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VINYL GROUP LTD Board/Management Information 2012

Aug 16, 2012

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ASX CODE: MBO

For immediate release Date: 17 August 2012

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement KCB, OBE

The Board of Mobilarm Limited is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement KCB, OBE as a non- executive director of the Company from 1[st] September 2012.

Mobilarm Chief Executive Officer Ken Gaunt commented: “To have the services of such a dynamic and successful leader and businessman as Tim to help Mobilarm achieve its aggressive growth strategy is a coup. Tim’s absolute belief in our vision, coupled with the leading technologies brought together through the integration of Mobilarm and Sea Marshall and driven by our board and management is a huge endorsement.”

“Tim is exceptionally well respected and connected throughout the Maritime Industry (Military and commercial) both locally here in the United Kingdom and abroad, and he will add tremendous value in fast tracking our global plans from both a regulatory and sales front. Together with the Board and Staff of Mobilarm we welcome Tim to the team.”

Sir Tim has an extensive and highly successful naval career. From 2004-2006 Sir Tim was the Deputy Commander–in-Chief Fleet (as a Vice Admiral). In this role he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Royal Navy’s front line operational command running the day-to-day Command of the 2[nd] most powerful Navy in the world.

From 2001 to 2003 Sir Tim was the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (as a Rear Admiral). He was a member of the Admiralty Board, which was chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The board delivered the Navy’s outputs from a resource budget of £1.9 billion with assets of £18 billion and employing 40,000 people around the world. In 2000 Sir Tim was Commander (as a Captain) of a UK Task Force round the world deployment. He was COO of the Task Group serving the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence, UK Industry and French interests, whilst being in Command of the Lead ship.

Sir Tim is also an experienced chairman and non-executive director, having served as Director of Subsea Resources Ltd, Managing Director of Flagship Superyacht Academy, an adviser to Undersea Defence Technology, a strategic adviser to Large Yacht Solutions, a member of the Defence Advisory Board of Babcock International , a military adviser to CTruk, a Director of CWind and Chairman of Protection Vessels International which was a start-up in 2009 and has achieved exponential growth in year-on-year revenues.

Sir Tim is well versed in strategic planning and risk management. He has led teams, which have delivered innovative change programmes and implemented radical, integrated, de-layered and streamlined processes to a number of organisations.

He is an acclaimed communicator, negotiator, presenter, speaker and writer. He is an advisor to ministers, and is well versed in international and multi national collaboration and diplomacy, with liaison at the highest levels of government, military and non-government agencies and is proud to be Chairman of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.

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