Napster Group PLC Board Changes (5841F)
July 19 2021 - 2:01AM
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RNS Number : 5841F
Napster Group PLC
19 July 2021
NAPSTER GROUP PLC
("NAPS" or the "Company")
Board Changes
Napster (AIM: NAPS), a leading music company, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Lansing ("Lanse") Davis and Peter Read
as Non-Executive Directors of the Company with immediate effect. In
addition, Andy Botha has also today resigned from the Board to
pursue his other commitments.
Mr. Davis has spent nearly 20 years in the investment management
sector, having commenced his career at Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
before founding his own asset management and advisory firm, Davis
Capital Partners LLC in 2008. Lanse is currently the Managing
Principal of Davis Capital Partners in addition to holding a number
of advisory positions at US non-profit organisations and is the
treasurer of the S&G Foundation a charitable organisation that
raises funds for a variety of social issues such as education and
the environment.
Mr. Read qualified as a fellow of the ICAEW in 1979, beginning
his career at KPMG where he worked for 37 years. Having started out
in audit, he also specialised in due diligence and financial
reporting. Mr Read became a partner in 1990, focusing on Shipping
and Telecoms, Media, and Technology ("TMT"). In 1996 Mr Read became
Head of the UK Shipping Practice and in 2003 he became Head of the
UK TMT Practice. In 2008, Mr Read was appointed to the roles of
Chairman of UK TMT at KPMG and of their European Japanese Practice,
both of which he held until he retired from the partnership in
2013. Presently, Mr Read is a non-executive director for, and
chairs the Audit Committees of, several entities including Hafnia
Ltd, Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd, the Professional Cricketers'
Association, the Royal Automobile Club, the RAC Foundation and the
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. Mr. Read previously served as a
Non-Executive Director of MelodyVR PLC from 2015 to 2017.
Anthony Matchett, CEO of Napster, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Lanse to the Board who brings with
him a wealth of financial experience. and would like to welcome
Peter back to the Board, his experience at KPMG and subsequent
board positions will further strengthen the governance and
oversight of our non-executive directors. Finally, on behalf of the
Board I would like to thank Andy for his time and commitment to
Napster and whose input has been invaluable over the past three
years. We wish him well on his future endeavours"
For further information please contact:
Napster Group PLC email@napster.group
Anthony Matchett, Group CEO
finnCap Ltd ( Nominated Advisor and Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614
Corporate Finance: Marc Milmo, James Thompson, 5900
Milesh Hindocha
ECM: Tim Redfern, Sunila de Silva
Equitory (Public Relations) napster@equitory.com
Clara Melia/Geoff Callow
www.melodyvr.com
www.napster.com
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (G) OF THE AIM
RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")
Full name: Lansing (Lanse) Alden Davis
Age 42
Napster shares held: 249,171,192 (held through
Davis Capital Partners LLC)
In addition, Davis Capital
Partners LLC holds warrants
over 398,009,950 Napster
shares
Current directorships: Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable
Fund
S&G Foundation
Davis Capital Partners,
LLC
Davis Capital Global Frontier
Opportunities, LLC
Accial Capital
Historic directorships from previous Clearsurance LLC
5 years: Southern States Bancorp
Inc.
Capital Pacific Bancorp
Inc.
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to
the appointments of Lanse Davis pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules.
Full name Peter Graham Read
Age 65
Napster shares held 3,137,254 Ordinary Shares
(held though Mr Read's pension
fund)
Current directorships: Hafnia Limited
Welbeck Publishing Group
Limited
Royal Automobile Club
RAC Foundation for Motoring
Limited
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
QM Capital Partners Limited
P.C.A Management Limited
Historic directorships from previous Quarto Group Inc (The)
5 years: Motorsport UK Limited
Quayle Munro Holdings Limited
QM Advisory Limited
Concha Limited
Billion Dollar Lottery PLC
Napster Group PLC
Norfolk House Residents Limited
Future Fuels No.1 LLP
Mr. Read was a director of Concha Limited and Billion Dollar
Holdings PLC, at the time of each company's voluntary liquidation.
In each case there was no loss to creditors. Mr. Read is a director
of QMM Holdings Limited which is currently in liquidation and there
is expected to be no loss to creditors.
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to
the appointments of Peter Read pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules.
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