Harworth Group plc (Harworth and the Company) announced that Andrew Kirkman, Finance Director, has notified the Board of his resignation to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer at CLS Holdings plc. Andrew will not, therefore, stand for re-election as a Director of the Company at its forthcoming Annual General Meeting in May 2019. His resignation will take effect on 30 June 2019.

The Board has commenced a process to recruit Andrew's replacement in line with Harworth's succession plan and will make a further announcement in due course.