Victrex PLC Nomination for election of Non-executive Directors (9958A)
04 January 2018 - 11:06PM
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Victrex PLC
04 January 2018
Victrex plc
Notice of Annual General Meeting being held on 9 February
2018
Nominations for Election of Non-Executive Directors
Victrex plc (the 'Company') has today published the annual
report for the year ended 30 September 2017 and the notice of the
annual general meeting ('AGM' or the 'Meeting'). The AGM will be
held on Friday 9 February 2018 at 10.00am at the offices of J. P.
Morgan, 1 John Carpenter Street, London EC4Y 0JP.
As part of the business of the Meeting, the Board is pleased to
be recommending for election two new non-executive directors, Ms
Janet Ashdown and Mr Brendan Connolly.
Subject to shareholder approval, Ms Ashdown and Mr Connolly will
be appointed as Directors at the Meeting. The recommendations of
the Board and biographical information on Ms Ashdown and Mr
Connolly are set out in the notice of the Meeting (summaries of
which are set out below).
Subject to shareholder approval, an additional announcement
concerning their appointment will be issued on 9 February in
accordance with the Listing Rules.
As previously communicated, each of Mr David Hummel, an
executive director and Mr Patrick De Smedt, non-executive director
and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee will step down from the
Board at the AGM.
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Summary Biographies
The following information is a summary of the biographies for
each of Ms Ashdown and Mr Connolly, full details being set out in
the notice of the Annual General Meeting.
Ms Janet Ashdown has over 30 years' experience of the
international energy sector in a variety of senior executive roles
at BP plc, most recently as Director, BP Oil UK Limited, and Head
of UK Retail and Commercial Fuels. Janet is currently Non-Executive
Director and Senior Independent Director of Marshalls plc and is
chair of its Remuneration Committee. Janet is also a Non-Executive
Director of SIG Plc and a member of its Audit, Remuneration,
Nomination and Governance Committees.
Mr Brendan Connolly has over 35 years' experience in the
international oil and gas industry serving in a number of senior
executive roles. Until June 2013, Brendan was a senior executive at
Intertek Group plc and had previously been chief executive officer
of Moody International (which was acquired by Intertek in 2011).
Brendan is a non-executive director and Senior Independent Director
of Synthomer plc, in addition to being chairman of their
Remuneration Committee and member of their Audit and Nomination
Committees. Brendan is also a non-executive director of two private
equity backed companies, one of which he chairs.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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