hotels he founded in 1985. Prior to his involvement in the leisure industry, Simon spent 25 years in the shipping industry and was co-founder of Burren Energy plc. He was involved in a number of shipping groups such as Anon, Seascope, Norex and Appledore. Simon was a Director, and at one time Vice President, of Crystal Palace football club throughout the 1990s. He is also the Chair of the Tunbridge Wells' Conservative Party Group and Deputy Chair of the South East's Conservative Party Group.

Simon Hume-Kendall holds no shares in the Company.

Simon Hume-Kendall's directorships (current and held within the previous five years) are as follows:

Current Directorships

Bewl Water Boating Limited

Bewl Water Fishing Limited

Kent & Sussex attractions Limited

Lake District Cabins Ltd

Lamberhurst Estate Limited

Lamberhurst Holdings Limited

LV Management Limited

Northern Attractions LLP

RISC Holdings Ltd

Past Directorships

BWM Associates Limited

BRN Realisations Limited 

Central Technical Unit Holdings plc

English Wines Group Plc

Grapevine Oast Limited 

Hop Farm Enterprises Limited 

Hop Farm Real Estate Limited

Hop Farm Trading Limited

Hubstore Limited 

Lamberhurst Hotels Limited 

Lamberhurst Inns Limited 

London & Athens Limited 

London & Athens (agencies) Limited 

RISC Services Limited 

Sport Media Group Plc

Sport Newspapers Limited

The Hop Farm Limited

The Vines Bungalow Limited 

Ticehurst Property Services Limited

Simon Hume-Kendall's was a director at the time, or within twelve months, of the following companies going into receivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation, administration, company voluntary arrangement or composition with creditors generally or any class of its creditors:

i)          Stenoak Associated Services PIc (“Stenoak”) which went into administrative receivership on 8 July 2002, and in respect of which an order for winding up was granted on 13 November 2002 under The Insolvency Act 1986. Stenoak was a holding company which held investments in various group companies. Having regard to the statement of affairs filed at Companies House, the estimated deficiency as regards creditors was approximately £15,404,000;

 

ii)         Progressive Shipmanagement Limited in relation to which an administration order was made on 29 January 1996. The administration order was discharged on 14 July 1997 when Progressive Shipmanagement Limited went into compulsory liquidation and a court order was made for its winding up under the Insolvency Act 1986 and for the appointment of an administrator liquidator. There was no statement of affairs in respect of this liquidation;

 

iii)                 Crystal Palace F.C. (1986) Limited from which he resigned as a director on 18 August 1999. He was a director of such company when it went into administration on 31 March 1999. The administration order was discharged on 14 May 2003 when the company was put into creditors voluntary liquidation. There was an estimated deficiency to creditors of approximately £9,889,000; and

 

iv)                 Lamberhurst Vineyard Management Limited from which he resigned as a director on 18 April 2006. The company was put into creditors voluntary liquidation on 28 March 2007. According to the statement of affairs there was an estimated deficiency to creditors of approximately £481,110.

No other information falls to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) of the AIM rules with regard to Simon Hume-Kendall.

Andrew Fletcher/ Alexandra Eavis AIM Investments plc www.aiminvestmentsplc.com	08702 701 111
ZAI Corporate Finance Ltd Ray Zimmerman/David Newton/Jonathan Evans www.zaicf.com	020 7060 1760

 

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