Directorate Change

RNS Number : 6639C

Synchronica PLC

18 November 2009

 



Synchronica plc

('Synchronica' or 'the Company')

Board Appointment

Michael Jackson appointed as Non-executive Director

Synchronica plc, the AIM listed mobile email and data synchronisation provider, announces that Michael Edward Wilson Jackson has been appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from today.

Michael Jackson, aged 58, has invested in smaller companies and the technology sector for the past 20 years. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and spent 23 years as a director of Sage plc, the last 15 years as Chairman. During that time Sage's capitalisation rose from approximately £1 million to its current level of nearly £3 billion. Michael is founder and chairman of Elderstreet Investments Ltd, which is best known for its investment in young, ambitious technology businesses. 

Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, said, "We are very pleased to welcome Michael to the Board. Michael's experience in the technology and smaller company arena will play a key role in Synchronica's growth and transition into profitability. His appointment is an acknowledgment of the fact that Synchronica is well placed to benefit from the growth of data services for mobile phones in the emerging markets as the number of networks and subscribers using our technology grows.

Save the details below, there are no other matters to be disclosed in relation to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Synchronica plc www.synchronica.com	Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO Angus Dent, CFO,  Nicole Meissner, COO,	[phone] [phone] [phone]
FinnCap	Charles Cunningham	[phone]
Walbrook PR Ltd	Ben Knowles	[phone] [phone] [e-mail]

Present directorships or partnerships	Past directorships or partnerships
Aconite Technology Limited	Abercorn Place School plc
Access Intelligence plc	Apertio Limited
Advanced Computer Software plc	Computer Software Group Limited
Burra Burra Distribution Limited	Computer Software Limited
Concorde Solutions Limited	EU Smart Limited
Contact London (Services) Limited	Guildford Acquisitionco Limited
Elderstreet Ballater Limited	Guildford Bankco Limited
Elderstreet Capital Partners Nominees   Ltd	Guildford Equityco Limited
Elderstreet General Partner   (Kinetique) Ltd	Guildford Debtco Limited
Elderstreet Holdings Limited	Guildford Guaranteeco Limited
Elderstreet Investments Limited	Guildford Midco 1 Limited
Elderstreet Private Equity Limited	Guildford Midco 2 Limited
Elderstreet VCT plc	Interbizz Financial Systems Limited
Evolve Capital plc	Jobsin.co.uk limited
Forsyth Whitehead & Associates Ltd	Medialoom Limited
Intelligent Environments Group plc	Micromuse Limited
The Kellan Group plc	Netstore Group Ltd
Lupus Capital plc	Netstore (UK) Ltd
Old Vicarage Nominees Limited	PartyGaming Plc   Mediasurface plc Mediasurface Europe Limited
Royal Albert Hall Developments Ltd	Planit Employee Incentive Trustees Ltd
Sky High plc	Planit Holdings Limited   Netstore plc
Snacktime plc	Pinnacle Computer Systems Limited
Syncissue Limited	Retirement Villages Limited
Soames Limited	Searchspace Group Limited
The Web Factory Birmingham Ltd	Systems Team Bristol Limited
.	Sage (South Gosforth)
	The Sage Group plc
	Select Software Tools plc
	Travelstore.com Group plc
	Wimbledon 123 Limited Young Enterprise London Ltd

Michael Jackson was a director of Steve Dudman Plant Limited which was ordered to be wound up compulsorily on 23 October 2000.

Michael Jackson was a director of Travelstore.com Group Plc ('Travelstore') Travelstore was wound up voluntarily by its members on 16 December 2003. According to the members' voluntary winding up declaration of solvency dated 16 December 2003, Travelstore would be able to pay its debts in full together with interest at the official rate within a period of 12 months from the commencement of the winding up.

Michael Jackson was a director of Medialoom Limited which was wound up voluntarily by creditors on 9 July 2001.

Michael Jackson was a director of Weyrad Electronics Limited ('Weyrad'). In

January 2000, Weyrad was put in administration. Weyrad was struck off the register under section 652(5) of the Act on 8 June 2004 and dissolved on 15

June 2004.

Michael Jackson was a director of Worktops (No 1) Limited 'Worktops'. Worktops was wound up voluntarily by its members on 9 June 2003. According to the members' voluntary winding up declaration of solvency dated 9 June 2003, Worktops will be able to pay its debts in full together with interest at the official rate within a period of 12 months from the commencement of the winding up. Worktops was dissolved on 10 December 2003.

Michael Jackson was a director of Select Software Tools Plc ('Select'). On 27 May 1999, Select was put in administration and on 19 August 1999 the creditors of Select approved the voluntary arrangement put together by the administrator.

Michael Jackson was a director of Interbizz Financial Systems Limited which went into receivership on 10 April 2003.

Michael Jackson was a director of Abercorn Place School plc, which was wound up via a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation on 8 March 1996 and was subsequently dissolved on 3 June 1998.

Michael Jackson was a director of both EU Smart Limited and Wimbledon 123 Limited, which were dissolved via a voluntary strike off on 5 December 2006 and 20 November 2007 respectively.

About Synchronica

Synchronica plc is the leading developer of industry-standard mobile push email and synchronization solutions. The award-winning product portfolio includes the flagship email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway, and the device backup solution, Mobile Backup. Mobile operators in emerging and developed markets use Synchronica's white-labelled products to offer their consumer and business subscriber's mobile email, PIM synchronization, and backup and restore services. 

Synchronica's Mobile Gateway provides a unique multi-protocol gateway combining Push IMAP, SyncML, Email-to-MMS and Email-to-SMS, delivering push email and synchronization to literally any mobile phone currently in the market today. The device backup solution Synchronica Mobile Backup, also based on industry-standards, reaches the built-in synchronization clients of more than 2 billion mobile phones worldwide, without requiring an additional client to be downloaded.

Headquartered in England, Synchronica also maintains a development centre in Germany, in addition to a regional presence in the USA, Hong Kong and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.L). For further information please visit www.synchronica.com.

 

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