Asos PLC

Board/Management Information • Jan 13, 2022

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RNS Number : 3928Y

ASOS PLC

13 January 2022

13 January 2022

ASOS plc

("the Company")

The following amendments have been made to the 'Appointment of Patrick Kennedy as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director' announcement released on 13/01/2022 at 7.03am under RNS No 2749Y.

Patrick Kennedy (age 52) holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

Current Bank of Ireland Group plc The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland Ballast Group Holdings Limited	Past Ireland Rugby World Cup Bid 2023 Oversight Board Mustang Holdco Limited

All other details remain unchanged.

Appointment of Patrick Kennedy as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

ASOS plc today announces the appointment of Patrick Kennedy, Chairman of Bank of Ireland Group plc and the former Chief Executive of Paddy Power plc, to its Board of Directors (the "Board") with immediate effect.

Patrick replaces Ian Dyson as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair, following Ian's appointment as Non-Executive Chair of the Board on 29 November 2021.

In a 30-year career in business, Patrick has held a range of senior roles, having started his career at KPMG and McKinsey & Company. From 2006 to 2014 he was Chief Executive of Paddy Power plc and before that worked for Greencore Group plc, including as Chief Financial Officer. He is currently Chairman of Bank of Ireland, Chairman of CarTrawler, the B2B travel technology company, and Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was previously a non-executive director of Elan Corporation plc, where he chaired the Leadership, Development and Compensation Committee, and a non-executive director of Paddy Power plc, where he chaired the Audit Committee. 

Ian Dyson said:

"On behalf of the Board, I'd like to warmly welcome Patrick to ASOS. His deep experience across a diverse range of businesses will complement the existing skillset of the Board as ASOS embarks on its next phase of growth."

The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies. Patrick Kennedy (age 52) holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

Current Bank of Ireland Group plc The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland Ballast Group Holdings Limited	Past Ireland Rugby World Cup Bid 2023 Oversight Board Mustang Holdco Limited

Patrick holds 23,000 ordinary shares in the Company.

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two Part (g) of the AIM      Rules for Companies.

For further information

ASOS plc                                                                                  Tel: 020 7756 1000

Mathew Dunn, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Taryn Rosekilly, Director of Investor Relations

Website: www.asosplc.com/investors

Headland Consultancy                                                            Tel: 020 3805 4822

Susanna Voyle/Stephen Malthouse                     

JPMorgan Cazenove (Nominated Advisor)                           Tel: 020 7742 4000

Bill Hutchings/Will Vanderspar

Numis Securities                                                                     Tel: 020 7260 1000

Alex Ham/Jonathan Wilcox/Tom Jacob                                    

Berenberg                                                                                Tel: 020 3207 7800

Michelle Wilson/Jen Clarke                                       

Background note

ASOS is a destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings around the world, with a purpose to give its customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be. Through its market-leading app and mobile/desktop web experience, available in ten languages and in over 200 markets, ASOS customers can shop a curated edit of over 90,000 products, sourced from more than 850 of the best global and local third-party brands and its mix of fashion-led own-brand labels - ASOS Design, ASOS Edition, ASOS 4505, Collusion, AsYou, Reclaimed Vintage, Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT. ASOS aims to give all of its customers a truly frictionless experience, with an ever-greater number of different payment methods and hundreds of local deliveries and returns options, including Next-Day Delivery and Same-Day Delivery, dispatched from state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Germany.

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