Sumo Group PLC Change of Auditor (2317L)
04 September 2019 - 10:17PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2317L
Sumo Group PLC
04 September 2019
4 September 2019
SUMO GROUP PLC
("Sumo Group" or the "Company")
CHANGE OF AUDITOR
Sumo Group, the award-winning provider of creative and
development services to the video games and entertainment
industries, announces that, following the conclusion of a formal
tender process led by the Company's Audit Committee, the Company
has appointed Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as its auditor for the
year ending 31 December 2019. EY will hold office until the next
Annual General Meeting of the Company in June 2020, when their
appointment will be subject to shareholder approval.
Following the conclusion of the tender process, Grant Thornton
UK LLP has resigned as the Company's auditor and has confirmed to
the Company that there are no matters connected with its ceasing to
hold office that it considers need to be brought to the attention
of shareholders or creditors of the Company.
Enquiries:
Sumo Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 114 242 6766
Carl Cavers, Chief Executive Officer
David Wilton, Chief Financial Officer
Zeus Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)
Nick Cowles / Richard Darlington Tel: +44 (0) 161 831 1512
/ Andrew Jones
Ben Robertson / John Goold Tel: +44 (0) 203 829 5000
Belvedere Communications Limited
Cat Valentine (cvalentine@belvederepr.com) Tel: +44 (0) 7715 769 078
Keeley Clarke (kclarke@belvederepr.com) Tel: +44 (0) 7967 816 525
Llew Angus (langus@belvederepr.com) Tel: +44 (0) 7407 023 147
About Sumo Group - www.sumogroupplc.com
Sumo Group's businesses provide acclaimed development and design
services to the video games and entertainment industries from
studios in the UK, India, and Canada.
Sumo Digital, as the group's primary business, is one of the
UK's largest independent developers of AAA-rated video games,
having studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham and Pune in
India. The business has acquired two studios since IPO, which
operate under their own names, BAFTA award-winning The Chinese Room
in Brighton and Red Kite Games in Leeds. Sumo Digital provides
turnkey and co-development solutions to a global blue-chip client
base.
Atomhawk is a multi-award-winning visual design company, with
studios in Newcastle and in Vancouver (Canada), servicing the
games, film and visual effects industries.
Together, the Group delivers full-spectrum visual and
development solutions, which include initial visual concepts,
conceiving new products and game development involving all aspects
of pre-production, production & development, as well as
supporting games as a service.
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