Directorate Change

CMC MARKETS PLC

Appointment of Senior Independent Director

CMC Markets Plc ("CMC"), a leading global provider of retail CFD trading today announces that Paul Wainscott has been appointed as Senior Independent Director with immediate effect.

Enquiries

CMC Markets Plc +44 (0)20 7170 8200

Grant Foley, Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Camarco (Financial PR) +44 (0)20 3757 4994

Geoffrey Pelham-Lane

Ed Gascoigne-Pees

Jennifer Renwick

Notes to Editors

About CMC Markets plc

CMC Markets plc ("CMC"), whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CMCX (LEI: 213800VB75KAZBFH5U07), was established in 1989 and is now one of the world's leading online financial trading businesses. The company serves retail and institutional clients through regulated offices and branches in 14 countries, with a significant presence in the UK, Australia, Germany and Singapore. CMC Markets offers an award-winning, online and mobile trading platform, enabling clients to trade over 10,000 financial instruments across shares, indices, foreign currencies, commodities and treasuries through contracts for difference ("CFDs"), financial spread bets (in the UK and Ireland only) and, in Australia, access stockbroking services. More information is available at http://www.cmcmarkets.com/group/