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RNS Number : 3863C  Aquis Exchange PLC  19 October 2020

 

19 October 2020

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Aquis Exchange PLC

("Aquis", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Appointment of independent non-executive director to AQSE Board

 

Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L), the exchange services group, is pleased to
announce that it has appointed Lesley Gregory to the board of its subsidiary,
 Aquis Stock Exchange ("AQSE"), the primary market for growth companies, as
an independent non-executive director (NED). The appointment has received
approval from the FCA.

 

Lesley is the chairperson of leading international law firm Memery Crystal, a
role she has held since 2016, having previously been CEO at the firm for six
years. She is a preeminent lawyer, with an established reputation in the
capital markets space. She also has substantial business acumen having advised
her entrepreneurial and international client base over the years. She has
significant experience in advisory roles and in advising private growth
companies. She has also previously been a non-executive director on the board
of Accuma Group plc, a listed company, before it was taken private.

 

Lesley has been a champion of diversity throughout her career and has ensured
that this has remained at the forefront of Memery Crystal's core values. She
founded a successful female entrepreneurs' network in 2014 to connect female
founders with other likeminded individuals and senior investors. She has also
won numerous awards during her career, including Legal Adviser of the Year at
the Women in Finance Awards.

 

AQSE is a UK-based stock market providing primary and secondary markets for
equity and debt products. It is permissioned as a Recognised Investment
Exchange, which allows it to operate a regulated listings venue. Following
approval from the FCA, the acquisition of AQSE (formerly NEX Exchange) was
completed in March 2020.

 

Aquis has set out its vision to apply its core values of transparency and
innovation to AQSE, and is committed to improving the market through enhanced
trading mechanisms, the prohibition of short selling, the segmentation of the
market, and gaining greater institutional and asset manager support.

 

Michael Berkeley, Chairman of Aquis Stock Exchange, commented:

 

"I am delighted to welcome Lesley to the AQSE Board. Not only does she have
deep knowledge and experience in legal matters and capital markets, she is
also a business leader and clearly entrepreneurial in nature. Her expertise,
network and advisory experience will be a huge benefit to AQSE as we embark on
the next stage of our development."

 

Lesley Gregory, incoming Independent Non-Executive Director, said:

 

"It is my great pleasure to be joining the AQSE team. Its level of ambition is
clear, and I am excited to be able to support its growth objectives by
offering a legal perspective and through strategic advice."

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Aquis Exchange PLC                                          Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6321
 Alasdair Haynes, CEO
 Jonathan Clelland, CFO and COO

 Belinda Keheyan, Head of Marketing                          Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6329

 Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)      Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 2000
 Clayton Bush
 Chris Clarke
 Edward Thomas
 Kane Collings

 Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser)                              Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0205
 Susie Hudson                                                aquis@almapr.co.uk

 Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

 Kieran Breheny

 

Notes to editors:

 

Aquis Exchange PLC is an exchange services group, which operates pan-European
cash equities trading businesses (Aquis Exchange), growth and regulated
primary markets (Aquis Stock Exchange/AQSE) and develops/licenses exchange
software to third parties (Aquis Technologies).

 

Aquis Exchange is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct
Authority and France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers to operate
Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the UK and in EU27 respectively.
Aquis operates a lit order book and does not allow aggressive non-client
proprietary trading, which has resulted in lower toxicity and signalling risk
on Aquis than other trading venues in Europe. According to independent
studies, trades on Aquis are less likely to lead to price movement than on
other lit markets. Aquis uses a subscription pricing model which works by
charging users according to the message traffic they generate, rather than a
percentage of the value of each stock that they trade.

 

Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) is a stock market providing primary and secondary
markets for equity and debt products. It is authorised as a Recognised
Investment Exchange, which allows it to operate a regulated listings venue.

 

Aquis Technologies is the software and technology division of Aquis Exchange
PLC. It creates and licenses cutting-edge, cost-effective matching engine and
trade surveillance technology for banks, brokers, investment firms and
exchanges.

 

Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L) is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of
the LSE (AIM) market. For more information, please go to www.aquis.eu

 

 

 

 

 

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