RNS Number : 2652E
Sovereign Oilfield Group plc
17 December 2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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17 December 2009
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SOVEREIGN OILFIELD GROUP Plc
("Sovereign" or "the Company" or "the Group")
Board Changes
The Board of Sovereign announces that John Robert Strachan has been appointed as Chief Executive and Gary Steven Robertson has been appointed as Director with immediate effect.
John Strachan's (age 60) background is in the oil and gas industry with over 20 years experience in areas such as acquisitions and disposals and project development and he has also acted on a number of successful oil and gas transactions internationally. Prior to returning to the U.K. from 1986 he served as a Senior Police Officer in Hong Kong for 16 years.
Gary Robinson (age 51) has been overseeing the sales and marketing activity for Sovereign's subsidiaries Maxwell Downhole Technology in Aberdeen and SERCO in Pau, France. He started in the oil industry with Santa Fe Drilling before moving to NL Industries which was involved in logging, mud engineering and held management positions in both North Africa and Europe. Following this, Gary established Far East markets for a London based oil commodities financial service company. He also formed Unigel a leading designer and manufacturer of cable filling gels for optical fiber telecommunications and copper cables.
Additionally Stuart Pearson has resigned as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect and the Board would like to thank him for his contribution over the last few years.
The Board are continuing further discussions with its lending consortium to re-negotiate the terms of its existing loans and a further update will be provided in due course.
Further Information
John Strachan
Details of directorships that John Strachan has held in the previous five years are given below:
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Current Directorships
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Previous Directorships
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None
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Boustead P.L.C.
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The Douglas Corporation Limited
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Easier PLC
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Naspec Limited
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United Energy Group PLC
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United Energy Investments Limited
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United Energy Consultancy Limited
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John Strachan resigned as a director of Easier PLC on 9 March 2007. A court order was issued on 31 October 2007 to wind up Easier PLC and liquidators were appointed to Easier PLC on 14 March 2008.
Details of directorships that Gary Robinson has held in the previous five years are given below:
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Current Directorships
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Previous Directorships
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Unigel Limited
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None
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Unigel (UK) Limited
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Shenzhen Unigel Telecommunications CO. LTD
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La Vigerie Consulting (SARL)
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Gary Robinson was a director of Unigel Limited when on 8 December 1999 a liquidator was appointed as a result of a members voluntary winding up. At 6 March 2001 the estimated deficiency as regards members was £116,375.00 and the estimated deficiency as regards creditors was nil.
Save for the declarations above there is no further information to be disclosed in respect of the appointment of Mr. Strachan and Mr. Robertson under Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Contact information:
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Sovereign Oilfield Group Plc
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Tel: 01224 261900
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John Strachan, Chief Executive
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Charles Stanley Securities - Nominated Adviser
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Tel: 0207 149 6000
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Mark Taylor/Freddy Crossley
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Buchanan Communications
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Tel: 020 7466 5000
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Tim Thompson, Catherine Breen
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