Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2279U

John Lewis Of Hungerford PLC

22 June 2009

 



John Lewis of Hungerford plc

("JLH" or "the Company")

Directorate Change

The Board of JLH is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Elizabeth Stanley (nee Beardsley) as Finance Director with immediate effect. Karen is 42 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. She has extensive experience as a finance director within the construction and property sector after initially training at PwC.

The Company further announces that it has granted Karen Stanley an option under the EMI scheme to acquire 3,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 0.8 pence per share. The vesting period will commence on the third anniversary of the date of grant and end on the day preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

For further information please contact:

Jon Rosby, Managing Director

John Lewis of Hungerford plc

Tel: [phone]

David Abbott

Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited

Nominated Adviser to the Company

Tel: [phone]

Additional information:

Ms Stanley previously held the following directorships in the past five years:

Beechcroft Limited

Beechcroft UK Limited

Beechcroft Developments Limited

Lisa Estates Limited

Old Tannery (Downton) Limited

Beechcroft Management Services Limited

The Beechcroft Trust Limited

Beechcroft Employee Benefits Trust Limited

There is no further information required to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

22 June 2009

 

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