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UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS LTD – Market Announcements

Hamilton, Bermuda – 02 December, 2010 - Utilico Emerging Markets Limited (the “Company”; Ticker: UTILEMU.BH) announces, effective 26 October, 2010, the appointment of a new non executive Director and Westhouse Securities Limited as Nominated Adviser and Broker. 

 

The Board of Directors of the Company announces that Anthony Muh has been appointed as a non executive Director of the Company.

 

Garth Milne has resigned as a non-executive Director of the Company.

 

The Company also announces that it has appointed Westhouse Securities Limited as Nominated Adviser and Broker. Mr Milne is non-executive chairman of Westhouse Holdings plc, the parent company of Westhouse Securities Limited.

 

Anthony brings significant expertise as a longstanding investment professional and many years of experience in the Asia Pacific region. This background will be a valuable addition to the Utilico board

 

Mr Milne’s experience and strategic insight have been of great value to the Company over recent years and the Board is delighted that Mr Milne has agreed to act as a consultant to the Company.

 

Further information on Anthony Muh:

 

Anthony, aged 47, is an investment professional with more than 25 years’ experience in the investment management industry. He is an executive director and CEO of Morrison & Co's asset management businesses. He previously headed up the Asia Pacific operations of the UK’s largest closed-end listed investment company, Alliance Trust PLC.

 

Anthony had also spent over 13 years with Citigroup as Head of investment/CIO of Asia inc Japan: he was a member of Citigroup Asset Management (CAM)’s Global Asset Management Committee and a member of Citigroup’s Hong Kong country board.

 

Anthony is a current board member and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and a member of the Asia Advisory Board for Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc and is a member of the New Zealand Business Advisory Board to the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

 

Current directorships:

 

Infratil Limited

Clearpool Capital Holdings Limited

Clearpool Capital Management Limited

HRL Harrison & Co.

HRL Morrison & Co Capital Management Limited

HRL Morrison & Co Capital Management (Int) Limited

HRL Morrison & Co Asia Limited

Hong Kong Securities Institute

Infratil Limited

Asia Corporate Governance Association

 

Past directorships:

 

Citibank Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited

Salomon Brothers Asset Management Asia Pacific Limited

AT Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Limited

 

Mr Muh has confirmed that there is no further information to be disclosed in accordance with the requirements of Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules.

 

For further information contact:

 

Charles Jillings, Director                                                01372 271486

Martin Cassels, F&C Management Ltd                      0131 718 1095

 

Tom Price/Petre Norton                                                 0207 601 6100

Westhouse Securities Limited (Nomad and Broker)