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 Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited Rendeavour Holdings Limited Prospect Education (Technology) Trust Limited Crimestoppers Trust
| Imperial War Museum Foundation Imperial War Museum Trading Company Limited Normandy Limited |
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 | 020 7593 5500 |
| Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad and Broker) Bobbie Hilliam | 020 7523 8150 |
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