REG - M&C Saatchi PLC - Confirmation of Director Appointments

M&C SaatchiAnnouncement

15/06/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 7502C  M&C Saatchi PLC  15 June 2023

15 June 2023

M&C SAATCHI PLC

(the "Company" or "M&C Saatchi")

Confirmation of Director Appointments

 

Further to its announcement on 30 March 2023, the Company confirms, following
the Annual General Meeting yesterday, the appointments of Zillah Byng-Thorne
to the Board of M&C Saatchi as independent Non-Executive Chair and Chris
Sweetland as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of M&C Saatchi with
immediate effect.

Zillah brings a wealth of experience across media and technology businesses,
including having most recently been Chief Executive Officer of Future plc. She
is currently Chair of Trustpilot Group plc and has served on the Boards of
Flutter Entertainment plc, GoCompare and Auto Trader.

Chris will serve as a representative of AdvancedAdvT Limited and Vin Murria
who hold in aggregate 27,237,985 ordinary shares in the Company, representing
22.2 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Accordingly, Chris will
not be considered to be independent. Chris was previously the Deputy Group
Finance Director of WPP Group and is currently a Non-Executive Director at TPX
Holdings plc and Unlimited Marketing Group, a private equity-owned marketing
services group.  Chris will be entitled to remain on the Board provided
AdvancedAdvT Limited and Vin Murria retain an aggregate interest of at least
11.5 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

In accordance with Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, Zillah
Byng-Thorne (aged 48 years) and Christopher Sweetland (aged 68 years)
hold/have held the following directorships/partnerships in the last five
years:

 Zillah Byng-Thorne

 Current directorships/partnerships               Previous directorships/partnerships (last five years)
 Ballast Group Holdings Limited trading as        A&S Publishing Company Limited
 CarTrawler                                       Ascent Publishing Limited
 Globalwebindex Holdings Limited                  Barcroft Media Limited
 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd               Barcroft Productions Limited
 The Surelight Project Limited                    Barcroft Studios Limited
 Trustpilot Group Plc                             Broadleaf Us Bidco Inc.
                                                  Business Energy Online Limited
                                                  Byng & Mckenzie Consultants Ltd
                                                  Centaur Consumer Exhibitions Limited
                                                  Circlesix Media Inc.
                                                  Clique Brands UK Limited
                                                  Comary Inc
                                                  CTW Media Limited
                                                  Dennis Interactive Limited
                                                  Dennis Interactive, Inc.
                                                  Dennis Publishing Limited
                                                  Energylinx For Business Limited
                                                  Energylinx For Business Trading Limited
                                                  Energylinx Limited
                                                  Etihad Topco Limited
                                                  Euphoria Holdings Limited
                                                  First Post Newsgroup IPR Limited
                                                  Flutter Entertainment Public Limited Company
                                                  Future Creative Media (Canada) Ltd
                                                  Future Holdings 2002 Limited
                                                  Future New1 Limited
                                                  Future Plc
                                                  Future Publishing (Overseas) Limited
                                                  Future Publishing Holdings Limited
                                                  Future Publishing Limited
                                                  Future Publishing s.r.o.
                                                  Future TopCo Limited
                                                  Future US, Inc
                                                  Future Verlag GmbH
                                                  Futurefolio Limited
                                                  Gio Compario Limited
                                                  Go Compare Limited
                                                  GoCo Group Limited
                                                  GoCo Limited
                                                  GoCompare.Com Finance Limited
                                                  GoCompare.Com Limited
                                                  I Feel Good (Holdings) Limited
                                                  Look After My Bills Ltd
                                                  Maxza Enterprises Limited
                                                  MCV Media UK Limited
                                                  Mobile Entertainment Limited
                                                  Mozo Pty Ltd
                                                  Newbay Media Europe Limited
                                                  Newbay Media UK Holdco Limited
                                                  Pricepanda Group GmbH
                                                  Professional Publishers Association Ltd
                                                  Sapphire Bidco Limited
                                                  Sapphire Holdco Limited
                                                  Sapphire Midco Limited
                                                  Sapphire Topco Limited
                                                  Sarracenia Limited
                                                  Shortlist Media Limited
                                                  Smartbrief LLC
                                                  The Global Voucher Group Limited
                                                  The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.
                                                  The Week Limited
                                                  The Week Publications, Inc.
                                                  THG Plc
                                                  This Is The Big Deal Inc
                                                  This Is The Big Deal Limited
                                                  Three PM Limited
                                                  TI Media Limited
                                                  Waive Ltd
                                                  What Culture Limited

 Christopher Sweetland                            Previous directorships/partnerships (last five years)
                                                  N/A
 Current directorships/partnerships
 Riverside Quarter Residents Association Limited
 TPXImpact Holdings plc
 Unlimited Marketing Group Ltd
 Wandsworth Central Properties Limited

Zillah was a director of CTW Media Limited, MCV Media UK Limited, and Mobile
Entertainment Limited (the "Companies") when each entered into creditors
voluntary liquidations on 9 March 2018. The Companies were subsequently
dissolved in October 2018.

Zillah holds 143,536 ordinary shares in the Company representing 0.12% of the
Company's issued ordinary share capital. Chris holds 25,000 ordinary shares in
the Company representing 0.02% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Zillah and Chris hold no options over ordinary shares in the Company.

There are no further disclosures to be made under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies.

For further information please call:

 M&C Saatchi plc                            +44 (0)20-7543-4500
 Zillah Byng-Thorne, Chair

 Moray MacLennan, Chief Executive Officer
 Numis Securities                                          +44 (0)20-7260-1000
 Nick Westlake, Iqra Amin
 Liberum, NOMAD                                           +44 (0)20-3100-2000
 Max Jones, Benjamin Cryer, Will King
 Brunswick                                  +44 (0)207-404-5959
 Sumeet Desai, Andrew Porter, Kate Pope

 

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