REG - Animalcare Group PLC - 2025 Audited ARA, Notice of AGM & Board Changes

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RNS Number : 9612E  Animalcare Group PLC  19 May 2026

19 May 2026

 

Animalcare Group plc

("Animalcare", the "Company", or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

 

2025 Audited Annual Report and Accounts
Notice of AGM
Board Changes

 

Animalcare Group Plc (AIM: ANCR), the international animal health business,
announces that, further to the Company's unaudited preliminary results
announcement on 6 May 2026, the Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the
year ended 31 December 2025 (the "2025 Annual Report") and Notice of 2026
Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") have been published. Electronic copies
of the 2025 Annual Report and the Notice will shortly be available on the
Company's website (www.animalcaregroup.com (http://www.animalcaregroup.com/) )
and printed copies have been posted to registered shareholders who have
elected to receive paper communications.

 

The Group's 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday 12 June
2026 at 14:00 BST at the offices of Squire Patton Boggs LLP, 60 London Wall,
London, EC2M 5TQ.

 

Board Changes

 

In line with the end of Marc Coucke's current and third term of appointment as
a Non-executive Director, he will be standing down at the conclusion of the
AGM on Friday 12 June 2026. Els Degroote, who was appointed as Marc's
alternate Director in December 2024 and has attended Board meetings when he
has been absent, will be appointed as a Non-executive Director with effect
from Friday 12 June 2026. A resolution to appoint Ms. Degroote as a
Non-executive Director will be put to shareholders for approval at the AGM.

 

Els has been an Investment Principal at Alychlo NV since April 2022 and has
extensive experience advising on M&A and ECM transactions. Els also
currently serves as a Director to a number of private companies in Belgium and
is a qualified commercial engineer with an MBA Financial Management from
Vlerick Business School.

 

The Board would like to take this opportunity to thank Marc for his invaluable
contributions to the Group and we look forward to continuing to benefit from
Els's skills and experience.

 

 

Additional Disclosures Required under the AIM Rules for Companies

 

Els Leen Veerle Degroote (aged 49) has held the following directorships or
partnerships in the past five years:

 

 Current Directorships                                  Past Directorships within the past 5 years

 Bever Consulting BV                                    Elistor BV (liquidated 3 July 2024)
 AS2 NV                                                 Ernst & Young Europe LPP
                                                        Otra Solutions SRL (liquidated 21 November 2024)
                                                        Greenyard NV
 miDiagnostics NV                                       Padelworld BV
                                                        Arenal Immo Holding BV
 Xelsia Capital BV                                      Duma Sports BV
 Triginta NV
 Atcars BV                                              Ledap BV
 ZouteCoucke BV                                         Stoetel BV
 Zoute Grand Prix BV
 Alyrick NV
 Comate BV
 Comate Holding BV
 Comate Ventures BV
 Administratiekantoor Comate Holding private stichting
 Félou BV
 Smartphoto Group NV

Els Degroote and persons closely associated (as defined under MAR) with Ms
Degroote currently hold no ordinary shares or options in the Company.

 

Save as disclosed above, there is no further information to be disclosed in
respect of the above appointment pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2 paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

 Animalcare Group Plc                           +44 (0)1904 487 687

 Jenny Winter, Chief Executive Officer

 Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer

 Media/investor relations                       communications@animalcaregroup.com

 Stifel (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker)      Tel: +44 (0)20 7710 7600

 Ben Maddison

 Francis North

 Jason Grossman

 Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)                 +44 (0)20 7886 2500

 Corporate Finance

 Emma Earl, Freddy Crossley

 Corporate Banking

 Rupert Dearden

 Alma Strategic Communications                  +44 (0)20 3405 0205

 Caroline Forde                                 animalcare@almastrategic.com (mailto:animalcare@almastrategic.com)

 Kinvara Verdon

 Rose Docherty

 

About Animalcare

Animalcare Group plc is a UK AIM-listed international veterinary sales and
marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven European countries as
well as Australia and New Zealand and exports to approximately 40 countries in
Europe and worldwide. The Group is focused on bringing new and innovative
products to market through its own development pipeline, partnerships and via
acquisition.

 

For more information about Animalcare, please visit www.animalcaregroup.com
(http://www.animalcaregroup.com)

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