Informa plc Announces the Appointment of Gill Whitehead as a Non-Executive Director and to a Member of the Audit Committee, Effective August 1, 2019; Recommends an Interim Dividend for the First Half of 2019, Payable on 13 September 2019
July 24, 2019 at 11:30 am IST
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Informa's Board of Directors continues to evolve to ensure there is a relevant and diverse mix of knowledge and experience in the boardroom. The company is announcing the appointment of Gill Whitehead as a Non-Executive Director, bringing significant digital, data and analytics expertise to the Group. Gill currently works for Google as Senior Director of Client Solutions & Analytics, having previously worked at Channel Four and BBC Worldwide in a range of strategy leadership and technology-driven roles. She is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Camelot, operator of the UK National Lottery. Gill joins the Board on 1 August and will be a Member of the Audit Committee.
For the first half of 2019, the Board has recommended an interim dividend of 7.55 pence per share (first half 2018: 7.05 pence per share) representing a 7.1% increase on the interim dividend in the prior period. The interim dividend will be paid on 13 September 2019 to ordinary shareholders registered as at the close of business on 9 August 2019.
Informa PLC specializes in organizing events and publishing books, documents and journals. The activity is organized around four sectors:
- organization of exhibitions;
- publishing of academic and scientific research contents: human and social sciences, technology, medicine, physical sciences, etc.;
- publishing of professional and commercial contents: sciences and health, finances, legal sciences, trading, transport, telecommunication, etc.;
- organization of conferences and professional training trade shows.
The group's contents are marketed in the form of publications on paper, electronic download, and CD-ROM.
Net sales break down by activity into sale of organization of events (36.3%), subscriptions (23.6%), sale of publications (14.9%), sale of advertising space (8.1%) and other (17.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (5.7%), Continental Europe (13.4%), North America (56%), China (4.4%) and other (20.5%).
Informa plc Announces the Appointment of Gill Whitehead as a Non-Executive Director and to a Member of the Audit Committee, Effective August 1, 2019; Recommends an Interim Dividend for the First Half of 2019, Payable on 13 September 2019