UNG Universe Group Plc

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RNS Number : 3495M

Universe Group PLC

06 May 2015

6 May 2015

AIM: UNG

Universe Group plc

("Universe" or "the Group")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Universe (AIM: UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier of point of sale, payment and on-line loyalty systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Blazye as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Mr Blazye, aged 56, has over thirty years of experience in loyalty marketing, petrol retailing and payment systems. He is currently President of International Corporate Development and a member of the global executive team at FleetCor Technologies Inc ("FleetCor"), a global provider of specialised payment products and services to businesses. From 2007 to 2011, he served as Chief Executive of FleetCor Europe, turning the division into Europe's largest independent fuel-card business through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth. He is a Director of a number of FleetCor's UK and European subsidiary companies.

Before joining FleetCor, Mr Blazye served as a Group Director at dunnhumby, the UK customer analytics company owned by Tesco plc. Prior to this, he enjoyed a 25-year career at Shell International Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, which he joined in 1980. At Shell, he was latterly General Manager of the Global Payment & Loyalty Division.

Robert Goddard, Chairman of Universe Group, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Andrew to the Board of Universe. His extensive experience of our core markets, as well as his strong track record in corporate development, will greatly assist us as we continue to develop the Group."

Andrew Blazye commented:

"I'm delighted to be joining Universe at this exciting stage in the Company's development. The Board has established a firm platform for further growth and has clear objectives as it seeks to take Universe's products and services into new retail verticals."

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Mr Andrew Robert Blazye, age 56 years, is currently a director of:

CH Jones Limited

CH Jones (KeyGas) Limited

Croft Fuels Limited

Croft Holdings Limited

Croft Petroleum Limited

Fambo UK Limited

FleetCor Europe Limited

FleetCor UK Acquisition Limited

FuelVend Limited

Fuelcards UK Ltd

Petro Vend (Europe) Limited

The FuelCard Company UK Limited

Abbey Euro Diesel Ltd

Abbey FuelCards Ltd

Abbey Group (Oxon) Limited

Ace FuelCards Ltd

Allstar Business Solutions Ltd

Diesel Supermarket Limited

Fuel Supermarket Limited

FuelCard Supermarket Limited

Petrol Supermarket Limited

FleetCor Fuel Cards Europe Limited

EPYX Limited

Oasis Global Systems Limited

Quadrum Investments Group Limited

Quadrum Investments Holdings Limited

Quadrum Investments Limited

Quadrum Services A Limited

Quadrum Services B Limited

Your Car Limited

Runmaker Ltd

Masternaut TopCo Limited

Fleetcor UK International Management Limited

FleetCor Deutschland GmbH

FleetCor Tankkarten GmbH

FleetCor Belgium Societe Privee a Respnsonsibilite Limitee

CCS Ceska spolecnost pro platebni karty sro

CCS Slovenska spolecnost pro platebni karty sro

FleetCor Technologieen B.V.

Epyx France SAS

FleetCor Hungary Kft

FleetCor Poland Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia

He has been a director of the following in the last 5 years:

Edensure Ltd

Beyond Analysis Ltd

Masternaut BidCo Limited

Mr Blazye does not currently hold any ordinary shares in the Company. There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information:

 
  Universe Group plc                    T: +44 2380 689 510 
   Jeremy Lewis, CEO 
 
 finnCap                               T: +44 20 7220 0500 
  Stuart Andrews (corporate finance) 
  Tony Quirke (corporate broking) 
 KTZ Communications                    T: +44 20 3178 6378 
  Katie Tzouliadis 
 
 

About Universe Group plc:

Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with point of sale, payment and loyalty solutions. The Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are offered out of the Cloud on a software as a service model with its data centres processing in excess of 3 billion transactions every year. For further information, please see www.universeplc.com.

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