RNS Number : 5698U OPG Power Ventures plc 25 November 2019

25 November 2019

OPG Power Ventures plc

("OPG" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting, Appointment of Non-Executive Director

OPG Power Ventures plc(AIM: OPG), the developer and operator of power plants in India, announces that at its eleventh Annual General Meeting of shareholders held today all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed.

On 9 October 2019, the Company announced certain board changes including the proposed appointment of Mr Narayanan Kumar as a Non-Execu ve Director. The Board is pleased to confirm that Mr Kumar was appointed to the Board with effect from today.

Mr Kumar is Vice Chairman of The Sanmar Group, a mul na onal group, headquartered in Chennai, India, with ac vi es spanning chemical produc on, engineering and shipping. He serves on the boards of various public bodies and of a number of companies across various sectors including electronics, telecommunica ons, engineering, technology, management and finance. He is a former President of the Confedera on of Indian Industry and is currently Chairman of the Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is the Honorary Consul General of Greece in Chennai. Mr Kumar has a wide range of public interests in the areas of health, social welfare, sport and educa on, which include his role as President of Bala Mandir Kamaraj Trust and Managing Trustee of The Indian Educa on Trust. He is also a member of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, India and is a former trustee of the Ins tute for Financial Management and Research.

Mr Kumar has a degree in Electronics Engineering from Anna University, Chennai and is a fellow member of the Indian Na onal Academy of Engineering. He is also a life member of the Ins tute of Electronics and Telecommunica ons Engineers.

Commen ng on Mr Kumar's appointment, Execu ve Chairman Arvind Gupta said:"We are delighted to welcome Mr Kumar to the Board of OPG. He brings a significant level of industrial knowledge and strategic experience that will prove invaluable to the Company."

For further information, please visit www.opgpower.comor contact:

OPG Power Ventures PLC

+91 (0) 44 429 11211

Arvind Gupta / Dmitri Tsvetkov

Cenkos Securities (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7397 8900

Russell Cook / Stephen Keys

Tavistock (Financial PR)

+44 (0) 20 7920 3150

Simon Hudson / Barney Hayward / Nick Elwes

Narayanan Kumar, aged 69, has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years

Current Directorships/Partnerships:

Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited

Bharti Infratel Limited

EG Innovations Private Limited

EG Innovations Pte. Limited, Singapore

Entertainment Network (India) Limited

L&T Technology Services Limited

Larsen & Toubro Limited

Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children

Mphasis Limited

NK Trading and Consultancy Private Limited

Risk Educators Private Limited

Singapore- India Partnership Foundation (India)

Take Solutions Limited

Previous Directorships/Partnerships:

Cubbon Road Properties Private Limited

MRF Limited

Madhura Kumar Properties Private Limited

Times Infotainment Media Limited

Times Innovative Media Limited

Mr Kumar is Vice Chairman, although not a director, of The Sanmar Group.

Mr Kumar does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company. There are no further disclosures required to be made pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

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