19 January 2010
IM00B296RS94/GBX/PLUS-exn
(Ticker on PLUS: PGRP)
PULSE GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Result of AGM and Resignation of Director
The Board announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 12th
January 2010, all resolutions were duly passed with the exception of resolution
number 3 dealing with the re-election of Mr. Kim Lin Wong who had retired by
rotation and was offering himself for re-election, which was not carried.
Mr. Kim Lin Wong has subsequently left the Company by mutual agreement to
pursue other opportunities The Board wishes him well in his future endeavors
and thanks him for his past contribution to the Company. The Company is pleased
to announce that Mr Wong's day to day responsibilities have been assumed by a
highly experienced new recruit, Mr Sandeep Verma, and that line management
within the Company has been further strengthened by two additional hires.
Sandeep Verma (Head of Operations designate) has over 9 years of direct
industry experience with a particular emphasis on project management and
working closely with clients in the specification, scoping and costing of new
research projects.
Christine Chua (Client Development Manager) joins Pulse from Frost & Sullivan
where she spent 5 years as a Consulting Analyst engaged on research projects,
predominantly in the pharmaceutical sector, spanning both Europe and the
Asia-Pacific region.
Noor Aniza Adnan (Project Manager) brings with her extensive experience of the
market research industry gained from previous positions held by her with TNS,
Research International and with Synovate.
The Company's issued share capital comprises 91,638,888 ordinary shares of 1p
each and as a consequence of Mr Wong's departure the total number of shares
held by Directors is now 37,820,026 representing 41.27% of the total issued
share capital of the Company.
The Directors of Pulse Group PLC are responsible for the contents of this
announcement.
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The Pulse Group is a leading provider of research process outsourced ("RPO")
services within the Asia-Pacific region predominantly to market research and
media companies, based anywhere around the world, wishing to conduct research
within the region. It also provides its services to RPO companies based in
other parts of the world who have a need to conduct research within the
Asia-Pacific region. Pulse is not itself a market research company and rarely
has contact with the end user of the research material that it generates.
Contact details:
Pulse Group PLC
Bob Chua, Chairman
Telephone: +6 (03) 2167 6666
E-mail : bob.chua@pulse-group.com
Corporate Adviser
St Helens Capital Partners LLP
Oliver Cooke
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 937 4446
E-mail : olivercooke@sthcp.com
Mark Anwyl
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 368 6957
E-mail : markanwyl@sthcp.com
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PULSE GROUP PLC
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