Anglo-Eastern Plantations PLC

Board/Management Information • Jul 4, 2013

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RNS Number : 6094I

Anglo-Eastern Plantations PLC

04 July 2013

4 July 2013

Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc

("AEP" or "Company")

Directorate Change

Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc (AEP.L) which owns, operates and develops plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of Mr. Jonathan Law Ngee Song, as Independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from 4 July 2013.

Mr. Law, aged 47, is a Malaysian citizen and has been admitted as Advocate and Solicitor, to the Malaysia High Court of Malaya. 

Following his graduation from Australia National University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, he practised as legal assistant in Allen & Gledhill (1991 to 1995) and was promoted as partner (1995 to 1996).  In 1996 he joined the Malaysian law firm Messrs Nik Saghir & Ismail as a partner of the firm. 

Mr Law was appointed Director of Evergreen Fibreboard Berhad, a public listed company in Malaysia on 8 January 2007 and became Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 22 February 2010.  He is also the Chairman of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of Nomination Committee of the Malaysian listed company Evergreen Fibreboard Berhad.

Upon his appointment to the AEP Board Mr Law will also be appointed a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee.

The Companies which Mr. Law has been a director in the past five years are as follows:-

Current directorships in public company in Malaysia:-

Evergreen Fibreboard Berhad - Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Karex Berhad - Independent Non-Executive Director

There are no further details to be disclosed by Mr. Law under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rule.

The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Law to the Board of AEP.

For further information, contact:-

Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc

Dato' John Lim Ewe Chuan                                                                +44 (0)20 7216 4621

Charles Stanley Securities

Russell Cook                                                                                      +44 (0)20 7149 6000

Karri Vuori

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