francesca’s® Announces Appointment of Kelly M. Dilts as Chief Financial Officer
March 23 2016 - 7:40AM
Francesca's Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:FRAN) (the “Company”)
today announced the appointment of Kelly M. Dilts as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Dilts will assume her
position with the Company in April 2016. In this role, Ms.
Dilts will report to Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President, Mike Barnes.
Ms. Dilts is a seasoned retail executive with a
wealth of retail industry and finance expertise developed over a
long and distinguished professional career. Ms. Dilts currently
serves as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor
Relations at Tailored Brands, Inc., (formerly Men’s Wearhouse,
Inc.). She joined Tailored Brands in 1998 as Assistant Controller
and has also served as its Senior Vice President, Chief
Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, as well as its
Vice President of Finance & Accounting. She has
significant experience in leading various finance teams and has
worked closely with merchandising, store operations, distribution
and other operational groups. Prior to joining Tailored Brands, Ms.
Dilts worked at Olympia Enterprises and Deloitte & Touche.
Mr. Barnes commented, “As a key member of
francesca's executive management team, Kelly will be bringing over
20 years of specialty retail industry specific finance and
accounting experience. Additionally, her background in corporate
infrastructure development will be significant in supporting our
growth and Vision 2020 Long Term Strategic Plan. I am very excited
about welcoming Kelly to francesca’s® and look forward to
partnering with her to continue driving consistent, long-term,
profitable growth for our Company.”
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release are
"forward-looking statements" made pursuant to the safe-harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
as amended. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current
expectations or beliefs concerning future events and are subject to
various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those that we expected. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to
integrate a new Chief Financial Officer. For additional information
regarding these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in our
forward-looking statements, please refer to "Risk Factors" in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2015
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2015
and any risk factors contained in subsequent quarterly and annual
reports we file with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.
About Francesca's Holdings Corporation
francesca's® is a growing specialty retailer
which operates a nationwide-chain of boutiques providing customers
a unique, fun and differentiated shopping experience. The
merchandise assortment is a diverse and balanced mix of apparel,
jewelry, accessories and gifts. Today francesca's® operates 626
boutiques in 48 states and the District of Columbia and also serves
its customers through francescas.com. For additional information on
francesca's®, please visit www.francescas.com.
CONTACT:
ICR, Inc.
Jean Fontana
646-277-1214
Company
Kate Venturina
832-494-2233
IR@francescas.com / Kate.Venturina@francescas.com
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