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29/10/2014 15:56

RNS Number : 2257Q
LPA Group PLC
28 August 2014
LPA GROUP PLC
Directorate Change 
LPA Group PLC ("LPA" or "the Group"), the LED lighting and electro-mechanical system manufacturer and distributor, is pleased to announce the appointment of Len Porter as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
Len Porter was chief executive of the Rail Safety and Standards Board from 2003 until March 2014. During this period he was a member of the cross-industry Technical Strategy Steering Group and chaired several committees including that responsible for the comprehensive Sustainable Rail Programme.
Len has experience of small business growth having successfully grown his own company, Marine Offshore Management from start up to a respected international business, which was acquired by Lloyd's Register.
Len has specific skills in technical innovation, knowledge based decision making, asset management and sustainable development. He is 62 and has worked in the rail, oil & gas and marine sectors during a successful executive career.
Further disclosure pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:
Leonard Keith Porter, age 62, has held the following directorships / partnerships:
Current
Over past five years
eAsset Management Limited
Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited
Thirteen Developments Limited

Webb Estate Limited

Len Porter holds 25,000 ordinary shares in LPA, representing approximately 0.2% of the Group's issued share capital.
CEO Peter Pollock commented:
We are delighted to have secured Len's services as a non-executive director of the Group. His championing of innovation and sustainability in the rail industry, while Chief Executive of the Rail Safety Standards Board, resonates with the Group's own philosophy and the industry's new drive towards asset reliability and whole life cost evaluation. 
Save as set out in this announcement, there are no other disclosures in respect of this appointment that fall to be made under Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules for Companies.
28 August 2014
ENQUIRIES:
LPA Group plc 
Peter Pollock, Chief Executive Tel: 07881 626123 or 01799 512844
Steve Brett, Finance Director  Tel: 07881 626127 or 01799 512860
Cairn Financial (Nominated Adviser) Tel: 020 7148 7900 
James Caithie / Avi Robinson
Hume Capital Securities (Broker) Tel: 020 7101 7070
David Lawman / Guy Peters
Instinctif Partners (PR Adviser) Tel: 020 7457 2020
Mark Garraway / Helen Tarbet 

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