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CPPGroupAnnouncement

05/05/2016 17:10

RNS Number : 4263X
CPPGroup Plc
05 May 2016
5 May 2016
CPPGROUP PLC
Result of General Meeting of Shareholders
CPPGroup Plc (the "Company"), the international assistance business, announces that all resolutions proposed to Shareholders at its General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed. 
The resolutions, proposed in a requisition notice served on the Company on 18 March 2016 by Schroder Investment Management Limited ("Schroders"), called for four Directors of the Company (being Stephen Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer; Roger Canham, non-executive Chairman; Shaun Astley-Stone, non-executive director; and Abhai Rajguru, non-executive director) to be removed from the Board of Directors of the Company, and that Sir Richard Douglas Lapthorne, Nicholas Ian Cooper and Mark William Hamlin be appointed to the Company's Board.
Following the result of today's General Meeting, the above-mentioned changes to the CPPGroup Board of Directors become effective immediately. Further appointments to the Board will be made in due course.
Enquiries:
CPPGroup Plc
Mike Corcoran, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: 01904 544 541
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Numis Securities Limited: Stuart Skinner; Charles Farquhar
Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Media
Powerscourt Group: Justin Griffiths; Peter Ogden
Tel: +44 (0)20 7250 1446
Further information
Sir Richard Douglas Lapthorne, 73, is or has been a director in the following companies within the five years prior to the date of this announcement.
Current directorships:
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc
Sherritt International (incorporated in Canada)
Previous directorships:
The Baby Fund Trading Limited
Tommy's
Nicholas Ian Cooper, 51, is or has been a director in the following companies within the five years prior to the date of this announcement.
Current directorships:
(None)
Previous directorships:
CWC Cayman Finance Limited (incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
Sable Funding 2014 Limited (incorporated in Jersey)
BTC South Atlantic Limited (previously known as CWC Holdco Limited)
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (incorporated in the Bahamas)
Cable & Wireless Limited
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc
Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (incorporated in Trinidad & Tobago)
Cable & Wireless Carrier Limited
Cable & Wireless Panama S.A. (incorporated in Panama)
Companhia de Telecomunicaes de Macau, S.A.R.L. (incorporated in Macau)
CWIGroup Limited (incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
Sable International Finance Limited (incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
CWIGroup Limited 
Cable & Wireless US Investments (incorporated in the USA)
Cable and Wireless (Investments) Limited 
Cable & Wireless (UK) Group Limited 
Cable & Wireless Central Holding Limited 
Western Telegraph Company Limited 
The Eastern Telegraph Company Limited 
Sable Holding Limited (incorporated in Jersey)
CNL-CWC Networks Inc. (incorporated in Barbados)
Mark William Hamlin, 61, is or has been a director in the following companies within the five years prior to the date of this announcement.
Current directorships:
Colart Group Holdings Limited
Project Forty Four Limited
Poolbridge Accountancy Limited
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc
OR Talent Limited
OR Developments Limited
ORConsulting Incorporated (incorporated in the USA)
ORTalent Incorporated (incorporated in the USA)
ORProperty Limited
ORMultiView Limited
Organisation Resource Limited
Previous directorships:
OR Software Limited
OR Consulting Limited
There are no further disclosures required pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the proposed appointments of any of Sir Richard Lapthorne, Nicholas Ian Cooper or Mark William Hamlin, to the Board of the Company. 
Notes to Editors:
CPP provides a range of assistance based services to customers in the UK and Ireland and in a number of international markets across Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Company's core propositions provide peace of mind for customers covering a range of areas including lost and stolen credit cards, identity theft, insurance of mobile devices and passport assistance.
For more information on CPP visit www.cppgroupplc.com

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