12 June 2024
DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE
PLC
("D9" or
the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the
"Group")
Directorate
Changes
The Company is pleased to announce
the appointment of Mr Andrew Zychowski as an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the Company, following an independent
external recruitment process led by the Board's Nomination
Committee. Separately, the Company announces that Gailina Liew
stepped down as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 11 June
2024, and on an interim basis Eric Sanderson will assume Gailina's
current responsibilities as Chair of the Nomination Committee and
Chair of the Management Engagement Committee.
The appointment of Andrew Zychowski
will be effective immediately upon receiving the approval of the
Jersey Financial Services Commission. On or before the effective
date of this appointment, a further announcement will be made
detailing his membership of the Board's committees.
Mr Zychowski has over 30 years'
investment banking experience, providing corporate finance advisory
services to investment company boards. Until June 2019, he was the
Head of the Investment Companies corporate department at Canaccord
Genuity Limited, and, prior to this, the Head of the Investment
Companies corporate department at Dresdner Kleinwort.
He is a qualified accountant and holds a BSc in
Physics from Imperial College. Mr
Zychowski is currently a Non-Executive Director of Middlefield
Canadian Income PCC, and a Non-Executive Director of The Ralph
Veterinary Referral Centre Plc.
Mr Zychowski and persons closely
associated to him together hold 2,630,000 shares in the Company, or
0.3% of its share capital. In addition, other family members of Mr
Zychowski hold 603,000 shares in the Company.
There are no other details that are
required to be disclosed in respect of Rule 9.6.13 of the Financial
Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.
Eric Sanderson, Chair, Digital 9 Infrastructure plc,
commented:
"We are pleased to welcome Andrew
Zychowski to the Board. I believe that the in-depth knowledge and
experience developed from his extensive career in providing
corporate finance advisory services to investment company boards
will be invaluable to the Company as it progresses through its
managed wind-down process. I would also like to thank Gailina Liew
for her significant time commitment to the Board since her
appointment in July 2023."
ENDS.
Contacts
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Liberum Capital Limited (Financial
Adviser)
Chris Clarke
Darren Vickers
Owen Matthews
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+44 (0)203 100
2000
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J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Corporate
Broker)
William Simmonds
Jérémie Birnbaum
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+44 (0)20 7742
4000
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FTI Consulting (Communications
Adviser)
Mitch Barltrop
Maxime Lopes
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dgi9@fticonsulting.com
+44 (0) 7807 296
032
+44 (0) 7890 896
777
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About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9)
is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange and a
constituent of the FTSE All-Share, with the ticker DGI9. The
Company invests in the infrastructure of the internet that
underpins the world's digital economy: digital
infrastructure.
The Investment Manager is Triple
Point Investment Management LLP ("Triple Point") which is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For
more information on the Investment Manager please visit
www.triplepoint.co.uk.
For more information, please visit www.d9infrastructure.com.