Directorate Change
10/08/2023 09:35
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20230810:nRSJ9448Ia&default-theme=true RNS Number : 9448I European Opportunities Trust PLC 10 August 2023 European Opportunities Trust PLC (the 'Company') Legal Entity Identifier: 549300XN7RXQWHN18849 Appointment to the Board The Board of European Opportunities Trust PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Manisha Shukla as an independent non-executive Director of the Company. Manisha will join the Board on 1 September 2023. Manisha is a highly experienced legal adviser with over 20 years of specialisation in investment funds. She qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and has worked in both private practice and in-house, focusing on a broad range of closed-ended listed investment funds. She has been the knowledge counsel for funds at Travers Smith LLP since 2014. Manisha holds a joint LLB in Law and Japanese from Cardiff University. Shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on Manisha's appointment as a new director at the AGM later this year. Manisha will be appointed as a member of Audit & Risk, Nominations, Remuneration, and Management Engagement Committees with effect from her appointment to the Board. She holds 630 shares in the Company. As previously announced, Virginia Holmes, the Company's Senior Independent Director, intends to retire from the Board at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Virginia has served on the Board since 2017 and the Board would like to thank her on behalf of all of the Company's stakeholders for her valuable contribution to the Company throughout her years of service. Lord Lamont will succeed Virginia as Senior Independent Director with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. There are no other details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority. Matthew Dobbs, Chair of the Company, said: "I am delighted that Manisha has agreed to join the Board of European Opportunities Trust. Manisha brings a deep knowledge of the complex legal and regulatory environment within which the Company operates. Her arrival will enhance the complementary mix of skills and expertise of our existing Directors." For further information, please contact: Devon Equity Management Limited Company Secretaries to European Opportunities Trust PLC Richard Pavry enquiries@devonem.com 020 3985 0445 www.europeanopportunities.com This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com) or visit www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/) . RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy) . END BOAGPUCWRUPWURU