Director Appointment
Fox Marble Holdings plc
("Fox Marble" or the "Company")
Fox Marble, the AIM listed company focused on marble quarrying and processing in Kosovo and the Balkans region is pleased to announce that Sir Mark Lyall Grant will be joining the board as a Non-executive Director from 3 April 2022.
Sir Mark is one of the United Kingdom's most senior public servants, with more than 30 years of experience in leadership, policy making, negotiation and public presentation. He has held diplomatic postings on four continents, including High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to the United Nations. He was National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2015 to 2017. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London, and a Consultancy Adviser on National and International Security. He is a qualified barrister and was appointed to the Bench of Middle Temple in 2011.
Andrew Allner, Chairman, commented:
"We are pleased to welcome Sir Mark to the Board and look forward to leveraging his wealth of experience. This appointment comes at an important time for the Company and the Board looks forward to updating the market on progress made between now and the end of the year."
Further information pursuant to Rule 17, Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules is set out below.
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant (aged 65) has held the following current and former directorships in the past five years:
Current Directorships
Lyall Grant Consulting Limited
Former Directorships in the past five years
None
Sir Mark does not hold any shares or options in the Company.
There is no other information regarding Sir Mark Lyall Grant required to be disclosed under the AIM Rules.
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For more information on Fox Marble please visit www.foxmarble.net or contact:
Fox Marble Holdings plc
Chris Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7380 0999
Fiona Hadfield, Finance Director
Tel: +44 (0)20 7380 0999
Quatro PR
Gary Pleasants
Tel: +44 (0)207 566 7963/+44 (0)7966 487 739
Mark Herbert
Tel: +44 (0)7770 381608
Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
Nick Naylor/Nick Athanas/Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance)
Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate Broking)
Tel: +44 (0)20 3394 2973
Tavira Securities Limited (Joint Broker)
Oliver Stansfield/Jonathan Evans
+44 (0)203 192 1739
Cairn Financial Advisers (Nomad)
Liam Murray/Sandy Jamieson/Ludovico Lazzaretti
Tel: +44 (0)20 7213 0880
Notes to Editors
Fox Marble (AIM: FOX) is a marble production, processing and distribution company with operations in Kosovo and the Balkans.
Its marble products, which include Alexandrian Blue, Alexandrian White, Breccia Paradisea, Etruscan gold and Grigio Argent, are gaining sales globally to wholesale companies and directly to luxury residential properties. In the UK these include St George's Homes and Capital and Counties Plc's Lillie Square development. In Sydney, Australia, Rosso Cait, Alexandrian White and Breccia Paradisea have been used in what is expected to be Australia's most expensive residential property. These sales serve to demonstrate the desirability of Fox Marble's premium marble products as the stone of choice in some of the most prestigious and expensive residential developments around the world.
Caution regarding forward looking statements
Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'', ''could'', "should" ''envisage'', ''estimate'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''plan'', ''potentially'', "expect", ''will'' or the negative of those, variations or comparable expressions, including references to assumptions. These forward looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors.