Safestyle UK PLC Directorate Change - NED Appointment (8959A)

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RNS Number : 8959A

Safestyle UK PLC

17 September 2018

17 September 2018

Safestyle UK plc

("Safestyle" or the "Group")

Directorate Change - Non-Executive Director Appointment

Safestyle UK plc, the leading retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors to the UK homeowner market, is pleased to announce the appointment of Fiona Goldsmith as Non-executive Director, effective immediately.

Fiona was most recently a Non-executive Director, and Chair of the Audit Committee, at Walker Greenbank PLC from December 2008 to June 2018. Fiona is a Chartered Accountant who started her career with KPMG, where for nine years she focused on the retail and leisure sectors in various roles. She then moved to First Choice Holidays plc, where she became European Finance Director. From 2004 until 2008 she was Finance Director of Land Securities Trillium, a division of Land Securities Group plc.

Fiona will Chair the Audit Committee at Safestyle.

Alan Lovell, Chairman of Safestyle UK PLC, said:

"The Board is delighted to welcome Fiona as a Non-executive Director. Her breadth of experience across a wide range of sectors, combined with her finance expertise, will be invaluable as we continue to work through the current challenges to return the Group to profitability and deliver value to our shareholders."

Additional Information

The following information is being disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Fiona Claire Goldsmith, aged 51, is, or has during the last five years been, a director or partner of the following companies and partnerships:

 
 Current directorships/partnerships   Former directorships/partnerships 
                                       within last five years 
 n/a                                  Walker Greenbank PLC 
                                      Abaris Holdings Limited 
 

Save as disclosed above, there is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of Fiona Goldsmith pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Enquiries:

 
 Safestyle UK plc                              via FTI Consulting 
  Mike Gallacher, Chief Executive Officer 
  Rob Neale, Chief Financial Officer 
 Zeus Capital (Nominated Adviser & Joint       Tel: [phone] 
  Broker) 
  Nick How / Dominic King / Richard Short 
 Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker)        Tel: [phone] 
  Neil Patel / Jamie Richards 
 FTI Consulting (Financial PR)                 Tel: [phone] 
  Alex Beagley / James Styles / Laura Saraby 
 

About Safestyle UK plc

The Group is the leading retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors to the UK homeowner market. For more information please visit www.safestyleukplc.co.uk or www.safestyle-windows.co.uk.

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