Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

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Frontier Developments plc announces Jo Cooke officially joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2026, following the December 16, 2025 announcement, with Jonny Watts remaining on the Board until May 31, 2026, to ensure a smooth transition. Jo Cooke, aged 59, holds 25,000 options over ordinary shares with a nominal exercise price of 0.5p, vesting on August 8, 2028, without performance conditions.

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Frontier Developments PLC
02 January 2026
 

2 January 2026

Frontier Developments plc

 Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, 'Frontier' or the 'Company'), a leading developer and publisher of video games based in Cambridge, UK, announces that, further to the announcement of 16 December 2025, Jo Cooke formally joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2026. As detailed in that announcement, Jonny Watts will remain on the Board until 31 May 2026 to support a smooth transition.

Additional information on Jo Cooke

Johanna (Jo) Mair Cooke (formerly McNevin), aged 59, holds or has held in the past five years the following directorships or partnerships:

Current

Past (five years)

Hillside Clubhouse

UK Interactive Entertainment Associated Limited

Hillside Trading CIC


 

Jo Cooke currently holds 25,000 options over ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company under the Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'Options'). The exercise price of the Options is the nominal value of the ordinary shares, being 0.5p each. The Options are due to vest on 8 August 2028 and do not have performance conditions attached.

Save as disclosed above, Jo Cooke has confirmed that there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

 

Frontier Developments 

+44 (0)1223 394 300

Jo Cooke, CEO


Alex Bevis, CFO




Peel Hunt - Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker

+44 (0)20 7418 8900

Neil Patel / Ben Cryer / Kate Bannatyne




Panmure Liberum - Joint Corporate Broker

+44 (0)20 3100 2000

Dru Danford / Shalin Bhamra




Teneo

+44 (0)20 7353 4200

Matt Low / Arthur Rogers


 

                               

About Frontier Developments plc

Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of video games founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles.

Frontier's LEI number: 213800B9LGPWUAZ9GX18.

www.frontier.co.uk

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