UBM announces new Chief Financial Officer

11 May 2015 UBM announces new Chief Financial Officer UBM plc is pleased to announce that Marina Wyatt will join UBM as ChiefFinancial Officer and an Executive Director on 2 September 2015. She joins fromTomTom NV, a location and navigation solutions provider, where for ten yearsshe has been Chief Financial Officer. Robert Gray will continue as ChiefFinancial Officer until this date. Since joining UBM in 2009, Bob Gray has played a key role in helping to steerthe Company through its transformation into a focused events and marketingservices company. However Bob has expressed a wish to relocate back to the US.He will remain with the Group as an Executive Director until the end of thisyear, initially to ensure an orderly transition to the new CFO and then tosupport the execution of the "Events First" strategy, which he has taken anintegral role in helping to develop. Dame Helen Alexander, Chairman, said "It gives me great pleasure to welcomeMarina to UBM. I would like to thank Bob for his significant contribution toUBM over a key period in the Company's evolution towards a more focusedbusiness." Tim Cobbold, Chief Executive, said "Marina's excellent track record and wealthof experience will bring outstanding insight and value to the management team,as we lead UBM through the next stage of its development. I am also verypleased that we will be retaining Bob's experience within the Group for theimmediate future, as well as ensuring a smooth handover to Marina." Marina Wyatt said "I am delighted to be joining UBM and becoming part of theleadership team. UBM's considerable potential and its compelling "Events First"focus will make this an exciting place to be as we implement this strategy". ***** Ms Wyatt is a non-executive Director of Shanks Group PLC in the UK and a memberof the Supervisory Board of Lucas Bols NV in The Netherlands, both publiclylisted companies. Neither Ms Wyatt nor any connected person holds any interest in UBM securities. There is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to LR9.6.13R inrespect of Ms Wyatt. Contacts UBM plc Kate Postans Head of Investor [email protected] +44 207 921 5023 Relations Peter Bancroft Director of [email protected] +44 207 921 5961 Communications Brunswick Jon Coles, Andy Rivett-Carnac, Craig [email protected] +44 207 404 5959Breheny Notes to Editors Biographical - Marina, as Chief Financial Officer, has taken a pivotal role inrecent years as TomTom has responded to a rapidly changing competitivelandscape. Marina is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and a CharteredAccountant. She started her career at Arthur Andersen in London and then in theUS and has since held senior finance roles in Psion PLC where she was GroupFinancial Controller and then Group Finance Director and in Colt Telecom PLCwhere she was Chief Financial Officer. She became Chief Financial Officer ofTomTom, an international company with operations in 40 countries, in 2005. AtTomTom, Marina oversaw a number of successful acquisitions and financings, andbuilt a highly regarded finance team, together with offshored global sharedservices. Remuneration - On appointment, Ms Wyatt will receive a basic annual salary of £450,000 with pension and benefits in line with the Company's approvedremuneration policy. In addition, and also consistent with the remunerationpolicy, she will participate in UBM's annual bonus and long-term incentiveplans at a maximum performance opportunity of 120% and 150% of base salaryrespectively. The value of Ms Wyatt's incentive awards, which will be forfeitedon leaving her current employer, will be compensated. Full details of thesearrangements will be included in the Directors' Remuneration Report (DRR) forthe year ending 31 December 2015. Further details of the operation of UBM's annual bonus and long-term incentiveplans are set out in the 2014 DRR. About UBM plc -UBM plc is a leading global events-led marketing services andcommunications company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world'sbuyers and sellers together at events, online and in print. Our 5,000 staff inmore than 20 countries are organised into specialist teams which servecommercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and theirmarkets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com; for UBM corporate news, follow us onTwitter at @UBM_plc and go to http://media.ubm.com/social for more UBM socialmedia options.