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UTEK Corporation - Directorate Change
TAMPA, Fla. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - UTEK Corporation (NYSE AMEX: UTK) (LSE-AIM: UTK), a leading innovation
services company, announces the forthcoming resignation of Francis Maude
as Non-Executive Director. With a UK General Election due by June 2010,
Francis Maude will step down as a Non-Executive Director at the end of
2009. The Company plans to appoint a replacement in the coming months.
The Rt. Hon. Francis Maude commented, "I have been a Non-Executive
Director at UTEK for three years and have seen it develop from a
technology transfer company into a leading global growth and innovation
firm helping clients capture the full value of all their intellectual
capital. UTEK is well positioned for the future and is led by an
excellent management team focused keenly on scaling the business
profitably and sustainably. It has been and remains a pleasure to be
involved with it."
About UTEK Corporation
UTEK is a leading innovation services company. UTEK's
services enable clients to become stronger innovators, rapidly source
externally developed technologies, create value from their intellectual
property and gain foresight into marketplace and technology developments
that affect their business. UTEK is a business development company. For
more information about UTEK, please visit its website at www.utekcorp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking
statements." These forward-looking statements can generally be
identified as such because the context of the statement will include
words, such as UTEK "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or
words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those currently anticipated. These factors are
not exhaustive. New factors, risks and uncertainties may emerge from
time to time that may affect the forward-looking statements made herein.
These forward-looking statements are only made as of the date of this
press release and UTEK does not undertake any obligation to publicly
update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances. This press release (when filed) will be available on the
Company's website www.utekcorp.com.
UTEK Corporation
USA:
Lesley Cohen, 202-295-6770
lcohen@hrosepr.com
or
UK:
Fairfax
I.S. Plc - AIM Nominated Adviser & Broker
Jeremy Porter, + 44
(0)20 7598 5368
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