7 November 2012
WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Board of Directors
The Board of Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr Doug
McCutcheon as an independent non-executive Director of the
Company, with immediate effect.
Based in Toronto, Canada and
both a Canadian and UK citizen, Mr McCutcheon acts as an
independent investor and consultant, specialising in the provision
of strategic and financing advice. He is the former head of UBS
Healthcare Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle
East and Africa, with over
25 years' experience as an investment banker, 16 of which
specialising in the global healthcare sector.
Mr McCutcheon's appointment will be proposed to shareholders for
ratification at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be
held in July 2013.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Listing
Rule 9.6.13R(2) to (6).
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For further information please contact:
Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP 020 3 008 4913