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REL: 1709 HRS Mercer Group Limited
KEYDATES: MGL: Mercer Group LTD - Director Nominations
Mercer Group LTD Invites Director Nominations
For the purposes of NZSX Listing Rule 3.3.5, Mercer Group Limited advises
that in respect of its Annual Meeting to be held on Monday 30th November
2015, the closing date for director nominations is 3rd November 2015. All
nominations must be received by 4.00pm on the closing date.
In accordance with the company's constitution, Richard Rookes and John
Dennehy will retire as directors at the annual meeting and will stand for
re-election.
Please see below a short biography of directors standing for re-election:
Mr John Dennehy is the current Chairman on the Mercer Board. After
graduating in Economics and Accounting, John worked in international asset
finance in the City of London. He was later a founder of Marketingfie Ltd, a
UK based online aggregator of marketing data. He has served on a number of UK
and NZ boards, most recently as Chair of Simcro Ltd, the Hamilton based R&D,
export led, agritech business which was recently majority sold to the US
based Riverside Partners.
The Board has determined Mr. Dennehy is an Independent Director.
Mr Richard Rookes is the CEO of Mercer. Prior to taking this role in July
2015 he was an Executive Director at Murray & Co and manager of the Rakaia
Fund. Prior to joining Murray & Co in 2005 Richard was based in London where
he worked as a banker at Salomon Brothers and Citigroup. Richard holds a
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Otago, a Diploma for
Graduates (Marketing) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce.
The Board has determined Mr. Rookes is an Executive Director.
Nominations may only be made by a shareholder entitled to attend and vote at
the annual
meeting, and must be accompanied by the consent in writing of the nominated
person.
Queries and nominations to be addressed for the attention of:
Graham Sweet
Email: [email protected]
Mercer Group Limited
P O Box 13632
Onehunga
Auckland 1643
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