TIDMWAND

RNS Number : 0767M

WANdisco Plc

10 October 2016

10 October 2016

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

Appointments

Non-executive director

The Board of WANdisco (AIM: WAND) is pleased to announce that William Grant Dollens (37) has been appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Mr Dollens is currently Managing Member at Global Frontier Investments, LLC, a US-based investment manager, and Portfolio Manager for Global Frontier Partners, LP, a shareholder in WANdisco.

Prior to founding Global Frontier Investments, Mr Dollens has worked for Ayer Capital Management, BA Venture Partners and Deutsche Bank. Mr Dollens also holds a Masters in Business Administration with majors in analytical finance, management & strategy, and accounting from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BSE, biomedical engineering, from Duke University.

Mr Dollens holds 526,384 ordinary shares of ten pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") representing approximately 1.42 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the Company and Global Frontier holds 1,057,518 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 2.86 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the Company.

Interim SVP of Finance

The Board is also pleased to announce that Erik E. Miller has rejoined the Company as interim SVP of Finance.

For further information, please contact:

 
 WANdisco plc                         via Vigo Communications 
 David Richards, CEO and Interim 
  Chairman 
 
                                      +44 (0)207 830 
 Vigo Communications                   9700 
 Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson 
  / Antonia Pollock 
 
                                      +44 (0)207 597 
 Investec (Joint Broker and NOMAD)     4000 
 Christopher Baird / Dominic 
  Emery 
 
 UBS (Joint Broker)                   +44 (0)207 567 
  Rahul Luthra / Sandip Dhillon        8000

Appendix

As required under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, WANdisco confirms the following; William Grant Dollens (37) has been a director of the following companies:

 
 Current Directorships / partnerships   Previous Directorships / 
                                         Partnerships 
 Global Frontier Investments, 
  LLC 
 Global Frontier Partners, 
  L.P. 
 William Franklin Investment, 
  LLC 
 Dollens Family Foundation 
  Sartoris Property LLC

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