TIDMGHT

RNS Number : 3161Z

Gresham Technologies PLC

11 January 2024

RNS

11 January 2024

Gresham Technologies plc

Board Appointment

Gresham Technologies plc (LSE: "GHT", "Gresham", "Group", "Company"), the leading software and services company that specialises in providing solutions for data integrity and control, banking integration, payments and cash management, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Oliver Scott as non-executive Director, effective immediately.

Oliver is a managing partner of Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel"), which he co-founded in 2009. Prior to this, Oliver spent 20 years advising smaller quoted and unquoted companies, latterly as a director of KBC Peel Hunt Corporate Finance. He is currently a non-executive director at K3 Business Technology PLC and Redcentric Plc; holding directorships over the past five years at Smoove PLC, Idox PLC, IQGeo Group PLC, and KBC Advanced Technology PLC.

Kestrel invests in UK listed companies with a particular focus on the enterprise software and services sector, and is Gresham's largest shareholder, with a holding of 20,004,573 ordinary shares in the Company as at 10 January 2024; representing 23.9% of the Company's issued share capital. In addition to his interest in the Company via Kestrel, Oliver has a personal beneficial interest in 5,555 ordinary shares in the Company.

Relationship Agreement

In conjunction with Oliver's appointment, the Company has entered into a relationship agreement with Kestrel. The key terms of this agreement are as follows:

 
      --   All transactions, agreements or arrangements entered into 
            between a member of the Group and Kestrel and/or any of 
            its associates will be conducted on an arm's length basis 
            and on normal commercial terms; 
      --   Kestrel shall exercise its voting rights to ensure, so 
            far as it is able to do so by the exercise of such rights, 
            that directors independent of Kestrel shall at all times 
            constitute a majority of the Gresham board ("Board"); 
      --   Kestrel and its associates will not propose any resolution 
            or other action to cancel the trading of the Company's 
            shares from trading on the Main Market of the London Stock 
            Exchange without the Board's approval; and 
      --   Kestrel and its associates will not solicit proxies unless 
            consistent with the recommendation of the Board, exercise 
            powers to requisition a shareholders' meeting, or undertake 
            any action to obtain or consolidate control of the Company 
            or seek to do so, otherwise than in accordance with the 
            Takeover Code.

Richard Last, Chair, commented:

"Kestrel has been one of the Company's largest investors for many years and we welcome Oliver onto the Board as their representative. Oliver brings significant public markets and technology investment knowledge, and we look forward to working with him."

Other than as set out in this announcement there are no further disclosures required in respect of Oliver Scott under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

Enquiries

 
                                                 +44 (0) 207 653 
Gresham Technologies plc                          0200 
Ian Manocha / Tom Mullan 
 
Singer Capital Markets (Financial Adviser and    +44 (0) 207 496 
 Broker)                                          3000 
Shaun Dobson / Tom Salvesen / Jen Boorer 
 
                                                 +44 (0) 203 405 
Alma Strategic Communications                     0205 
Josh Royston / Hilary Buchanan / Matthew Young

Note to editors

Gresham Technologies plc is a leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time solutions for data integrity and control, banking integration, payments and cash management. Listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (GHT.L) and headquartered in the City of London, its customers include some of the world's largest financial institutions and corporates, all of whom are served locally from offices located in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

Gresham's award-winning Clareti software platform is a highly flexible and scalable platform, available on-site or in the cloud, designed to address today's most challenging financial control, risk management, data governance and regulatory compliance problems. Learn more at www.greshamtech.com.

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 or visit 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.

END

BOAKZGMMLGFGDZM

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 11, 2024 02:01 ET (07:01 GMT)

Gresham Technologies (LSE:GHT)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Gresham Technologies Charts.
Gresham Technologies (LSE:GHT)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Gresham Technologies Charts.