ILX Group PLC Appointment of Non-executive director (6844C)

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RNS Number : 6844C

ILX Group PLC

18 April 2013

For immediate release:18 April 2013

ILX Group PLC

Non-Executive Director Appointment

18 April 2013

ILX Group PLC

Non-Executive Director Appointment

("ILX" or the "Group")

ILX Group plc (AIM: ILX), the AIM quoted provider of e-learning software and business training, is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald John Stewart, aged 49, as a non-executive director of the Company.

With almost 25 years practising commercial law as a qualified solicitor in England, Wales, and Scotland, Donald is currently a corporate partner at international law firm Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. His expertise is focused on corporate finance, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, and UK publicly listed companies. He has extensive experience working with companies in the technology and communications sectors.

Donald is a director (and past Chairman) of the Quoted Companies Alliance and is also the UK's representative on the Policy Committee of European Issuers based in Brussels. He sits on the Council of the City of London's International Regulatory Strategy Group, advising the City and UK Government on financial services regulatory policy. Donald publishes regularly on matters affecting SME financing and regulatory developments in publications as diverse as the FT, Bloomberg Law Reports, Management Today and the International Financial Law Review.

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP has advised ILX on miscellaneous matters since February 2012 and was appointed as the Company's principal corporate lawyers in October 2012.

Commenting on the appointment, Wayne Bos, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO, said:

"We are pleased to welcome Donald to the Board. We believe his extensive experience of working with quoted companies combined with his deep knowledge of the AIM market will help the Company with its future growth plans as well as ensuring all shareholder interests are considered diligently."

Additional information:

Donald incorporated and was a director of Quintiles UK Holdings Limited in November 2009.

He is also currently a director or partner in the following companies/partnerships:

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (Solicitors) - Partner;

The Quoted Companies Alliance - Director;

Engines of Growth Limited - Director;

Ludgate Nominees Limited - Director;

Ludgate Secretarial Services Limited - Director;

Cursitor Nominees - Director;

Cursitor Secretarial Services Limited - Director; and

Feis London - Director.

No further disclosure is required under Paragraph (g) to Schedule Two of the AIM Rules with respect to Donald Stewart.

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 For further information, please contact: 
 
 ILX Group PLC 
 John McIntosh                                 020 7751 7100 
 
 SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated 
  Advisor) 
 Mark Brady                                    020 3368 3551 
 Neil Baldwin                                  020 3368 3554 
 

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