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21 September 2006 Directorate Changes/ Notice of Results
ScreenFX plc ( AIM: SFX), the digital advertising and communications specialist, is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Elms to the Board of the Company as Finance Director, with immediate effect. Richard Schultz, who has been the Finance Director since January 2006, will relinquish his position but will remain as a Director of the Company and take up a new position of Commercial Director.
Simon Elms is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying in 1994 after training at Price Waterhouse Coopers ("PWC"). Whilst at PwC Simon worked in Corporate Tax, Advisory and Corporate Finance, specialising in investigation and due diligence work. From 1995 to 1997 he worked at Ciba Specialty Chemicals managing the centralisation of their accounts function and overseeing the de-merger of that business from its pharmaceutical arm, Novartis. Since 1997, Simon has worked within the Entertainment and Media Industry. He was a formative director of a computer video game developer, Warthog plc, growing the business to a successful flotation in February 2001 and ultimately overseeing the acquisition of that Company in 2005 by a US-based publisher and hardware manufacturer.
Simon Paul Elms, aged 36, has been a Director of the following companies and organisations during the past five years:
| Current Directorships | Directorships held in the past five years |
| Elms Financial Consulting Limited | Warthog plc |
| Virtual Poker Limited | Warthog Property Limited |
| Warthog Entertainment Limited | |
| Roadhog Games Limited | |
| Phatfish Limited | |
| Sourcery Development Limited | |
| Zed Two Limited |
There is no other information that requires disclosure under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AiM Rules.
David Clark, Chief Executive Officer of ScreenFX, said: " The Board is particularly pleased to welcome Simon as our new Finance Director. Simon brings with him valuable experience of the media sector and of public company life from his time spent at Warthog where he was instrumental in growing the business, listing it and then overseeing its acquisition. We would also like to take the opportunity to thank Richard for his short but important tenure as Finance Director and we believe that in their new positions, Simon and Richard will play key roles in our forward strategy."
The Company also announces today that the Interim Results for the six month period ending 30 June 2006 will be announced on Friday 29 September 2006. An analyst briefing given by David Clark (Chief Executive Officer) and Simon Elms (Finance Director) and David Neale (Managing Director), will be held at 9.30 am on Friday, 29 September 2006 at Abchurch Communications Ltd, 5th Floor, 100 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU.
For further information:
| ScreenFX plc | |
| David Clark, Chief Executive | Tel: +44 (0) 161 428 5544 |
| info@screenfx.com | www.screenfxplc.com |
| Seymour Pierce Limited | |
| Stuart Lane, Corporate Finance | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000 |
| stuartlane@seymourpierce.com | www.seymourpierce.com |
Media enquiries:
| Abchurch | |
| Henry Harrison-Topham / Laura Riascos De Castro | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7700 |
| henry.ht@abchurch-group.com | www.abchurch-group.com |
Notes to editors:
ScreenFX has five operating divisions, these are detailed below:
MallFX – a division established in 2004 that provides digital advertising solutions to UK premium shopping malls. Current portfolio includes 25 'super malls' which yields a footfall of over 450 million consumers per annum.
TrainFX – established in 2005, this is a new division designed for transport sector media, providing state of the art technology for premium marketing opportunities on commuter trains.
HealthFX – a new division, established in 2006 that targets the health sector, both public and private, and addresses the need for more modern methods of communication with patients, provides patient information and communication systems.
BigFX – established in 1999, this division provides large format out of home poster and banner advertising media space.
LiveFX – a specialist provider of creative marketing and content services to both internal operating divisions and external clients.
ScreenFX joined AIM in March 2004. Further information can be found at: www.screenfxplc.com
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