IPH LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2014

Dec 14, 2014

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15 December 2014

Appointment of new Interim Group CFO

Sydney, 15 December ‐ Directors of IPH Limited (ASX:IPH) would like to announce that Malcolm Mitchell has been appointed Interim Group Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary with immediate effect.

Mr Mitchell is a former Finance Director of Atlas Group Holdings and deputy Finance Director at Hoyts Group. More recently he has led a series of contract assignments including the sale of recruitment process out‐sourcing company HRX Holdings to a US group, and as interim CFO presiding over the due diligence process associated with the sale of Atlas Steels while managing the day‐to‐day finance function of the company.

IPH Chief Executive, David Griffith, said: “We are pleased to have a person of Malcolm Mitchell’s calibre to take IPH to the next stage of its development as a listed company with the more complex reporting requirements involved .”

The previous CFO Carole Campbell joined Spruson & Ferguson in July to fill a new role as Group CFO to assist in the preparation for the IPO and listing of the new entity, IPH, established to be the holding company for Spruson & Ferguson, one of the Asia‐Pacific’s leading intellectual property law firms. Having successfully completed her role, Ms Campbell is moving on to her next challenge.

The Board would like to thank Ms Campbell for her valuable contribution and wishes her well in her future endeavours.

David Griffith Managing Director

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