Appointment of Non-Executive Director

5 May 2015

Galasys PLC

("Galasys" or the "Group")

Appointment of Director

Galasys PLC (AIM:GLS), a leading provider of ticketing systems and solutions to the fast growing amusement park industry in Asia, is pleased to announce that Vincent Lai Tak Yuen will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Pursuant to the announcement of 13 April 2015, under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, Focus Information Technology Co., Limited ("FIT"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd. ("Shiji Information"), is entitled to nominate a candidate for the position of Non-Executive Director to the Board of Galasys PLC if their shareholding equals or exceeds 20% of the issued Ordinary Share capital of Galasys. Following the announcement on 16 April 2015 FIT now holds 20% of the issued Ordinary Share Capital of Galasys and has nominated Vincent Lai to join the Board.

Vincent Lai Tak Yuen, aged 52, brings significant experience in board-level positions to the Company, including having been a Director of Shenzhen International SoluSoft Software Co. Ltd, China National Electronic Devices Corporation in 2014 and Hangzhou Westsoft Science & Technology Co. Ltd in 2007. His other previous directorships include Adsale-STSN China/Movielink (HK) Ltd from 2000 to 2001, Micros-Fidelio China from 1992 to 2000 and ECI Dataprep HK Ltd from 1986 to 1990. Currently, Vincent is a director of Shiji Information and acts as the Chief Executive Officer of Infrasys International Ltd.

There is no further information required to be announced pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.

Sean Seah, Chief Executive Officer commented: "The Board is delighted to welcome Vincent Lai, who brings a wealth of significant and relevant IT Solutions experience in serving the hospitality and leisure industry throughout China and SE Asia. We look forward to working with Vincent as we develop and grow Galasys."

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About Galasys

Galasys is a leading integrated and modular amusement park solutions and services provider to premier amusement parks in China and South East Asia. Through its proprietary systems, the Group provides amusement park operators with the ability to sell, manage and analyse tickets, visitors, merchandise sales and other amusement park operations. It has been operating since 2005 and supplies solutions and services to more than 120 amusement parks in China and South East Asia. The Group has invested more than 50 man-years in R&D and owns the intellectual properties to its software and systems. The Group's first ticketing management system contract was awarded in 2005 by Chime Long Group. The Group currently employs and retains more than 140 people across Asia.

About Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd

Shiji Information was founded in 1998 and is principally engaged in the development and sale of systems and solutions for the hospitality industry. Its major products include property management systems and software such as the OPERA line of products and SINFONIA, Point-Of-Sale systems including the Micros series of products as well as other information management systems for the F&B industry and payment systems and services. It is headquartered in Beijing, China with branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beihai, Dalian and Shenzhen in China.

Focus Information Technology Co., Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shiji Information and offers hotel and restaurant information management systems and solutions. It was founded in 2007 and is based in Hong Kong with offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

Shiji Information is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China since 2007 and employs over 1,700 staff across all its offices in Asia and has over 6,000 hotel customers, over 100,000 restaurant customers and over 200,000 retail shops installed with its systems and solutions. Alibaba and Shiji Information announced that the Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) has agreed to acquire a 15% stake in Shiji Information for RMB2.81 billion (c. GBP 305 million) in September 2014, via its subsidiary Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd. ("Taobao"). Completion of the investment into Shiji Information by Taobao is subject to the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.