Directorate Changes, Committee Composition Changes

Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC

04 January 2024

 

4 January 2024

DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC

(the "Company")

Directorate Changes and Board Committee Composition Changes

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc announces that, following an orderly handover of his role after the announcement of the strategic review, Keith Mansfield has decided to step down as an Independent Director of the Company with immediate effect. As a result, the Board has reviewed the composition of its committees and has made the following changes with immediate effect:

·    Aaron Le Cornu is appointed Chair of the Audit Committee and Brett Miller will join the Audit Committee.

·     Brett Miller is appointed Chair of the Management Engagement Committee replacing Aaron Le Cornu who will remain a member of the Management Engagement Committee.

In addition to the above changes, the Board is establishing a Valuation Committee, which is to be chaired by Richard Boléat. All the directors will be members of the Valuation Committee.

No changes will be made to the Risk or Nomination Committees.

Charlotte Valeur, Interim Independent Chair, said: "On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Keith for his contribution to the Company."

ENDS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Joint Corporate Broker) William Simmonds Jérémie Birnbaum	[phone]
Peel Hunt (Joint Corporate Broker) Luke Simpson Huw Jeremy	[phone]
FTI Consulting (Communications Adviser) Mitch Barltrop Maxime Lopes	[e-mail] [phone] [phone]

LEI: 213800OQLX64UNS38U92

About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc:

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc ("DGI9") is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange 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, with extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate, and private credit, while keeping ESG principles central to its business mission. Triple Point's Digital Infrastructure team has over US$300 billion in digital infrastructure transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global tech and global telecoms companies.

The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN Sustainable Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on investments that increase connectivity globally and improve the sustainability of digital infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invests in typically comprise scalable platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data centres, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks.

Since IPO in March 2021, DGI9 has invested in the following data centres, subsea fibre and wireless network assets (other than Verne Global):

·   Aqua Comms, a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the most modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet - with a customer base comprising global tech and global telecommunications carriers;

·   Arqiva, the only UK national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data, network and communications services, as well as a national IoT connectivity platform;

·    Elio Networks (previously Host Ireland) a leading enterprise broadband provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access networks;

·      EMIC-1, a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system from Europe to India;

·   SeaEdge UK1, a data centre and landing station for the North Sea Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea network, improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America;

The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 March 2021. The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the premium segment of the Main Market on 30 August 2022.

For more information on the Investment Manager please visit www.triplepoint.co.uk. For more information, please visit www.d9infrastructure.com.

 

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