Appointment of Non-executive Director

RNS Number : 6861K

Kape Technologies PLC

06 January 2021

 

6 January 2021

Kape Technologies plc

("Kape", the "Company" or the "Group")

Appointment of Non-executive Director

Kape Technologies plc (AIM: KAPE), the digital security and privacy software business, announces the appointment of Pierre-Etienne Lallia as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Mr Lallia has twenty years' experience working across the capital markets arena, most recently at Nomura International plc, London, where he spent ten years, latterly as Managing Director in its Acquisition and Leveraged Finance team. Prior to this, Mr Lallia spent over four years with Goldman Sachs International's London-based Bank Debt Portfolio Group. Mr Lallia has extensive experience earlier in his career, working as a lawyer at Shearman & Sterling in New York and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York and Paris.

A French citizen, Mr Lallia has been a resident in the United Kingdom for over 15 years and continues to be based in London. Mr Lallia is Managing Director of Globe Invest UK Ltd and the appointed representative of Unikmind Holdings Limited ("Unikmind"), the Company's largest shareholder.

Don Elgie, Chairman of Kape, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Pierre to the Board of Kape as a representative of Unikmind. With his background both in law and financial markets, he brings great experience to the Group."

Enquiries:

Kape Technologies plc Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer Moran Laufer, Chief Financial Officer	via Vigo Communications
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser & Broker) Mark Percy / Toby Gibbs / James Thomas	[phone]
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) Harry Gooden / George Tzimas	[phone]
Vigo Communications (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Antonia Pollock [e-mail]	[phone]

About Kape

Kape is a leading 'privacy-first' digital security software provider to consumers. Through its range of privacy and security products, Kape focuses on protecting consumers and their personal data as they go about their daily digital lives.

To date, Kape has 2.4 million paying subscribers, supported by a team of over 350 people across eight locations worldwide.

Through our subscription-based platform, Kape has fast established a highly scalable SaaS-based operating model, geared towards capitalising on the vast global consumer digital privacy market.

www.kape.com

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Appendix - AIM Rule 17

Save for the information set out above and below, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Pierre-Etienne Louis Marie Lallia, aged 44.

Mr Lallia is the appointment representative of Unikmind Holdings Limited, which holds 135,396,897 ordinary shares in the Company.

Current Directorships

Babylon Park UK Play & Entertainment Ltd

Globe Invest UK Ltd

RunTech Group Ltd

 

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