Mincon Group Plc Director Appointment (2341X)

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Mincon Group Plc

17 February 2017

MINCON GROUP PLC

("Mincon" or the "Company")

Director Appointment

Mincon Group (ESM:MIO AIM:MCON), the Irish engineering group specialising in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of rock drilling tools and associated products, announces the appointment of John Doris (age 69) as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect.

Mr. Doris has broad experience across a number of sectors including manufacturing, lending and corporate finance. He has been an independent consultant and a non-executive director for the past eighteen years and he has acted as Interim CFO for Mincon Group on a consultancy basis. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, he was a director of ABN Amro Corporate Finance (Ireland) Limited where he managed the successful Riada Business Expansion Funds. He has acted as Company Secretary of Mincon Group since January 2014 and a replacement will be appointed in the near future.

Mr. Doris graduated from University College Dublin with a B.Sc. in physics in 1969 and returned to U.C.D. to complete his M.B.A. in 1977. He qualified as an ACCA in 1974 and is a former president of ACCA Ireland

Padraig McManus, Chairman of Mincon Group, commented: "I am delighted to welcome John to the Board of Mincon. He knows the Group well and his commitment, experience and expertise will be of great benefit to the Group as it continues to develop and grow.'

 
 For further information, 
  please contact: 
 Mincon Group plc 
 Joe Purcell, Chief                            Tel: + 353 (61) 361 099 
  Executive Officer 
 
 Davy Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser 
  and ESM Adviser) 
 Anthony Farrell                                Tel: [phone] 
 Daragh O'Reilly 
 
 
 

Additional Information:

Mr John Doris holds no shares in Mincon Group, and, other than as set out below, there is no further information to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) and Rule 17 of the AIM and ESM Rules in respect of Mr. Doris's appointment as a Non-Executive Director.

Mr. Doris is, or has been, a director of the following companies during the previous five years:

 
 Current Directorships           Past Directorships 
 Diamondwalk Limited             Abbeyfield Foods Limited 
 Jasbay Properties Limited       AZ Capital Management Limited 
 Meridian Business Advisors 
  Limited                        Prime Active Capital plc 
                                 Spencer Dock International 
 Natures Best Holdings Limited    Convention Centre Limited 
 Quinn Insurance Limited         Spencer Dock Convention Centre 
  (under administration)          Dublin Limited 
 Treasury Holdings China         Spencer Dock Convention Centre 
  Limited                         Dublin (No.2) Limited 
 Treasury Properties Limited 
 

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