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RNS Number : 4550E  Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC  30 June 2023

30 June 2023

DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC

("D9", the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

 

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Gailina Liew to the
Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Company's
Management Engagement and Risk Committees with effect from 1 July 2023 and
following an induction process.

Gailina has an extensive legal, operations and international business
background and brings more than 20 years of board governance experience across
listed companies, investment trusts, pensions, venture capital, regulatory and
economic development agencies. Gailina is a former non-executive director of
JP Morgan Global Convertibles Income Fund Limited and general counsel of a
listed molecular diagnostics company.  Her current roles include
non-executive director appointments to the boards of Digital Jersey Limited,
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited, TVM Life Science Innovation I
Fund, and voting member of the Jersey Data Protection Authority and the
committee of management for the Jersey Public Employee Pension Fund.

Gailina holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in molecular genetics from
Trinity College, University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws from Western
University. She also has a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg
(Northwestern University) and the Schulich (York University) Schools of
Business.

The appointment followed a formal recruitment process led by the Nomination
Committee, with the support of an independent search firm. This process
actively encouraged a diverse pool of candidates who could contribute specific
skills and experience identified by the Board and would support the Board's
commitment to diversity, in line with the FCA's targets under the Listing
Rules.

Committee changes

Following Gailina's appointment to the Company's Risk Committee on 1 July
2023, Aaron Le Cornu will step down from the Risk Committee on the same date.
Aaron will remain a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Management
Engagement Committee.

Phil Jordan, Chair, Digital 9 Infrastructure plc, commented:

"I look forward to welcoming Gailina as an Independent Non-Executive Director
to the Board. Her broad cross-disciplinary knowledge, integrative thinking and
strong legal and governance background will be of great value to the Company
as we look to continue building upon our progress to date."

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of
Rule 9.6.13 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.

ENDS

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

 Triple Point Investment Management                +44 (0) 20 7201 8989

 (Investment Manager)

 Ben Beaton

 Arnaud Jaguin

 J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Joint Corporate Broker)    +44 (0) 20 7742 4000

 William Simmonds

 Jérémie Birnbaum

 Peel Hunt (Joint Corporate Broker)               +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

 Luke Simpson

 Huw Jeremy

 FTI Consulting                                    dgi9@fticonsulting.com

 Ed Berry                                         +44 (0)7703 330 199

 Mitch Barltrop                                   +44 (0)7807 296 032

 Maxime Lopes                                     +44 (0) 7890 896 777

LEI: 213800OQLX64UNS38U92

 

About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc:

 

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust listed on the
London Stock Exchange with ticker DGI9. The Company invests in the
infrastructure of the internet that underpins the world's digital economy:
digital infrastructure.

 

The Investment Manager is Triple Point Investment Management LLP ("Triple
Point") which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority,
with extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate and private credit,
while keeping ESG principles central to its business mission. Triple Point's
Digital Infrastructure team has over US$ 300 billion in digital
infrastructure transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global
tech and global telecoms companies.

 

The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN Sustainable
Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on investments that increase
connectivity globally and improve the sustainability of digital
infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invest in typically comprise scalable
platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data
centres, terrestrial fibre, and wireless networks.

 

From its IPO in March 2021 and four subsequent placings, DGI9 has raised total
equity of £905 million and a revolving credit facility of £375
million, and invested into the following data centres, subsea fibre and
wireless networks:

 

·    Aqua Comms, a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the most
modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet - with a customer
base comprising global tech and global telecommunications carriers (April
2021);

 

·    Verne Global Iceland, the leading Icelandic data centre platform,
with 40MW of high intensity computing solutions in operation or development,
powered by 100% baseload renewable power (September 2021);

 

·    EMIC-1, a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system from
Europe to India (July 2021);

 

·    SeaEdge UK1, a data centre and landing station for the North Sea
Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea network,
improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America
(December 2021);

 

·  Elio Networks (previously Host Ireland) a leading enterprise broadband
provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access networks (April 2022);

 

·  Verne Global London (previously Volta), a premier data centre based in
central London, providing 6MW retail co-location services (April 2022);

 

·   Verne Global Finland (previously Ficolo), a leading Finnish data centre
and cloud infrastructure platform, with c.23MW of data centre capacity,
powered by 100% renewable power and distributing surplus heat to district
heating networks (July 2022);

 

·    Giggle, a revolutionary Fibre to the Home network providing
affordable broadband to social housing in Glasgow (July 2022); and

 

·    Arqiva, the only UK national terrestrial television and radio
broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data, network and
communications services, as well as a national IoT connectivity platform
(October 2022). 

 

The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund
Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 March
2021. It was admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of
the Financial Conduct Authority and migrated to trading on the premium segment
of the Main Market on 30 August 2022.

 

For more information on the Investment Manager, please
visit www.triplepoint.co.uk (http://www.triplepoint.co.uk/) . For more
information on the Company, please visit www.d9infrastructure.com
(http://www.d9infrastructure.com/) .

 

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