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Pamela Boumeester nominated for Ziggo Supervisory Board
Pamela Boumeester nominated for
Ziggo Supervisory Board
Utrecht, October 16, 2012
Ziggo announces that the Ziggo Supervisory Board has decided to extend the Supervisory Board with one additional member and to nominate Pamela Boumeester for appointment as a member of the Ziggo Supervisory Board. This nomination will be on the agenda of Ziggo's next Annual General Meeting of shareholders on Thursday April 18, 2013. The nomination is conditional on the general meeting of shareholders not making an alternative proposal.
The Ziggo Supervisory Board currently consists of the following members: Andrew Sukawaty (Chairman and Chairman of the Selection, Appointment and Remuneration Committee), David Barker, Caspar Berendsen, Paul Best, Joseph Schull, Dirk Jan van den Berg, Anne Willem Kist and Rob Ruijter (Chairman of the Audit Committee).
Mrs. Boumeester is a Dutch national and is currently -amongst others- member of the supervisory board of Delta Lloyd N.V. (banking and insurance), Persgroep Nederland B.V. (publisher major Dutch newspapers), Heijmans N.V. (building and real estate) Ordina N.V. (ICT, software and consulting) and Jaarbeurs Holding B.V. (congres and trade fairs)
Andrew Sukawaty, Chairman of the Supervisory Board:
"We are pleased to announce the nomination of Pamela Boumeester. She has broad experience both as a supervisory and as an executive director and would be a valuable addition to the supervisory board".
About Ziggo
Ziggo is a Dutch provider of entertainment, information and communication through television, Internet and telephony services. The company serves around 3.0 million households, with almost 1.8 million Internet customers, more than 2.2 million customers for digital television and 1.4 million telephony subscribers. Business-to-business customers use services such as data communication, telephony, television and Internet. The company owns a next-generation network capable of providing the bandwidth required for all future services currently foreseen. More information on Ziggo can be found on: www.ziggo.com
For more information please contact:
Press Martijn Jonker, Senior Communications Officer
+31 (0)88 717 2419
martijn.jonker @office.ziggo.nl
Analysts and Investors
Wouter van de Putte, Director Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
+31 (0)88 717 1799
investorrelations@office.ziggo.nl
Christian Berghout, Manager Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
+31 (0)88 717 1051
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