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RNS Number : 3568X  Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC  19 December 2023

19 December 2023

 

DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC

 

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

 

Further Announcement on Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Further to the Company's announcement on 14 December 2023, the Board of
Directors of D9 is pleased to announce that, following approval by the Jersey
Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") received today, Mr. Richard Boléat's
appointments as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, and as a
member of the Company's Audit, Risk and Management Engagement Committees, are
now effective today.

 

A further announcement will be made in due course regarding the effective date
of the appointment of Brett Miller as Independent Non-Executive Director and
as a member of the Nomination and Management Engagement Committees, also
announced by the Company on 14 December 2023, once the JFSC approval process
is complete.

 

ENDS.

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

 

 

 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 (Communications Adviser)        dgi9@fticonsulting.com

 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 the 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 invests in typically comprise scalable
platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data
centres, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks.

 

Since IPO in March 2021, DGI9 has invested in the following data centres,
subsea fibre and wireless network assets (other than Verne Global):

 

·   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;

·   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;

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

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

·    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;

 

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. The
Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to the premium listing segment of the
Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and 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
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