Pires Investments PLC
("Pires" or the "Company")
Appointment of director
The Board of Pires Investments PLC announces that Richard Armstrong has been appointed as a non- executive director of the Company with immediate effect.
Richard Armstrong has an interest over 15,113,436 ordinary shares in the Company. Disclosure pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules is set out below:-
Richard James Armstrong, age 65.
Current directorships:- Previous directorships during the previous five years:-
Blenheim Wind and Biomass Limited IGas Energy plc
Blenheim Energy Limited Devonshire Wind Projects Ltd
Blenheim Wind (UK) plc Bass Energy Pty Limited Wind Ventures Limited Ecovista plc
CityPoint Investments plc (formerly Bella Media plc)
Petrocapital Resources plc Fortfield Investments plc BWA Group PLC
Xchange House plc
Mr Armstrong was a director of Crescent Technology Ventures plc, Fortfield Investments plc, CityPoint Investments plc, Holroyd Consultants Limited and Xchange House plc, all of which went into members' voluntary liquidations on a solvent basis. Bass Energy Pty Limited, an Australian company, is in liquidation.
Mr Armstrong was a director of Bella Media plc, KP Renewables plc (renamed IGas Energy plc), BWA Group plc, Parallel Media Group plc and Weatherly International plc all of which were subject to CVAs. Mr Armstrong joined the boards of the companies concerned in order to assist in the refinancing and reconstruction immediately after the CVAs had been put in place.
For further information, please visit http://www.piresinvestments.comor contact:
Pires Investments PLC
Peter Redmond, Chairman
Tel: 020 7580 7576
Nominated Adviser
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
Liam Murray/Avi Robinson
Tel: 020 7148 7900
Broker
Peterhouse Corporate Finance
Jon Levinson
Lucy Williams
Tel: 020 7469 0935
Tel: 020 7469 0936

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