Defenx plc Appointment of Director (9003F)
23 May 2017 - 4:02PM
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RNS Number : 9003F
Defenx plc
23 May 2017
23 May 2017
Defenx PLC
("Defenx" or the "Company")
Appointment of Director
Defenx PLC (AIM:DFX), the cyber-security software group, is
pleased to announce that, pursuant to the strategic partnership
with BV-Tech SpA ("BV-Tech") announced on 11 April 2017, Franco
Francione, the CFO of BV-Tech, has been appointed as a
Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
Mr Francione has 30 years' experience in finance and
administration and joined BV-Tech in March 2017. He started his
career in treasury management. In 2001, he moved to Segesta SpA,
now part of the Euronext-listed Korian Group, a European leader in
services to the elderly. At Segesta, Mr Francione was CFO and Real
Estate Director responsible for finance, treasury, purchasing,
administration, estates and M&A, and sat on 26 subsidiary
boards. He speaks Italian and English.
Andrea Stecconi, Chief Executive Officer of Defenx,
commented:
"I am delighted that Franco has joined the board of Defenx. I am
also pleased that Franco has agreed to join the Audit Committee,
where his career experience and financial expertise will no doubt
support the committee's work."
Additional information on Mr Francione
The following additional information is provided in accordance
with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for
Companies:
Current and past Directorships for Franco Bruno Francione, aged
53:
Current Previous (last five years)
BV-Tech Spa Aurea Salus Srl Platinum Spa
Linus Srl Cappuccine Srl Rean Srl
Optinet Srl Care Service Spa Residenza Formigine Srl
Privatewave Italia Srl Centro Riabilitativo Comunita Terapeutica Il Gabbiano Srl Residenza I Platani Srl
Croce di Malta Srl Residenze Heliopolis Srl
Data Dominus Srl Residenze Le Magnolie Srl
Dr. Alberto Bocchi Spa Rsa Villa Anna Srl
Elia Domus Srl Segesta Gestioni Srl
Gli Oleandri Srl Segesta Latina Spa
Heraclia Srl Segesta Mediterranea Srl
I Platani Srl Segesta Spa
Il Ciliegio Srl Segesta2000 Srl
Il Faggio Srl Villa Delle Terme Spa
Kinetika Sardegna Srl Villa San Clemente Srl
Le Palme Srl Villa San Fortunato Srl
Marta Spa Vittoria Srl
Mosaico Home Care Srl
Mr Francione is a director of BV-Tech, which holds 3,480,388
ordinary shares representing approximately 29.6 per cent. of the
Company's issued share capital. Mr Francione owns no shares in the
Company personally.
There is no further information required to be disclosed
pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.
Enquiries
Defenx PLC
Andrea Stecconi - Chief Executive Officer
Philipp Prince - Chief Financial Officer 020 3769 0687
IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR)
Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Heather
Armstrong 020 3053 8671
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated and
Financial Adviser)
Richard Tulloch / Ritchie Balmer /
James Bellman 020 7409 3494
WH Ireland (Joint-Broker)
Adrian Hadden / Nick Prowting 020 7220 1666
Beaufort Securities (Joint-Broker)
Jon Belliss 020 7382 8300
About Defenx
Founded in 2009, Defenx is a fast-growing and profitable
cyber-security software group that offers a range of Security,
Backup and Protection solutions for smartphones, PCs and
networks.
A channel sales strategy, focused on flexibility,
white-labelling and profit-share arrangements with distributors,
telecoms companies and hardware manufacturers, enables Defenx to
compete with established industry incumbents. Defenx's global
distribution partners currently include 3Italia, Türk Telecom and
Western Digital, amongst others including telecoms operators,
systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers.
Defenx was admitted to trading on AIM on 3 December 2015,
acquired Memopal Srl in August 2016 and announced a strategic
partnership with BV-Tech, an Italian IT solutions provider, in
April 2017. These have allowed the Company to diversify its product
portfolio and grow its customer base by adding proprietary cloud
backup and encryption technology as well as new channel
partners.
Web: investors.defenx.com
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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