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Appointment of finance director
[October 22, 2014]

Appointment of finance director


(Marketwire (UK Regulatory) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CROSSWORD CYBERSECURITY PLC APPOINTMENT OF FINANCE DIRECTOR Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (the "Company") the GXG Main Quote listed company with ISIN GB00BPFJXS57 wishes to announce that John Bottomley has been appointed the Company's Finance Director with effect from 1 November 2014. John previously acted as non-executive director of the Company.



John Bottomley was Finance Director of a merchant bank, Robert Fraser & Partners Limited from 1982 to 1992.

He continued working for the same group of companies for another ten years where he acted as Finance Director for a group of over 40 companies.


John also acted as Finance Director of AIM listed company Minerva resources plc, a company undertaking gold mining operations. He was appointed to the board as Finance Director and continued in that role for four years until he oversaw a successful trade sale.

John Bottomley was until recently a partner of SGH Martineau Company Secretarial LLP. John has extensive experience of corporate governance of quoted companies having been company secretary to a number of AIM, fully listed public and private companies as well as holding a number of Non-Executive Directorships.

John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators having qualified as a Chartered Secretary at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and has worked for a number of authorised institutions and property companies.

As a result of the appointment John is being awarded 5,000 share options at 1.45 exercise price. The options vest in three equal tranches on the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant and are exercisable up to 10 years from grant.

This appointment will ensure as the company begins to carry out its business plan it has the appropriate resources, management reporting and systems and controls in place.

The Directors of the Issuer accept responsibility for this announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Tom Ilube - CEO Crossword Cybersecurity Plc www.crosswordcybersecurity.com Tel: +44 208 973 2350 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @crosswordcyber GXG Corporate Advisor Nick Michaels and Jon Isaacs Alfred Henry Corporate Finance Limited www.alfredhenry.com Tel: +44 207 251 3762 22 October 2014 - ENDS - © 2014 - Marketwire

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