Directorate Change

RNS Number : 6034U

Future PLC

17 October 2014

 



17 October, 2014

Future plc

Directorate Change

Future, the international media group, today announces that Mark Whiteling is standing down as non-executive Director with effect from 30 November 2014 in order to take up a role as non-executive Director at Hogg Robinson Group.

Mark has been a non-executive Director since 8 October 2010 and has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee since 9 February 2011. Manjit Wolstenholme, senior independent no-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, will assume the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee with effect from 1 December 2014.

Peter Allen, Chairman, commented: "We thank Mark for the tremendous contribution he has made to Future since he joined the Board in 2010."

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Enquiries:

Future plc                                              0207 042 4000 / 01225 442244

Richard Haley   

About Future:

·      Future plc is an international media group and leading digital business, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).

·      Future has operations in the UK, US and Australia creating publications, apps, websites and events.

·      Future holds market-leading positions in Technology, Games, Music, and the Creative sector.

·      Future attracts more than 49 million monthly global unique users to our websites, which include techradar.com, gamesradar.com and musicradar.com.

·      Future sold more than 14 million magazines last year. Our most well-known brands include T3, Total Film and Xbox: The Official Magazine.

·      Videos created by Future had over 143 million views last year.

·      Future, and its portfolio, reaches over 15 million people on social media.

·      Future has over 200 licensing & syndication agreements in 89 countries worldwide, and exports over 55 titles.

·      Follow Future plc on Twitter at www.twitter.com/futureplc and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/future-publishing.

 

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