RNS Number : 4022C
  API Group PLC
  01 September 2008
   


    1 September 2008

    API GROUP PLC

    APPOINTMENT OF GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR

    API Group plc, the specialist packaging materials company, announced today the appointment of Christopher Ian Charles Smith (age 44) as
Group Finance Director. 

    Mr Smith, who will formally join the Board at its next meeting on 23 September 2008, is a Charted Accountant with 17 years industrial
experience with Courtaulds plc and latterly with Scapa plc, a manufacturer of adhesive tapes and films. At Scapa, he was Finance and IT
Director for Europe and Asia. 

    Commenting on the appointment, Richard Wright, Non-executive Chairman of API, said:

"The Board is delighted to welcome Chris as a director and member of the executive management team. He brings considerable experience
relevant to API*s manufacturing operations and geographical spread and is well qualified to support the Board with its key objective of
improving the Group*s financial performance.

    At this time, the Board would also like to thank Richard Scully who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since Andrew Robertson
stepped down in March of this year." 

    Other than as set out below, there are no other matters which are required to be announced pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of
the AIM Rules. 

    Ends


    Enquiries

 Andrew Turner, Chief Executive, API Group plc  01625 650 334
 Nicola Biles, Financial Dynamics               020 7831 3113
 Numis Securities Limited                        020 7260 1000
 Nick Westlake, Nominated Advisor
 James Serjeant, Corporate Broking


  


    Schedule


    Details of the names of companies and partnerships of which Christopher Smith has been a director or partner at any time in the previous
five years are set out below.

    (i) Current directorships and partnerships

    None

    (ii) Previous directorships and partnerships

    Scapa UK Ltd
    Medifix Adhesive Products Ltd
    Boldscope Ltd

    Scapa Italia SpA
    Scapa Schweiz AG
    Scapa Deutschland GmbH
    Scapa Benelux BV
    Scapa Belgium SA
    Scapa Iberica SA
    APACS Ltd (formerly Scapa Tapes (Ireland) Ltd)

    Scapa Teoranta, (Eire). Christopher was a director of Scapa Teoranta when it entered a members voluntary liquidation and completed it's
dissolution in October 2006.



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