Merit Group PLC Directorate Change (5767J)

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RNS Number : 5767J

Merit Group PLC

13 December 2022

13 December 2022

Merit Group plc

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

Board Change

Merit Group plc (AIM: MRIT), the data and intelligence business, announces the appointment of Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director.

Pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, the Company discloses the following details in relation to the above appointment:

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, aged 76, holds and has previously held the following directorships within the last five years:

 
 Current Directorships                   Former Directorships (in the last 
                                          5 years) 
 Impellam Group plc                      Imperial War Museum Foundation 
  Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited    Imperial War Museum Trading Company 
  Rendeavour Holdings Limited             Limited 
  Prospect Education (Technology)         Normandy Limited 
  Trust Limited 
  Crimestoppers Trust 
                                        ------------------------------------- 
 

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC has a holding of 10,061,771 ordinary shares in the Company, which represents 42.0 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company.

There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to Lord Ashcroft's appointment pursuant to AIM Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 
For further information, please contact: 
Merit Group plc 
David Beck - CEO 
 www.meritgroupplc.com                     020 7593 5500 
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad and 
 Broker) 
 Bobbie Hilliam                            020 7523 8150 
 
 

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