Change of Chairman

Synchronica PLC 24 August 2007 August 24, 2007 Synchronica plc Change of Chairman Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the mobile synchronisation and device management company today announces the appointment of David Mason as Chairman with immediate effect. David Mason, a non-executive director of the Company since April 2007, takes over the role from David Wickham who will continue to serve the board as a non-executive director. Announcing his decision to stand down Mr Wickham said: "I have enjoyed the challenge of acting as Chairman of Synchronica during a period of rapid change and progress at the Company. A successful restructuring of the company and the recent major contract wins with SmartTrust and Sun Microsystems are testament to a lot of good work over recent years as Synchronica has built a strong foundation for future success." Commenting on his appointment as Chairman, David Mason said: "The Board is indebted to David Wickham for his guidance as Chairman over a period which has been crucial in the development of the business. I look forward to working closely with our Chief Executive Officer Carsten Brinkschulte as we build on our recent contract successes." David Andrew Mason, 57, has many years of experience in the telecommunication and software development industry having delivered consultancy services in over 40 countries. Mr Mason was the founder and Chief Executive of the Mason Group from 1993 until 2004. He built the Mason Group into the UK's leading independent telecoms/IT consultancy (Industry Research Group survey) with over 200 staff, offices in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin and an annual fee income of over £21m with extensive list of the blue chip UK and international clients, including 34 of the FTSE 100 and public sector bodies. Enquiries: Synchronica plc Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO, +44 (0) 7977256 406 Angus Dent, CFO, +44 (0) 7977256 347 Nicole Meissner, CMO +44 (0) 7977256 412 Corfin Communications Ben Hunt, Harry Chathli +44 (0) 207929 8985 Seymour Pierce David Newton +44 (0) 207107 8000 About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard synchronisation and device management solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises. Its product portfolio ranges from data synchronization (DS) to device management (DM) and firmware update over the air (FOTA). Products include the mobile device management suite Mobile Manager and the Push Email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Headquartered in the UK with a development centre in Germany, and offices in Hong Kong and Dubai Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at www.synchronica.com. About Synchronica Mobile Gateway Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providing push e-mail and synchronisation services. Based on the open industry standards SyncML and IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to be installed on the device or behind the firewall. Today more than 400 device models and 1.3 billion devices support the industry standard. Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises, enabling their mobile users to send and receive email from consumer mailboxes (AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronise their calendar and contact data with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and Sun Java TM Communications Suite. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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