Further Announcement on Appointment of NED
19 December 2023
DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
("D9" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Further Announcement on Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director
Further to the Company's announcement on 14 December 2023, the Board of Directors of D9 is pleased to announce that, following approval by the Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") received today, Mr. Richard Boléat's appointments as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, and as a member of the Company's Audit, Risk and Management Engagement Committees, are now effective today.
A further announcement will be made in due course regarding the effective date of the appointment of Brett Miller as Independent Non-Executive Director and as a member of the Nomination and Management Engagement Committees, also announced by the Company on 14 December 2023, once the JFSC approval process is complete.
ENDS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
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J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Joint Corporate Broker) William Simmonds Jérémie Birnbaum |
+44 (0)20 7742 4000 |
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Peel Hunt (Joint Corporate Broker) Luke Simpson Huw Jeremy |
+44 (0) 20 7418 8900
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FTI Consulting (Communications Adviser) Mitch Barltrop Maxime Lopes |
dgi9@fticonsulting.com +44 (0) 7807 296 032 +44 (0) 7890 896 777 |
LEI: 213800OQLX64UNS38U92
About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc:
Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange with the ticker DGI9. The Company invests in the infrastructure of the internet that underpins the world's digital economy: digital infrastructure.
The Investment Manager is Triple Point Investment Management LLP ("Triple Point") which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, with extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate, and private credit, while keeping ESG principles central to its business mission. Triple Point's Digital Infrastructure team has over US$300 billion in digital infrastructure transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global tech and global telecoms companies.
The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN Sustainable Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on investments that increase connectivity globally and improve the sustainability of digital infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invests in typically comprise scalable platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data centres, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks.
Since IPO in March 2021, DGI9 has invested in the following data centres, subsea fibre and wireless network assets (other than Verne Global):
· Aqua Comms, a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the most modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet - with a customer base comprising global tech and global telecommunications carriers;
· Arqiva, the only UK national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data, network and communications services, as well as a national IoT connectivity platform;
· Elio Networks (previously Host Ireland) a leading enterprise broadband provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access networks;
· EMIC-1, a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system from Europe to India;
· SeaEdge UK1, a data centre and landing station for the North Sea Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea network, improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America;
The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 March 2021. The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the premium segment of the Main Market on 30 August 2022.
For more information on the Investment Manager please visit www.triplepoint.co.uk. For more information, please visit www.d9infrastructure.com.
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