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For immediate release | 7 July 2015 |
VIPERA PLC
("Vipera" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting and
Directorate Change
The Board of Vipera is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held yesterday, all resolutions were passed.
Vipera, the specialist provider of mobile financial services, today announces the following Board changes:
- The Board has appointed Mauro Duca as a Director. Mauro is a founder and is Chief Executive of Codd & Date srl which became a subsidiary of the group in December 2013.
Mauro Duca has 25 years of experience in the ICT sector, 20 of those as an independent professional consultant specializing in ICT governance, project management, program management and business continuity. He has supervised many large scale and complex projects for top tier banks throughout Italy and Europe. In 2010 Duca co-founded and was appointed CEO of leading Italian digital consulting firm Codd & Date.
- In parallel, Silvano Maffeis who continues as the group Chief Technology Officer has stepped down from the parent company board.
Chief Executive Marco Casartelli commented: "These board changes allow Silvano to continue his focus on important product developments without the distractions of board duties and he is warmly thanked for all that has done and continues to do for the Group. We now welcome Mauro to the board and look forward to his continued contribution to operations and the task of executing customer deployments as we scale up the business."
Further information required pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
The directorships/ partnerships held by Mr Mauro Duca, aged 50, in the previous five years are:
Current
| Past |
Codd & Date Srl | |
Anitia Srl | |
AC&D Solutions Srl | |
Point "M" Sas di Duca Mauro &C |
Mr Duca is currently interested in 7,777,500 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 3.03% of the Company's issued share capital.
He is also interested in 1,993 ordinary shares in Codd & Date srl, a subsidiary of Vipera plc, representing 14.9% of that company's issued share capital; and 7,800 ordinary shares in ACD Solutions srl, an associate company of Vipera plc, representing 30% of that company's issued share capital.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
-Ends-
Vipera PLC | |
Marco Casartelli | Tel: +39 02 8688 2037 |
Martin Perrin | Tel: +44 (0) 207 193 0833 |
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Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Nomad and Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7280 8700 |
Simon Clements (Nomad) | |
Jamie Vickers (Broking) | |
Jamie Moyes (Baden Hill Sanlam) |
About Vipera:
Vipera Plc (AIM:VIP) a cutting edge Mobile Financial Services and Digital Customer Engagement Solutions provider, serves financial institutions worldwide with differentiated mobile banking, card management and customer engagement capabilities based around its proprietary bank grade multi-purpose platform, Motif. Additionally, it provides consultancy and other services to banks and financial institutions. Headquartered in London and Milan, Vipera powers one million end user financial applications for its top tier bank customers worldwide. For further information, please visit www.vipera.com