M&C Saatchi PLC Confirmation of Director Appointment (3640A)

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RNS Number : 3640A

M&C Saatchi PLC

22 January 2024

22 January 2024

M&C SAATCHI PLC

(the "Company" or "M&C Saatchi")

Confirmation of Director Appointment

M&C Saatchi is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Heather Rabbatts as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of the Company with immediate effect.

Heather's appointment concludes a thorough search process following the Company's announcement on 30 March 2023 that Lisa Gordon did not intend to seek re-election to the Board and would therefore step down as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at the Company's Annual General Meeting, held earlier last year on 14 June 2023.

Heather has held a number of executive and non-executive roles including in local government, infrastructure, media and sports. She currently holds a broad range of Non-Executive Directorship roles across companies and organisations including Associate British Foods plc, Times Up UK, and Soho Theatre. She has previously been a Non-Executive Director of Kier Group plc and Grosvenor Britain & Ireland and was the first woman on the Board of the Football Association in over 150 years.

Heather Rabbatts, incoming Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, commented:

"I am thrilled to be joining the Board of M&C Saatchi and look forward to working with my new colleagues at such an exciting time for the business and the sector."

Zillah Byng-Thorne, acting Executive Chair, commented:

"On behalf of the Board, I am delighted Heather has agreed to join M&C Saatchi. Heather brings a wealth of non-executive experience as well as a deep understanding of our industry and will be a very valuable addition to the Board."

In accordance with Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, Heather Rabbatts (aged 68 years) holds/has held the following directorships/partnerships in the last five years:

 
 
 Current directorships/partnerships   Previous directorships/partnerships 
                                       (last five years) 
 42 M&P Ltd                           Cove Pictures Limited 
 48 Films Limited                     FCG Worldwide Limited 
 Associated British Foods PLC         Film Nation UK 
 Garden Campus Limited                Grosvenor Limited 
 Paperset Ltd                         Grosvenor UK Finance PLC 
 Soho Theatre Company Limited         Kier Group PLC 
 Soho Theatre Productions Limited     Met Film Limited 
 The Bad Ass Librarians Ltd           Met Film School Limited 
 The Creative Industries ISA          Met Media Limited 
 The Women's Sports Group Limited     Smuggler Entertainment LLP 
 UK Time's Up                         SOHO Theatre East Limited 
                                      The Pact Drama Ltd 
                                      Vero Communications Limited 
 

Heather holds no options over ordinary shares in the Company.

There are no further disclosures to be made under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information please call:

 
 M&C Saatchi plc                                          [phone] 
 Zillah Byng-Thorne, Executive Chair 
  Bruce Marson, Chief Financial Officer 
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 Nick Westlake, Iqra Amin 
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 Max Jones, Benjamin Cryer, Will King 
 Headland Consultancy                                     [phone] 
 Stephen Malthouse, Charlie Twigg 
 

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