Appointment of Director
13/12/2023 07:00
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20231213:nRSM5496Wa&default-theme=true RNS Number : 5496W Shires Income PLC 13 December 2023 Shires Income PLC LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER (LEI): 549300HVCIHNQNZAYA89 13 December 2023 Appointment of Director The Board of Shires Income PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon White as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2024. Simon White has a background in UK equity fund management and significant experience in the investment trust sector. He joined BlackRock as Head of Investment Trusts in 2011 where he was responsible for overseeing the company secretarial, sales and marketing and third-party administration services. He was also involved in successful fundraisings and significant secondary issuance within the investment trust business. He retired from BlackRock in June 2022. Prior to joining BlackRock, Simon White worked at Kleinwort Benson and was responsible for the development of Kleinwort Benson's (and its successor companies including Allianz Global Investors) closed end fund businesses. He is currently a Senior Adviser to Cadarn Capital, an independent distribution and investor relations company servicing London-listed investment companies. There are no other disclosures required under Section 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules in relation to this appointment. Mr White will stand for election at the Annual General Meeting to be held in July 2024. For further information, please contact: G Hay Smith abrdn Holdings Limited Company Secretary 0131 372 2200 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 BOATTBRTMTIBBBJ