Trinity Mirror PLC
01 March 2007
Trinity Mirror plc: Board Changes
Trinity Mirror is pleased to announce that Kathleen O'Donovan will join the
Board as a non-executive director on 11th May 2007 following the Group's Annual
General Meeting.
Kathleen, 49, is the senior independent director and deputy chairman of Great
Portland Estates plc and is a non-executive director at Prudential plc and Arm
Holdings plc. Previously she was on the Court of the Bank of England and held
non-executive directorships at O2 plc and EMI plc. Between 1998 and 2002 she was
CFO of Invensys plc having previously been the Finance Director of its legacy
company BTR plc which merged with Siebe plc to create Invensys.
No further details required under FSA Listing Rule 9.6.13 remain to be disclosed
in relation to Kathleen O'Donovan.
Sir Ian Gibson, Chairman of Trinity Mirror plc, commented:
'We are delighted that Kathleen is joining the Trinity Mirror Board. She has an
impeccable reputation for professionalism and integrity and with her eye for
detail comes a sense of commercial reality from years of experience at the top
of a large international business.
Three non-executive directors are to retire from the Board at the AGM on 10th
May 2007:
Peter Birch who is Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee was appointed in March 1998, has served three full terms and has thus
reached the 9 years of service considered the maximum under corporate governance
best practice principles. Peter was Chairman of Trinity plc at the time of
merger with Mirror Group plc in 1999.
Sir Angus Grossart, who is also Chairman of Scottish Daily Record and Sunday
Mail Ltd, was appointed a non-executive director on merger in 1999 having been
first appointed a director of Mirror Group plc in January 1998 and has thus also
served in aggregate for 9 years. Angus is 70 in April and has decided to retire
from the Board.
David Ross joined the Board in 2004 and has served his full initial three year
term.
Following the retirement of Peter Birch, Gary Hoffman, Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee, will be additionally appointed Senior Independent
Director. Gary joined the Board in March 2005.
Kathleen O'Donovan will be appointed chairman of the Audit Committee.
Enquiries:
Trinity Mirror 020 7293 3000
Nick Fullagar, Director of Corporate Communications
Maitland 020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
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