The Board of Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC (HCEG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Wray as non-executive director with immediate effect.
Mr Wray has an impressive record of identifying and investing in growth companies. He has been a keen supporter of HCEG since its emergence onto the Alternative Investment Market in February 2003 and has provided financial and strategic backing to help the Group's transition into a leading provider of occupational healthcare products.
Stuart Bruck, Chairman, Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC commented:
Nigel has provided valuable support to the Group since inception. I look forward to his counsel on the board.
The Group has achieved a significant amount since last November in building our pipeline of technologies and sales. I look forward with confidence as we roll-out our strategy for growth.
16 June 2004
College Hill
Nicholas Nelson/Corinna Dorward 020 7457 2020
Directorship Details
Nigel William Wray, age 56, currently holds and has held directorships, during the five years preceding the date of this announcement as follows:
Current Directorships:
Brendon Street Investments Ltd
Brendon Street Securities Ltd
Urbium plc
Moneypitch Ltd
Saracens Ltd
Saracens Trustee Ltd
Domion's Pizza UK & IRL plc
Domino's Pizza Group Ltd
Premier Rugby Ltd (formerly English First Division Rugby Ltd)
Syncbeam Ltd
WILink plc (formerly Knutsford Group plc)
Investment Management Holdings Plc (formerly Seymour Pierce Group Plc (formerly Talisman House plc) Stockcube Limited
Electric Word Plc
Extreme Group Ltd
Spin SPG Ltd
Prestbury Investment Holdings Ltd
Play Holdings Ltd
Oak Bay Ltd
Past Directorships:
Safestore PLC
Watford Leisure Plc (formerly Watford Association Football Club (Holdings) Limited)
The Watford Association Football Club Limited
Urbium Bars plc (formerly Chorion plc)
English Rugby Partnership Ltd
Maybeat Limited
Carlisle Holdings Ltd
Burford Holdings plc and subsidiary companies
Singer & Friedlander Group Plc
Skyepharma PLC (formerly Black & Edgington)
Hartford Group PLC
Nocktwice Limited (non trading)
Grantchester Holdings Plc
In addition to the above list Mr Wray has been a director of the following companies which went into receivership or liquidation:
Columbus Group Plc, between 18 June 1996 and 26 June 2000. The company went in to voluntary liquidation as part of the reorganisation of OneSaturday and Highbury House.
Degwell Properties Limited, between 9 March, 1973 until 25 June 1981. The company had entered receivership and is now dissolved.
Landfall Securities (Andover) Limited, between 12 July 1971 and 1 May 1981. The company had entered receivership and is now dissolved.
Shareholding in Healthcare Enterprise Group Plc
Nigel Wray is entitled to exercise more than one-third of the voting power at general meetings of Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited (Prestbury), an existing shareholder of HCEG. He also holds shares personally. Consequently, the number of Ordinary Shares in which he is interested either personally or by reason of his shareholding in Prestbury is 310,448,820. In addition, Nigel Wray's infant child and certain trusts of which he is a trustee are interested in an aggregate of 25,250,000 Ordinary Shares.
There are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 15 and schedule 2(f) of the AIM Rules.
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