5N Plus Appoints Richard Perron as Chief Financial Officer

MONTREAL, Feb. 26, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - 5N Plus Inc. (TSX: VNP), the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products, is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard Perron has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective March 17, 2014. Mr. Perron succeeds David Langlois, who will be leaving 5N Plus to pursue other interests.

Mr. Perron has nearly 20 years of international experience as a finance professional. From 2006 to present, Mr. Perron has held progressively senior roles and has gained valuable experience within ArcelorMittal and more recently as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Strategy Manager of Long Carbon Americas, one of ArcelorMittal's most important business units. In this role, he was responsible for all countries of the Americas generating a total of $11 billion in annual sales, with 17,900 employees and more than 25 key operations and plants among countries like Canada, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Argentina. From 1999 to 2006, he served as Director, Finance and Control and Chief Information Officer of Danfoss Turbocor Compressors Inc, part of The Danfoss Group. Mr. Perron holds a B.Com. degree in Accounting from Concordia University, a M.Sc. in Administration, Management and Accounting and an M.B.A. from the University of Sherbrooke and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the United-States (IL & DE) and Chartered Professional Accountant in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

Jacques L'Ecuyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, said "We are pleased to welcome Richard Perron and are convinced that his broad in-depth knowledge of the market, strong leadership skills and hands-on approach will greatly contribute to help us execute our growth strategy, which calls for both organic and acquisition-related initiatives". Mr. L'Ecuyer concluded, "I would like to thank David Langlois for his work and support over the years, and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors."

About 5N Plus Inc.
5N Plus is the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products. Fully integrated with closed-loop recycling facilities, the Company is headquartered in Montreal, Québec, Canada and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in several locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. 5N Plus deploys a range of proprietary and proven technologies to produce products which are used in a number of advanced pharmaceutical, electronic and industrial applications. Typical products include purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, inorganic chemicals based on such metals and compound semiconductor wafers. Many of these are critical precursors and key enablers in markets such as solar, light-emitting diodes and eco-friendly materials.

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