M&C Saatchi PLC Confirmation of Director Appointments (7502C)
15 June 2023 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
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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 A&S Publishing Company Limited
trading as
CarTrawler Ascent Publishing Limited
Globalwebindex Holdings Limited Barcroft Media Limited
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Barcroft Productions Limited
Ltd
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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