Directorate Change
31/03/2011 17:31
31 March 2011
Talent Group plc
(`Talent' or the `Company')
Director Changes
The Company announces that Bob Benton has been appointed as a non-executive
director of the Company, with immediate effect.
Mr Benton is the president of Bob&Co, an advisory firm connecting Vision,
Content and Finance by providing guidance, fund-raising and investment in film,
television and theatre projects.
Mr Benton is a former Chairman of Talent Group, and most recently served as
Chairman of HandMade Films, overseeing the necessary restructuring and sale of
the company.
Mr Benton's career includes many years experience in investment banking and
stock broking. He recently acted as Managing Director and Head of Media at
Canaccord Adams. He also served as Chief Executive of Ingenious Securities.
Before that, he was Chairman of Bridgewell Group, the stockbroker which was
founded in 2002 and floated on AIM in 2007. He has also held office as Chairman
and CEO of Charterhouse Securities, global head of sales at ABN Amro and
Managing Director of HSBC Securities Services (formerly HSBC James Capel)
before becoming chief executive of the company at the age of 34.
He is the current Chairman of Clarksons Plc, the prominent shipping group.
Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent, commented: "Bob already knows all
about the company as a long-term shareholder and former Chairman. He shares our
ambitions for the future and we look forward to having his experience and
enthusiasm around the board table again."
ENQUIRIES:
Talent Group plc
Tony Humphreys Tel 020 7822 3900
Merchant Securities Limited
John East / Simon Clements Tel 020 7628 2200
Under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, the following information is
disclosed:
Mr Robert John Benton, aged 53, has been a director and partner of the
following companies and partnerships in the last five years:
Current directorships Past directorships
Bob and Co Limited Bridgewell Group Limited
Children's Liver Disease Foundation Bridgewell Limited
Clarkson Fund Management Limited Bridgewell Securities Limited
Clarkson plc Handmade Limited
Huxley Colour Limited Ingenious Media Holdings plc
Marlborough House School Trust Limited Ingenious Media Limited
Somethin' Else Live Limited Ingenious Securities Limited
Wye Films LLP Talent Films Limited
Talent Group plc
Talent Holdings Limited
Talent Kids Limited
Talent Music Limited
Talent Television Limited
Talent Theatre Productions Limited
The Discerning Eye Ltd
Wingfield Media Limited
Mr Benton currently holds 2,035,836 Ordinary Shares in the Company, equivalent
to 10.48 per cent of its issued share capital.
Mr Benton has confirmed that there is no additional information to be disclosed
in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.
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