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Ashley House PLC

01 March 2018

Ashley House plc (the "Company")

Appointment of Finance Director

Ashley House plc ("Ashley House" or the "Company") the health and community care property partner is pleased to announce the following new appointment to the Board.

James Andrew John Hathaway (aged 40) has been appointed Finance Director & Company Secretary with effect from today. James is a Chartered Accountant and has been with Ashley House since 2011 as Director of Finance and member of the Senior Management Team having previously worked for Tenon and Fujitsu Services. He joins Antony Walters and Jonathan Holmes as an Executive Director of the Company.

James also takes the position of Company Secretary in place of Stephen Ronaldson who retires from this position after more than 10 years' service.

Further to the above, Andrew Willetts, Non-executive director and Chairman of the Company's Audit & Risk Committee, was appointed to the Board in 2009 following the acquisition of Sapphire Primary Care Developments from Admenta Ltd (Lloyds Pharmacy). Andrew recently left Admenta but has agreed to remain on the Board of Ashley House plc as a Non-executive director and Chairman of the Company's Audit & Risk Committee until at least the publication of the financial statements for the year to 30 April 2018.

Christopher Lyons, Chairman of Ashley House commented "We are delighted to announce James' appointment. James brings experience as well as financial and strategic expertise to the Board. This is an important appointment for the Company as we ensure that the Board's composition and structure is appropriate to enable the Company to grow over the coming years. We thank Stephen Ronaldson for his long service as Company Secretary since 2007. I am also pleased that Andrew has agreed to remain on the Board and will continue to provide his invaluable support and advice."

Notes:

A list of James' current directorships together with those held in the last five years is set out below:

 
 Current                                Previous 
 
 Romsey Extra Care Limited              Strategic Property Solutions Limited 
 AH (Ashford HSN) Ltd                   FAH Walton Limited 
 AH Ryde Limited                        Health and Community Investments 
                                         Limited 
 AH Burnholme Limited                   FAH Harwich Limited 
 European Healthcare Investments        Best Practice (North Of England) 
  Designated Activity Company            Limited 
 F1 Modular Limited                     Best Practice In Primary Care 
                                         Limited 
 AH Walton (HSN) Limited 
 AH Belmont Ltd 
 AH Leicester Tilling Limited 
 AH Hamelin Limited 
 Greville Dementia Care Limited 
 Ashley Supported Housing Ltd 
 Hampshire Living Space Ltd 
 AH Wivenhoe Ltd 
 AH Mayhill Limited 
 IPC Plus Limited 
 AHBB ELL Holdings Ltd 
 Infracare (South West) Limited 
 East London Lift Investments Limited 
 Infracare Partnering Limited 
 Infracare (Midlands) Limited 
 Lift Healthcare Investments Limited 
 Infracare Dudley Limited 
 Infracare Capital Limited 
 Lift Investors Limited 
 Infracare Group Limited 
 AHBB LHIL Holdings Ltd 
 Infracare Oxford Limited 
 Infracare Bristol Limited 
 Ashley Novoe Ltd 
 Neil Niblett + Associates Limited 
 AH Eastwood Limited 
 Ashley House (Capital Projects) 
  Ltd 
 AH Scarborough Health Park Limited 
 AH Danbury 2 Ltd 
 AH Grimsby Pelham Ltd 
 AH Retford Ltd 
 AH Grimsby Willowdene Ltd 
 AH Grimsby Winchester Limited 
 AH Danbury Ltd 
 Sapphire Primary Care Developments 
  Limited 
 AH Peterborough Ltd 
 Ashley House Developments Limited 
 Bristol Retirement Living Extra 
  Care Housing Limited 
 AH Havant Limited

James is the beneficial owner of 162,063 ordinary shares of 1p in the Company, including shares held under the Ashley House Share Incentive Plan and representing approximately 0.27% of the Company's current issued share capital.

James has confirmed that there is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Ashley House plc 01628 600 340

Antony Walters

Jonathan Holmes

WH Ireland 0207 220 1666

(Nominated Adviser and broker to Ashley House plc)

Adrian Hadden

Ed Allsopp

James Sinclair-Ford

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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