Directorate Changes

Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC

12 June 2024

 

12 June 2024

DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC

("D9" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Directorate Changes

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Andrew Zychowski as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, following an independent external recruitment process led by the Board's Nomination Committee. Separately, the Company announces that Gailina Liew stepped down as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 11 June 2024, and on an interim basis Eric Sanderson will assume Gailina's current responsibilities as Chair of the Nomination Committee and Chair of the Management Engagement Committee.

The appointment of Andrew Zychowski will be effective immediately upon receiving the approval of the Jersey Financial Services Commission. On or before the effective date of this appointment, a further announcement will be made detailing his membership of the Board's committees.

Mr Zychowski has over 30 years' investment banking experience, providing corporate finance advisory services to investment company boards. Until June 2019, he was the Head of the Investment Companies corporate department at Canaccord Genuity Limited, and, prior to this, the Head of the Investment Companies corporate department at Dresdner Kleinwort. He is a qualified accountant and holds a BSc in Physics from Imperial College. Mr Zychowski is currently a Non-Executive Director of Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, and a Non-Executive Director of The Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre Plc.  

Mr Zychowski and persons closely associated to him together hold 2,630,000 shares in the Company, or 0.3% of its share capital. In addition, other family members of Mr Zychowski hold 603,000 shares in the Company.

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of Rule 9.6.13 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.

Eric Sanderson, Chair, Digital 9 Infrastructure plc, commented:

"We are pleased to welcome Andrew Zychowski to the Board. I believe that the in-depth knowledge and experience developed from his extensive career in providing corporate finance advisory services to investment company boards will be invaluable to the Company as it progresses through its managed wind-down process. I would also like to thank Gailina Liew for her significant time commitment to the Board since her appointment in July 2023."

ENDS.

Contacts

Liberum Capital Limited (Financial Adviser)   Chris Clarke   Darren Vickers   Owen Matthews	[phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Corporate Broker)   William Simmonds   Jérémie Birnbaum	[phone]
FTI Consulting (Communications Adviser)   Mitch Barltrop   Maxime Lopes	[e-mail] [phone] [phone]

About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE All-Share, 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. 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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