Amira Nature Foods Ltd Announces Appointment of New Independent Director
October 04 2017 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Amira Nature Foods Ltd (the “Company”, “Amira”, “us”, “we”, or
“our”) (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of branded, packaged
Indian specialty rice, today announced the appointment of Robert
Louis Wagman as an independent director subject to approval at the
Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 23,
2017.
“On behalf of the Company, I want to welcome Mr. Wagman to the
Amira team,” said Karan A. Chanana, Amira’s President and Chief
Executive Officer.
“I am honored to join the Board of Directors at Amira. The
Company is a proven leader in their industry and I look forward to
working with Karan and his management team,” said Robert
Wagman.
Mr. Wagman was the President and Chief Executive Officer of LKQ
Corporation (“LKQ”), a Fortune 500 corporation listed on the NASDAQ
stock exchange, from January of 2011 through June of 2017. As its
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wagman was responsible for the
oversight of LKQ’s operations.
About Amira Nature Foods Ltd
Founded in 1915, Amira has evolved into a leading global
manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded packaged
specialty rice and other related food products, with sales across
five continents around the world. The Company generates the
majority of its revenue through the sale of Basmati rice, a premium
long-grain variety of rice grown only in the geographically
indicated region of the Indian sub-continent, as well as other
specialty rice. It sells its products under its flagship Amira
brand, as well as other Company owned brands and third-party
brands. The Company expanded its product offerings in recent years
to include other value-add categories such as edible oils and
organics. The Company also sells other products such as wheat,
barley, legumes and other produce to large institutional customers.
The Company’s fourth generation leadership has built on a rich,
century-old legacy and transformed Amira from a local family-run
business to a publicly listed, globally focused packaged food
company with a global leadership position in the high growth
Basmati rice sector. Amira sells its products through a broad
distribution network in both the developed and emerging markets.
The Company’s global headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, and it also has offices
in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany,
the United Kingdom, and the United States. Amira
Nature Foods Ltd is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “ANFI.”
For more information, please visit www.amira.net
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statements;
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property rights;
- projected revenue, EBITDA, adjusted
EBITDA, profits, adjusted profits, earnings, adjusted earnings and
other estimated financial information;
- our ability to maintain strong
relationships with our customers and suppliers;
- governmental policies regarding our
industry; and
- the impact of legal proceedings.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements and you should read these statements in conjunction with
the risk factors disclosed in “Risk Factors” appearing in Amira’s
Annual Reports found on the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov.
Those risks are not exhaustive. We operate in a rapidly evolving
environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is
impossible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can
we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent
to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual
results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking
statement. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise
the forward-looking statements except as required under applicable
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For Company
Inquiries:Amira Nature Foods LtdVarun Sethi,
Chief Financial
Officer9714-235-1755varun.sethi@amirafoods.comorFor Investor Inquiries:ICR Inc.Katie
TurnerManaging Director646-277-1228Katie.turner@icrinc.com
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