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Directorate Change

14 Dec 2010 07:00

RNS Number : 8716X
Motive Television PLC
14 December 2010
 



EMBARGOED UNTIL 07.00, 14 December 2010

 

Motive Television PLC

 

("Motive Television" or "the Company")

 

Board Changes

 

Motive Television PLC (AIM: MTV), the digital television technology, software and services provider, has appointed Paul Cuatrecasas to the board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

 

Mr Cuatrecasas has a large scope of M&A and corporate advisory experience and is the Founder and CEO of Aquaa Partners, a London-based M&A and corporate finance advisory practice focused on the Telecommunications, Media and Technology industries. In addition to this Paul also set up and ran another M&A and corporate advisory firm, Alegro Capital, in 2003, which he managed until moving into his new role at Aquaa Partners earlier this year.

 

Previous to Alegro Capital Paul worked at ARC Associates a London-based TMT mergers and acquisitions advisory practice with a full range of blue chip and entrepreneurial clients including Sonera, Cable & Wireless, Apax, Marconi, Equant, ICL, KKR, Permira and BT, amongst others.

 

Mr Cuatrecasas has worked on and completed over 35 M&A transactions around the world, worth over $6 billion and over 40 corporate finance advisory and strategic consultancy assignments. He has originated and structured over 15 private placements of equity capital raising over $500 million. He also directed the ARC investment programme and achieved a historical professional investment track record over 50% IRR since 1994.

 

Paul holds an MBA from Columbia University where he was awarded the Roswell C. McCrea Scholarship and a BA from Wake Forest University.

 

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Michael Pilsworth, Executive Chairman of Motive Television plc, said:

 

"It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce yet another first-rate appointment to the Board of Motive Television. Mr. Cuatrecasas knowledge and experience will prove invaluable to Motive Television as we continue our progress."

 

Paul Cuatrecasas said:

 

"I am delighted to be joining the Board of Motive Television. It is exciting to be part of such a fast-developing and changing industry and with a company such as Motive who are at the forefront of these changes. I hope that my experience in the field of media and technology will be a complement to the Motive management team and business strategy."

 

Motive also announces today the resignations of Leonard Ryan and Michael O'Rourke, who have served on the board since 2005.

  

 

Michael Pilsworth, Executive Chairman said:

 

"The board would like to thank Leonard Ryan and Michael O'Rourke for their long service to the board and for their excellent advice and guidance over the past five years".

 

With the appointment today of Paul Cuatrecasas, Motive now has three non-executive directors, as envisaged in the company's recent Admission Document"

 

Contact:

 

Motive Television plc

Mick Pilsworth

 

T: 020 3080 9430

Merchant Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Simon Clements / Virginia Bull

 

T: 020 7628 2200

Jendens Securities Limited (Broker)

Jeremy Read / Justine Waldisberg

 

T: 0203 372 2586

Cubitt Consulting

Chris Lane / Samantha Boston

 

T: 020 7367 5100

 

Under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, the following additional information is disclosed:

 

Paul Ramon Cuatrecasas, aged 47, is currently Founder and CEO of Aquaa Partners Limited. During the past five years Mr Cuatrecasas has also been a director of Alegro Capital Limited and Claridge Capital Advisors UK Limited and a partner of Claridge Capital Management LLP.

 

Paul Cuatrecasas has confirmed that there is no additional information under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules that needs to be disclosed.

 

 

 

About Motive Television:

 

Motive Television provides digital television technology and services globally. The market is driven by the mandatory switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting which, as mandated by the International Telecommunication Union, will come into full effect by 2015.

 

Motive Television provides broadcasters with new sources of income and business models and currently operates via three subsidiaries:

 

·; Adecq Digital S.L. is the creator of Bestv®, a technology that permits and enables digital terrestrial broadcasters to offer enhanced broadcasting services without the need for the Internet. Broadcasters can earn additional income through these services, including Catch-Up TV, Virtual Channels, Video-on-Demand and Targeted Advertising. Bestv® is currently in commercial operation by digital broadcasters in Italy and Spain and is being tested in the Czech Republic and Hungary.

 

·; NXV Limited owns NX Vision, an advanced place-changing television technology that allows a viewer to interact, control and watch their Internet-connected home television from a computer, mobile phone, iPad or any other Internet connected device. NX Vision is software orientated, does not require an additional box, and can be updated via software upgrades.

 

·; Motive Television Limited, a Dublin-based award-winning independent production company that produces factual programmes for Irish broadcasters. It specializes in live sports production and sports documentaries and also produces factual and entertainment series.

 

 

The Group has 27 employees and operates across Western Europe and Central & Eastern Europe. Motive Television was founded in London in 2005 and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).

 

http://www.motivetelevision.co.uk/ir/mtv/ir.jsp?page=home 

 

 

 

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