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Gaming Realms plc
("Gaming Realms", the "Company" or the "Group")
Board appointment
The Board of Gaming Realms is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Blandford as a Non-Executive Director. He joins the Board with immediate effect.
Mark was the owner of a traditional 'bricks and mortar' bookmaker's chain for over 15 years, then recognised the potential of the internet in the mid 1990s. In 1998 he founded Sportingbet.com, and in 2001 floated the company on AIM. Mark stepped down from the Board of Sportingbet in 2007 before its eventual sale in 2013 for £485m, with the assets being split between William Hill and GVC. In 2002, Mark was awarded AIM Entrepreneur of the Year.
Since stepping down from the board of Sportingbet, Mark has become an active, successful and widely-followed investor in the digital pay2play entertainment space.
Michael Buckley, Non-Executive Chairman of Gaming Realms, said: "We are delighted that Mark has agreed to join the Company. He has significant Board experience in public companies and the online gaming industry. We welcome him and greatly look forward to working with him."
Enquiries:
Gaming Realms plc Patrick Southon, CEO Mark Segal, CFO
| 0845 123 3773 |
Peel Hunt LLP, Nomad and Broker George Sellar Guy Pengelley
| 020 7418 8900
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Yellow Jersey Charles Goodwin Georgia Colkin | 07747 788 221 |
About Gaming Realms
Gaming Realms creates and licenses innovative games for mobile, with operations in the UK, U.S. and Canada. Through its unique IP and brands, Gaming Realms is bringing together media, entertainment and gaming assets in new game formats. The Gaming Realms management team includes accomplished entrepreneurs and experienced executives from a wide range of leading gaming and media companies.
Under schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, the following additional information is disclosed:
In the previous five years, Mark Robert Blandford, age 61, has been a director or partner of the following companies and partnerships (* indicates he is still a director or partner):
·; FSB Holdings (UK) Ltd*
·; Hay on Wye Investments Limited*
·; Henley Camland P LLP*
·; Camland Projects Ltd*
·; Gotim 1 Limited*
·; Gotim 2 Limited*
·; Gotim 3 Limited*
·; Gotim 4 Limited*
·; Gotim 5 Limited*
·; Gotim 6 Limited*
·; Gotim 7 Limited*
·; Gotim 7 Limited*
·; Gotim 8 Limited*
·; Gotim 9 Limited*
·; Gotim 10 Limited*
·; Gotim 11 Limited*
·; Gotim, Flats and Buildings Ltd*
·; FSB Technology (UK) Ltd*
·; Nameco (No.1131) Limited*
·; Burlywood Capital LLP*
·; Double Diamond Gaming Limited*
·; Dudley Film Partnership LLP*
·; Rosslyn Film Partnership LLP*
·; Gambling.com Group plc* (a Maltese plc)
·; Portland Gaming Ltd
·; Burlywood Nominees Limited
·; Burlywood Capital (General Partner) Ltd
·; Burlywood Capital (Investments) LLP
·; Letton Farming Investments Limited
·; Letton Farming Limited
·; Brobury Developments Limited
·; Intela Global Limited
·; Tracker Technologies Limited
·; Portland Gaming (Holdings) plc
Mark was a director at the time of or within the twelve months preceding the voluntary liquidation of the following companies:
·; Portland Gaming Ltd
·; Burlywood Nominees Limited
·; Burlywood Capital (General Partner) Ltd
·; Letton Farming Investments Limited
·; Letton Farming Limited
·; Brobury Developments Limited
·; Intela Global Limited
·; Tracker Technologies Limited
Mark was a partner at the time of or within the twelve months preceding the voluntary liquidation of the following partnerships:
·; Burlywood Capital (Investments) LLP
Mark holds 5,000,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of Gaming Realms plc.