Director Appointment

Fox Marble Holdings plc
("Fox Marble" or the "Company")

Fox Marble, the AIM listed company focused on marble quarrying and processing in Kosovo and the Balkans region is pleased to announce that Sir Mark Lyall Grant will be joining the board as a Non-executive Director from 3 April 2022.

Sir Mark is one of the United Kingdom's most senior public servants, with more than 30 years of experience in leadership, policy making, negotiation and public presentation. He has held diplomatic postings on four continents, including High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to the United Nations. He was National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2015 to 2017. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London, and a Consultancy Adviser on National and International Security.  He is a qualified barrister and was appointed to the Bench of Middle Temple in 2011.

Andrew Allner, Chairman, commented: 

"We are pleased to welcome Sir Mark to the Board and look forward to leveraging his wealth of experience. This appointment comes at an important time for the Company and the Board looks forward to updating the market on progress made between now and the end of the year."

Further information pursuant to Rule 17, Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules is set out below.

Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant (aged 65) has held the following current and former directorships in the past five years:

Current Directorships

Lyall Grant Consulting Limited

Former Directorships in the past five years

None

Sir Mark does not hold any shares or options in the Company.

There is no other information regarding Sir Mark Lyall Grant required to be disclosed under the AIM Rules.

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For more information on Fox Marble please visit www.foxmarble.net or contact:

Fox Marble Holdings plc

Chris Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0)20 7380 0999

Fiona Hadfield, Finance Director

Tel: +44 (0)20 7380 0999

Quatro PR

Gary Pleasants

Tel: +44 (0)207 566 7963/+44 (0)7966 487 739

Mark Herbert

Tel: +44 (0)7770 381608

Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)

Nick Naylor/Nick Athanas/Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance)

Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate Broking)

Tel: +44 (0)20 3394 2973

Tavira Securities Limited (Joint Broker)

Oliver Stansfield/Jonathan Evans

+44 (0)203 192 1739

Cairn Financial Advisers (Nomad)

Liam Murray/Sandy Jamieson/Ludovico Lazzaretti

Tel: +44 (0)20 7213 0880

Notes to Editors

Fox Marble (AIM: FOX) is a marble production, processing and distribution company with operations in Kosovo and the Balkans.

Its marble products, which include Alexandrian Blue, Alexandrian White, Breccia Paradisea, Etruscan gold and Grigio Argent, are gaining sales globally to wholesale companies and directly to luxury residential properties. In the UK these include St George's Homes and Capital and Counties Plc's Lillie Square development. In Sydney, Australia, Rosso Cait, Alexandrian White and Breccia Paradisea have been used in what is expected to be Australia's most expensive residential property. These sales serve to demonstrate the desirability of Fox Marble's premium marble products as the stone of choice in some of the most prestigious and expensive residential developments around the world.

Caution regarding forward looking statements

Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'', ''could'', "should" ''envisage'', ''estimate'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''plan'', ''potentially'', "expect", ''will'' or the negative of those, variations or comparable expressions, including references to assumptions. These forward looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors.

Directorate Change

Fox Marble Holdings plc
(“Fox Marble” or the “Company”)

Fox Marble, the AIM listed company focused on marble quarrying and finishing in Kosovo and the Balkans region, announces that Richard Round, a non executive director of the Company, will be stepping down from the Board with immediate effect in order to pursue other professional commitments.

The Board of Fox Marble would like to thank Richard Round for his contribution to the Company during his service and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

For more information on Fox Marble please visit www.foxmarble.net  or contact:

Fox Marble Holdings plc
Andrew Allner, Non Executive Chairman
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7380 0999
Chris Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7380 0999

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nomad)
Liam Murray
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 0880

Brandon Hill Capital (Broker)
Oliver Stansfield (CEO)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3463 5000

Yellow Jersey PR
Felicity Winkles
Tel: +44 (0) 77 4884 3871
Francesca Hillier
Tel: +44 (0) 7708 400 470

Notes to Editors

Fox Marble Holdings Plc is an AIM quoted natural stone extraction Company operating in Kosovo and the Balkans region, with headquarters in the United Kingdom.

The Company has 40 year mining licences for six separate marble quarries of which three are now in production and completed a maiden JORC resource indicating an in-situ valuation of approximately Euro 16.5 billion. Established in 2011, Fox Marble has access to over 300 million cubic metres (over 1bn tons) of marble of premium quality marble.

In addition, Fox Marble has rights to extract marble from two further premium quality marble quarries, at Drini and at Malesheva in Kosovo, which is in full production, and from the Prilep Quarry in Macedonia which is also in full production and, one of only two sources worldwide of a highly prized white marble.

Directorate Changes

AIM:  FOX
20 September 2016

Fox Marble Holdings plc
 (“Fox Marble” or the “Company”)

Fox Marble, the AIM listed company focused on marble quarrying and finishing in Kosovo and the Balkans region, announces the following directorate changes effective today, 20 September 2016. 

Dr Etrur Albani will be stepping down from the Board as Managing Director in order to focus on the operational activities of the Company.  Dr Albani remains fully committed to Fox Marble and will continue supporting the Company in achieving its goals.

Dr Paul Jourdan will be retiring as a non-executive director due to increased demands on his time from his role at Amati Global Investors.

Mr Richard Round will be joining the board as a non-executive director.  Mr Round was previously Chief Executive Officer and Finance Director of a number of AIM listed and private equity backed companies in the resources sector, most recently leading the successful sale of Green Highland Renewables Limited in 2015. Mr Round now holds a number of non-executive positions across various industries.

Ms Fiona Hadfield has been re-appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer, following maternity leave. She replaces Ms Candice Sutherland, who will resign from the Board in order to pursue other business interests. 

Andrew Allner, Chairman, commented:

“We are pleased to welcome both Richard and Fiona to the Board and look forward to leveraging their combined wealth of experience. These appointments come at an important time for the Company and the Board looks forward to updating the market on progress made between now and the end of the year. 

“We would like to thank Etrur for his unwavering support to date.  We are pleased that Etrur remains fully committed to Fox Marble’s development and that he has confirmed he has no plans to dispose of his shareholding in the Company.

“The team and I would further like to extend collective thanks to Paul and Candice for their contributions to date, in their respective roles, and wish them well in their future endeavours. Amati Global Investors remains a highly valued investor and we will of course continue to keep closely in touch with Paul.” 

Further information pursuant to Rule 17, Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules is set out below. 

Richard Calvin Round, age 58 is currently, or has been previously, a director of the following companies within the past five years:

Current directorships                                           Previous directorships
West Cumbria Mining (Holdings) Limited           Green Highland Renewables Limited
West Cumbria Mining Limited                              Green Highland Renewables (Roroyere) Limited
Cyberhawk Innovations Limited                           Lewis Wave Power Limited
Rimar Services Limited                                           Renewable Technology Ventures Limited
Anglo Asian Operations Limited                           Marine Power Projects Limited
Anglo Asian Mining plc                                           Aquamarine Power Limited
                                                                                   Brough Head Wave Farm Limited

There is no other information regarding Richard Round required to be disclosed under the AIM Rules. 

Fiona Clare Hadfield, age 36 has previously been a director of the following companies within the past five years: 

Current directorships                                             Previous directorships
None                                                                            Fox Marble Holdings plc

There is no other information regarding Fiona Hadfield required to be disclosed under the AIM Rules. 

For more information on Fox Marble please visit www.foxmarble.net  or contact:

Fox Marble Holdings plc     
Chris Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer     

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7380 0999
    
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nomad)
Liam Murray
Sandy Jamieson
    
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7148 7900

Brandon Hill Capital (Broker)     
Oliver Stansfield     

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3463 5000
    
Yellow Jersey PR     
Aidan Stanley
Dominic Barretto

Tel: +44 (0) 75 8408 5670

Notes to Editors

Fox Marble Holdings Plc is an AIM quoted natural stone extraction Company operating in Kosovo and the Balkans region, with headquarters in the United Kingdom. 

The Company has been granted mining licences in relation to six separate marble quarries and completed a maiden JORC resource indicating an in-situ valuation of approximately Euro 16.5 billion. Established in 2011, Fox Marble has access to over 300 million cubic metres of premium quality marble. 

Fox Marble also has rights to extract marble from the Drini and Malesheva quarries, both in Kosovo and from the Prilep Quarry in Macedonia. 

Non-executive appointment

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