Released: 06/04/2006
RNS Number:0913B
Spiritel PLC
06 April 2006
For immediate release 6 April 2006
SPIRITEL PLC
("Spiritel" or "the Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Board Changes
Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications services business, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Steven Maine as a Non-Executive Director of the
Company.
Mr Maine, age 54, is a highly experienced telecoms and media executive and
consultant whose previous positions include Chief Executive Officer of Kingston
Communications plc between 1997 and 2003. He is currently an independent
consultant working primarily for private equity firms and financial advisers on
potential transactions. Since September 2000, Mr Maine has been a Non-Executive
Director of SMG plc, the media group.
Between 1974 and 1995, Mr Maine worked for BT plc in a variety of roles
including Director of Visual and Broadcast Services (a BT division providing
video, cable TV and satellite services) and Director, Global Communications
India (a BT division addressing the deregulated telecoms market in India).
In addition to Mr Maine's appointment to the Board, the Company announces that
Mark Willard, the Company's founder and executive President, will become a
Non-Executive Director and that both Dean Shakespeare and Ged Holmes,
Non-Executive Directors, will step down from the Board.
Commenting on these Board changes, Lord St John of Bletso, Spiritel's Chairman,
said: "I am delighted to welcome Steven Maine to Spiritel's Board, where I am
certain his extensive and relevant experience will be of huge value to the
future development of the Company. I would also like to thank the departing
Non-Executive Directors, Dean Shakespeare and Ged Holmes, for their contribution
to the Company's development."
Mr Maine's current and previous directorships over the past five years are as
follows:
Current:
SMG plc
Past:
The British-Caribbean Chamber of Commerce
Kingston Communications (Data) Trustees Limited
Yorkshire Communications Group Limited
Wardenbefore Limited
Ultralink Systems Limited
Affiniti Integrated Solutions Limited
Arqiva Communications Limited
Timeplex Holdings Limited
Timeplex Group Limited
Shaketactic Limited
PEH UK Holdings Limited
Kingston Communications (Data) Limited
Kingston Voiceware Limited
Kingston Vision Limited
Inmedia Communications (Holdings) Limited
KTL Holdings Limited
Kingston Torch Investments Limited
Kingston Satellite Investments Limited
Kingston Services Holdings Limited
Kingston Network Holdings Limited
Kingston Laboratories Limited
Kingston Interactive Television Limited
Kingston Information Services Limited
Kingline Consultancy Limited
Kingston Internet Limited
Kingston Communications Contact Centres Limited
Kingston Certification Services Limited
Kingston Communications Limited
Kingston Communications International Limited
The Kingston Communications (Hull) Trustees Limited
Kingston Communications (Hull) plc
Hull Telephone Company Limited
Torch Communications Limited
Columbia Communications Europe Limited
Hull Urban Regeneration Company Limited
Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce Industry and Shipping
There is no further information that is required to be disclosed under paragraph
(g) to Schedule Two of the AIM rules of the London Stock Exchange.
For further information:
Spiritel plc 020 7160 0100
Alastair Mills, Chief Executive
Teather & Greenwood 020 7426 9000
Jeff Keating
Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000
Mark Court/Mary-Jane Johnson
Notes for Editors:
About Spiritel plc
Spiritel (AIM: STP) is the holding company for a growing group of companies
whose focus is telecommunications services and products. Spiritel, through its
Spiritel Technologies division, has developed a suite of leading-edge VoIP
products, positioning the Company to benefit from the migration from traditional
telephony to VoIP services. Spiritel Technologies' route to market is via
reseller partners. Spiritel's initial trading division, Expo Communications, was
founded in 2000 and is one of Europe's leading call termination businesses
focussing on calls from fixed lines to mobiles. Expo's client base includes
Telewest, Level (3), Colt, One.Tel and Your Communications among others.
Spiritel Technologies' VoIP products are highly complementary to Expo's
termination services as most phone calls made via VoIP require termination in
the same way as calls from traditional fixed line phones.
Spiritel joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2004.
For further information please visit www.spiritelplc.com
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