Northacre PLC Directorate Change (8188Y)

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RNS Number : 8188Y

Northacre PLC

27 February 2013

27 February 2013

Northacre PLC

("Northacre" or the "Company")

Board Changes

The Company is today pleased to announce that Jassim Alseddiqi and Mustafa Kheriba have been appointed as directors of the Company.

Messrs Alseddiqi and Kheriba are the only two directors of Spadille Limited ("Spadille"), which made a recommended mandatory cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Northacre on 7 February 2013. On 15 February 2013, Spadille announced that it then held or had valid acceptances of the offer in respect of 50.49% of the Company's issued share capital and that the offer was declared unconditional in all respects. Spadille is 100% owned by Abu Dhabi Capital Management LLC ("ADCM").

Jassim Mohammed RMS Alseddiqi Alansaari, 28, is the Chief Executive Officer of ADCM which he established in January 2011. Mr Alseddiqi joined Abu Dhabi Capital Group in 2006 and became Chief Executive Officer in 2008, managing global assets including public equities, hedge funds, fixed income, private equity and real estate. Mr Alseddiqi played an integral part in establishing several reputed financial services firms in the United Arab Emirates, and was instrumental in setting up Al Nahda Investments, Reem Finance (where he served on the board from 2006 to 2010) and Essdar Capital (where he served on the board from 2007 to 2010). Mr Alseddiqi received his Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and has several publications in international engineering journals.

Mustafa Ghazi Kheriba, 38, has been Chief Operating Officer of ADCM since July 2011 and is directly responsible for the day to day operations and financials of ADCM and is also responsible for origination, deal sourcing, fund raising, due diligence and corporate compliance. Prior to ADCM, Mr Kheriba was Vice President of Operations and Investment Management at Brainnox Investment Group and Vice President of Operations at Global Investment Council. Mr Kheriba has an MBA from Ohio Dominican University, and a BA from the University of Toronto.

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules.

 
 Director           Current Appointments                Previous Appointments 
-----------------  ----------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 Jassim Alseddiqi   Abu Dhabi Capital Group             Reem Finance JSC 
                     LLC                                 Essdar Capital (DIFC) 
                     Candle One Ltd                      Ltd. 
                     AD Cap Manage Ltd                   Dnata Travel Abu Dhabi 
                     Abu Dhabi Capital Management        LLC 
                     LLC                                 Mobile Telecom Group 
                     Abu Dhabi Capital Management        LLC 
                     (DIFC) Ltd                          Injaz Mena Investment 
                     ADCM SPEF GP Ltd                    Company 
                     Bayswater One Ltd                   Khidmah Property Management 
                     SPE Qannas B Ltd                    LLC 
                     SPE Qannas C Ltd                    First Gulf Financial 
                     MJS International Trading           Services LLC 
                     LLC                                 Emirates Buildings 
                     Emirates Buildings Establishment    Establishment PJSC 
                     Qannas Investment Limited           Al Dhabi Investment 
                     Spadille Ltd                        Company PJSC 
                                                         JLA International LLC 
                                                         Galaxy Building Materials 
                                                         LLC 
                                                         Acosta Investments 
                                                         Ltd. 
                                                         Optimo Commercial Investments 
                                                         Ltd. 
-----------------  ----------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 Mustafa Kheriba    AD Cap Manage Ltd 
                     ADCM SPEF GP Ltd 
                     SPE Qannas B Ltd 
                     SPE Qannas C Ltd 
                     Abu Dhabi Capital Management 
                     (DIFC) Ltd 
                     ADCM Ltd (Cayman) 
                     Bayswater Limited 
                     Spadille Limited 
-----------------  ----------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 

Jassim Alseddiqi is interested, indirectly, in 50.49% of the share capital of the Company. Jassim's interest is through ADCM, of which he is a director and controller, and which holds 100% of Spadille. Jassim also has a 15% beneficial interest in ADCM, which may increase or decrease in the future. Mustafa Kheriba holds no direct or indirect interest in the share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

Northacre PLC

Ken MacRae (Chief Executive Officer & Finance Director)

Klas Nilsson (Chairman)

Tel: [phone]

Daniel Stewart & Company

Antony Legge

James Thomas

Tel: [phone]

Hudson Sandler Ltd

Michael Sandler

Tel: [phone]

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