Completion of Vennersys sale

Christie Group PLC

19 January 2026

 

19 January 2026

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Completion of Vennersys sale

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, is pleased to announce that on Friday 16^th January 2026 it completed the disposal of the business and assets of its visitor attraction software business, Vennersys, to Digital Ticketing Systems Limited ("Digitickets").

Details of the consideration receivable are as set out in the announcement which was issued on Monday 22^nd December 2025.

Following the sale of the business, Paul Ian Harding has agreed to remain with the Group and will continue to serve on the Christie Group plc Board in a non-executive capacity until the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on 16th June 2026. However, following the divestments of Orridge and Vennersys, Paul has chosen not to stand for re-election and will step down from the Board and all other remaining roles within Christie Group at that date.

Dan Prickett, Christie Group Chief Executive Officer commented:

"We are pleased to have smoothly concluded the sale of Vennersys and we wish all of the customers and staff who have transferred as a result of the sale, a successful future under new ownership. We are pleased to now be able to focus our time and resources on developing our core brands.

I am also delighted that Paul Harding has agreed to remain with the Group and will continue to work alongside me and our Board colleagues until the AGM in June. I would like to place on record my personal thanks to Paul for his professionalism and commitment in 25 years of working for Christie Group since joining when Orridge was acquired in 2001. Paul will leave with our thanks and very best wishes for the future for himself, his wife Angie and his family. We shall continue to count him as a friend and supporter of the Group."

For further information please contact:

Christie Group plc
Dan Prickett Chief Executive	07885 813101
Simon Hawkins Chief Financial Officer	07767 354366
Shore Capital
Patrick Castle / Sophie Collins Nominated Advisor and Broker	020 7408 4090

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 32 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Venners.

Tracing its origins back to 1896, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

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

For more information, please go to https://www.christiegroup.com/.

 

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