FW Thorpe Plc announces the following changes to the board structure: Mr. Frans Haafkens will join the Board as an independent non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Frans is Managing Partner at Dutch investment firm i4hi, a company having direct investments in manufacturing and technology businesses. He spent his formative years with McKinsey & Co.

as well as working for a short period in the UK lighting industry. Frans is a Dutch national who has worked with the Group in recent years supporting the continued success of its Dutch entities, Lightronics and Famostar, both as a consultant and an investor. He is also a minority investor in Ratio Electric B.V., the recent joint venture investment by the Group.