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HYBRID SOFTWARE GROUP PLC: NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW AUDITOR

HYBRID SOFTWARE GROUP PLC: NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW AUDITOR

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HYBRID SOFTWARE GROUP PLC: NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW AUDITOR

Cambridge (UK) 27 September 2023: Hybrid Software Group PLC today announces it has completed a competitive tender process for its group audit, overseen by the Audit Committee, which has carefully evaluated the offering of each applicant. This has resulted in a recommendation from the Audit Committee, which has now been endorsed by the Board, that a resolution be put to shareholders for approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) to be held by video conference on 19 October 2023 at 13:00 hrs (GMT), appointing PKF Littlejohn LLP ("PKF") as the group's auditor for the year ending 31 December 2023.

KPMG LLP ("KPMG"), who were not reappointed at the Company’s AGM on 24 May 2023, will therefore cease to hold office as the group's auditor for the year ended 31 December 2023.

About Hybrid Software Group

Through its operating subsidiaries, (Euronext:) is a leading developer of enterprise software for industrial print manufacturing. Customers include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Hymmen, and hundreds of packaging printers, trade shops, and converters worldwide.

Hybrid Software Group PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK. Its subsidiary companies are colour technology experts , printing software developers , enterprise software developer , 3D design and modelling software developers , the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, and pre-press workflow developer .

Contacts



Joachim Van Hemelen
Floris De Ruyck
Chief Financial OfficerLegal Counsel & Investor Relations Officer
Tel: +32 (0) 329 57 53Tel: +32 (0) 329 57 53



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27/09/2023

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