Defenx plc Appointment of Director (2203N)

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Defenx plc

07 August 2017

7 August 2017

Defenx PLC

("Defenx" or the "Company")

Appointment of Director

Defenx PLC (AIM:DFX), the cyber-security software group, is pleased to announce that, pursuant to the strategic partnership with BV-Tech SpA ("BV-Tech") announced on 11 April 2017, Raffaele Boccardo, the founder and CEO of BV-Tech, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Company, as a nominated representative of BV-Tech, with immediate effect.

Under the relationship agreement entered into with BV-Tech in connection with the strategic partnership, BV-Tech has the right to nominate two directors to the Board of the Company, for as long as it holds in excess of 20 per cent. of the ordinary shares of the Company. The appointment of Mr Boccardo represents the second such appointment under this agreement.

Mr Boccardo is an entrepreneur and President of the BV-Tech Group, which he founded in 2005 to become one of Italy's leading independent corporate IT solutions providers. He received the Order of Merit of the Republic from the President of Italy in 2010. He speaks fluent Italian and English.

Andrea Stecconi, CEO of Defenx, commented:

"I am delighted that Raffaele has joined the board of Defenx. With his background and success in growing BV-Tech we believe that he will be instrumental in helping to develop and deliver the group's strategy going forward."

Additional information on Mr Boccardo

The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies:

Current and past Directorships for Raffaele Boccardo, aged 56:

 
 Current               Previous (last five years) 
 Aitek Spa             BV TECH Service Srl 
 BV TECH Lab Srl       Consorzio Milano Ricerche 
 BV TECH Ricerca Spa   Infotronic Technologies 
                        Srl (in liquidation) 
 BV TECH Spa           MP Risk Agency Srl 
 Consorzio BV TECH     PrivateWave Italia Srl 
 Progesi Spa           Sinergie D'Impresa Srl 
 T Bridge Spa 
 ZeroZero39 Srl 
 

Mr Boccardo is the founder, major shareholder of and a director of BV-Tech, which holds 3,480,388 ordinary shares representing approximately 29.3 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Mr Boccardo owns no shares in the Company personally.

There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries

 
 Defenx PLC 
  Andrea Stecconi - Chief Executive Officer 
  Philipp Prince - Chief Financial Officer     020 3769 0687 
 IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR) 
  Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Heather 
  Armstrong                                    020 3053 8671 
 Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated and 
  Financial Adviser) 
  Angela Hallett / Richard Tulloch / 
  James Bellman                                020 7409 3494 
 WH Ireland (Joint-Broker) 
  Adrian Hadden / Alex Bond                    020 7220 1666 
 Beaufort Securities (Joint-Broker) 
  Jon Belliss                                  020 7382 8300 
 

About Defenx

Founded in 2009, Defenx is a fast-growing and profitable cyber-security software group that offers a range of Security, Backup and Protection solutions for smartphones, PCs and networks.

A channel sales strategy, focused on flexibility, white-labelling and profit-share arrangements with distributors, telecoms companies and hardware manufacturers, enables Defenx to compete with established industry incumbents. Defenx's global distribution partners currently include 3Italia, Türk Telecom and Western Digital, amongst others including telecoms operators, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers.

Defenx was admitted to trading on AIM on 3 December 2015, acquired Memopal Srl in August 2016 and announced a strategic partnership with BV-Tech, an Italian IT solutions provider, in April 2017. These have allowed the Company to diversify its product portfolio and grow its customer base by adding proprietary cloud backup and encryption technology as well as new channel partners.

Web: investors.defenx.com

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014.

This information is provided by RNS

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