Mears Regulatory News (MER)

Mears Group PLC

("Mears", the "Group", or the "Company")

Board Changes

Mears (LSE: MER), the leading provider of services to the Housing sector in the UK is pleased to announce that Mr Jim Clarke has been appointed as Interim Chairman following Kieran Murphy (Chairman) and Chris Loughlin (Chair-designate) stepping down from the Board, as notified on 23 June 2023. Jim joined the Board in 2019. Jim has spent the last 30 years serving on a number of PLC Boards in both an Executive and Non-Executive capacity and will provide experience and continuity until the appointment of a new Chairperson.

Dame Julia Unwin will take on the role of Senior Independent Director and Angela Lockwood is appointed as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

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About Mears

Mears is the leading provider of services to the Affordable Housing sector, providing a range of services to individuals within their homes. We manage and maintain around 450,000 homes across the UK and work predominantly with Central Government and Local Government typically through long-term contracts. We equally consider the residents of the homes that we manage and maintain to be our customers, and we take pride in the high levels of customer satisfaction that we achieve.

Mears currently employs around 5,500 people and provides services in every region of the UK. In partnership with our Housing clients, we provide property management and maintenance services. Mears has extended its activities to provide broader housing solutions to solve the challenge posed by the lack of affordable housing and to provide accommodation and support for the most vulnerable.

We focus on long-term outcomes for people rather than short-term solutions and invest in innovations that have a positive impact on people's quality of life and on their communities' social, economic, and environmental wellbeing. Our innovative approaches and market leading positions are intended to create value for our customers and the people they serve while also driving sustainable financial returns for our providers of capital, especially our shareholders.