Exova Group PLC Directorate Change (3770X)

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RNS Number : 3770X

Exova Group PLC

28 August 2015

Exova Group plc

Notification of board changes

Exova Group plc ("Exova") today announces the following changes to its board of directors:

-- Fred Kindle is planning to stand down as Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 1 January 2016. He will continue as a Non-Executive Director on the Exova board. Fred became a Non-Executive Director of Exova in 2008 and is a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the company's largest shareholder.

-- Allister Langlands, currently Exova's Senior Independent Director, will replace Fred as Non-Executive Chairman. Allister became Senior Independent Director of Exova upon the company's IPO on 14 April 2014. Allister was with John Wood Group plc from 1991 until 2014 and held a number of positions including being Group CEO from 2007 before becoming Chairman from 2012 until 2014. He is currently the Chairman of Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 plc and a Non-Executive Director of WS Atkins plc and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc.

   --    Exova plans to appoint a new Senior Independent Director over the coming months. 

-- Anne Thorburn, who has been Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") since 2009, has indicated her intention to retire during 2016. Exova has commenced a process to recruit her successor and Anne will continue as CFO to enable a full handover. The announcement of Anne's successor will be made in due course.

Commenting on today's announcement, Fred Kindle, Chairman, said: "I am delighted that Allister will be taking over my position as Chairman of the board. He is very well qualified to take on this role and, with this change, the Chairman of Exova will be independent of its largest shareholder for corporate governance purposes. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Anne for her hard work, dedication and very considerable contribution to the business and the board over the past six years."

There are no other matters relating to the changes to the board which would require disclosure under LR 9.6.11R.

For further information please contact:

Ian Power, Investor Relations

Exova Group plc

Telephone: [phone]

About Exova

Exova is one of the world's leading laboratory-based testing groups, trusted by organisations to test and advise on the safety, quality and performance of their products and operations. Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, Exova operates 142 laboratories and offices in 32 countries and employs around 4,500 people throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia/Asia Pacific.

Exova's capabilities help to extend asset life, bring predictability to applications, and shorten the time to market for customers' products, processes and materials. With over 90 years' experience, Exova specialises in testing across a number of key sectors from health sciences to aerospace, transportation, oil and gas, fire and construction.

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