Directorate Change
25/10/2024 07:00
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20241025:nRSY5472Ja&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 5472J Digitalbox PLC 25 October 2024
25 October 2024
Digitalbox plc
("Digitalbox" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Directorate Change
Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director
and proposed appointment of an additional Non-Executive Director
The Board of Digitalbox plc, the mobile-first digital media business, which
owns leading websites Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash, The Poke, The Tab
and TV Guide, is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Blunt as an
independent Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect. Claire will join
the Audit and Nomination Committees and become Chair of the Remuneration
Committee.
Claire brings a wealth of operational digital and PLC experience from her
senior roles at leading companies in the media industry. She was the Chief
Operating Officer of Future plc, a FTSE 250 global platform for
specialist media businesses. Prior to that she was the Chief Advertising
Officer and CEO, International for the Guardian Media Group, having worked
previously for almost six years in Hearst Corporation's UK & European
business, latterly as Chief Financial Operations and Data Officer. Claire is
Chair of the digital music rights management business, One Media IP Group Plc.
The Company is also proposing to appoint Graham Bryce as a Non-Executive
Director, subject to satisfactory completion of due diligence by the Company's
Nominated Adviser (pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for
Nominated Advisers).
A further announcement, including the requisite Schedule 2(g) disclosures
required under the AIM Rules for Companies, will be made in due course upon
Graham Bryce's appointment to the Board. Graham Bryce has been identified by
key investors: Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust and Storia Credit.
Graham, was formerly Chief Operations Officer at Bauer Media Audio UK and is
currently non-executive Chair of Stream Marine Group. Both directors will
contribute to the Strategic Review announced on 4 October 2024, which is being
led by the independent Non-Executive Directors.
Additional Information
In accordance with the AIM Rules, the following information required to be
disclosed in relation to Claire Blunt is set out below. Other than this
information, Claire Blunt has confirmed there is no further information
required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules.
Full Name: Claire Jacqueline Blunt (formerly Goodwin)
Age: 57
Current beneficial shareholding in the Company: None
Current directorships:
Beautyconnect Holdings Limited
Beautyconnect (London) Limited
Logistics London Limited
The Blunt Partnership LLP
One Media IP Group PLC
Westwick Estates Limited
Roxeth Mead (Buckholt) Ltd
Hall Holdings (Education) Limited
2 Eastbury Avenue Residents Limited
Previous directorships within the last 5 years:
Conde Nast & National Magazine Distributions Limited
Hearst UK Limited
Hearst UK Events Limited
Edited Financial Services Limited
National Magazine Company Limited (The)
Handbag.com Limited
Heart of London Business Alliance
Enquiries:
Digitalbox c/o SEC Newgate
James Carter, CEO
Panmure Liberum (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Tel: 020 7886 2500
James Sinclair-Ford
Rupert Dearden
Dougie McLeod
Rauf Munir
Leander Capital Partners (Joint Broker) Tel: 07786150915
Alex Davies
SEC Newgate (Financial PR) Tel: 07540 106 366
Robin Tozer / Molly Gretton digitalbox@secnewgate.co.uk
About Digitalbox plc
Based in the UK, Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the
aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms.
Digitalbox operates the following trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The
Daily Mash", "The Tab", "The Poke" and TV Guide". Entertainment
Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV,
showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical
news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fuelled by
students. The Poke expertly curates and editorialises the funniest content
from around the web and social media. TV Guide serves as the definitive guide
to what is on TV.
Digitalbox primarily generates revenue from the sale of advertising in and
around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables
it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for
publishers on mobile.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END BOAQKQBPABDDNKB