Directorate Change

The People's Operator plc

("TPO" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

Further to the announcement of 16 November 2016, The People's Operator plc (AIM: TPOP), the cause-based commercial mobile virtual network operator, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Juliet Rosenfeld to the Board of TPO as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Juliet is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and corporate psychology consultant. She previously worked as an advisor to the Permanent Secretary on Marketing and Government Communications in the Cabinet Office and prior to that in advertising for St Luke's Advertising and J Walter Thompson. Juliet is the widow of the late Andrew Rosenfeld, co-founder of the Company.

For further information

The following information regarding Juliet Georgina Lucy Rosenfeld, aged 48, is disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Mrs Rosenfeld is currently beneficially interested in 21,639,133 ordinary shares of £0.0005 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") representing approximately 27.8% of the Company's current issued share capital. Mrs Rosenfeld has subscribed for 15,500,000 Ordinary Shares as part of the Company's proposed subscription, as announced on 28 November 2016 (the "Subscription"). Assuming the Resolutions at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on 16 December 2016 are passed and the Subscription is completed, Mrs Rosenfeld will be beneficially interested in 37,139,133 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 32.6% of the Company's share capital as enlarged by the issue of Ordinary Shares in relation to the Subscription.

There are no other matters which are required to be announced under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.