Basil  Read  Holdings  Limited     (Incorporated  in  the  Republic  of  South  Africa)   Registration  Number  1984/007758/06  Share  Code:  BSR  ISIN:  ZAE000029781   ("Basil  Read"  or  the  "Company"  or  the  "Group")   CONFIRMATION  OF  APPOINTMENT  OF  EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR  


Shareholders are referred to the announcement dated 27 March 2014, in which the Company advised of the appointment of Mr Terence Desmond Hughes, as interim Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 June 2014. The company is pleased to confirm Mr Hughes' appointment as executive director on the board of directors with effect from 1 June 2014.

Johannesburg
5 June 2014

For  further  information  please  contact:  


Andiswa Ndoni
Company Secretary: Basil Read Office: +27 11 418 6471

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