Director appointment

RNS Number : 6166P

Digitalbox PLC

18 February 2021

 

18^th February 2021

Digitalbox plc

("Digitalbox" or "the Company")

Director appointment

Digitalbox plc (AIM: DBOX), the mobile-first digital media business, which owns Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash and The Tab, announces that Mr Matthew Armitage has been appointed as a temporary Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr Armitage brings a wealth of experience to the board: his work as both CFO and more recently CEO of St Ives PLC (now Kin and Carta plc) equips him well to perform roles including the Chair of our audit committee for the upcoming 2020 full year results audit cycle.

Commenting on the appointment of Mr Armitage, James Carter, CEO, said: "We are pleased to add Matt's experience to the board as we focus on continuing our growth. His knowledge of financial operating models in the public market will be a huge asset to our continuing operations".

The following details in relation to the appointment of Mr Matthew Robert Armitage, aged 52, are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

Current directorships:	Past directorships held within the last five years:
None.	Amaze (Europe) Limited
	Amaze (Holdings) Limited
	Amaze Communication Services (Holdings) Limited
	Amaze Communication Services Limited
	Amaze Limited
	Amaze Technology Limited
	Branded3 Search Ltd
	Edit Agency Limited
	Fripp, Sandeman And Partners Limited
	Incite Marketing Planning Limited
	Kin + Carta Limited
	Kin And Carta Advise Europe Limited
	Kin And Carta Connect Europe Limited
	Kin And Carta Create Europe Limited
	Kin And Carta Former Holdco Limited
	Kin And Carta Group Limited
	Kin And Carta Partnerships Limited
	Kin And Carta Plc
	Occam DM Limited
	Okana Systems Limited
	Pollen Health Limited
	Pragma Consulting Limited
	Realise Holdings Limited
	Response One Holdings Limited
	St Ives Burnley Limited
	The Health Hive Group Limited
	The Health Hive Limited
	Ebee Limited
	Relish Agency Limited
	Paragon Customer Communications (Finsbury Circus) Limited
	Clays Ltd
	Flare Limited
	SGL Realisations Limited
	SP Group Limited
	Tactical Solutions UK Ltd

While a director of Kin and Carta plc, a number its group companies of which Mr Armitage was a director were sold. Of these, Global MP Ltd, SGL Realisations and SP Group Ltd were subsequently placed into administration within 12 months of Mr Armitage ceasing to be as a director.

There are no other disclosures required pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Digitalbox	c/o Newgate Communications
James Carter, CEO
WH Ireland (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Mike Coe / Chris Savidge
Panmure Gordon (Financial Adviser & Joint Broker )	Tel: [phone]
Alina Vaskina / Sandy Clark (Corporate Advisory)
Erik Anderson / Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking)
Alvarium Capital Partners (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Alex Davies / Hugh Kingsmill Moore
Newgate Communications	Tel: [phone]
Robin Tozer / Isabelle Smurfit (Financial PR)	[e-mail]

About Digitalbox plc

Based in Bath, UK, Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms.

Digitalbox operates three trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The Tab" and "The Daily Mash". Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fuelled by students.

Digitalbox generates revenue from the sale of advertising in and around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.

 

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