Christie Group PLC Change of auditors (3896Z)

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RNS Number : 3896Z

Christie Group PLC

14 December 2017

14 December 2017

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Christie Group plc - Change of auditors

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems and Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, is pleased to announce that, after 15 years, it has appointed Grant Thornton UK LLP ("Grant Thornton") as the Company's auditor for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.

A resolution to re-approve the appointment of Grant Thornton for the financial year ending 31 December 2018 will be put to the Company's Annual General Meeting in June 2018.

Nexia Smith & Williamson Audit Limited ("Nexia Smith & Williamson"), or its predecessor firms, has been the Company's auditors since 2002 and the Board would like to thank Nexia Smith & Williamson for its years of service to the Company.

Enquiries:

Christie Group plc

 
     David Rugg                                                                            020 7227 0707 
     Chairman & Chief Executive 
 
     Dan Prickett                                                                          020 7227 0700 
     Chief Operating Officer 
 

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited:

Dominic Morley / Charles Leigh-Pemberton 020 7886 2906

Nominated Adviser & Broker

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 42 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.

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