PRESS RELEASE: INTENDED EVOLUTION OF BIGBEN GOVERNANCE

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                                                                                                                                             Press release

 Lesquin, 30 January 2020 8:00

INTENDED EVOLUTION OF BIGBEN GOVERNANCE

Under the suspensive condition of the actual completion of the IPO of its NACON subsidiary, and so that each of the BIGBEN and NACON companies have their own operational managements, their Governance will evolve as follows:

• From the day of the IPO, Mr. Alain FALC and Mr. Laurent HONORET will resign from their respective positions as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Bigben Interactive SA, while Mr. Fabrice LEMESRE and Mr. Michel BASSOT will be appointed respectively Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO). Mr. Alain FALC will remain Chairman of the Board of Directors of BIGBEN INTERACTIVE SA.
   
• Ms. Florence LAGRANGE, former independent director¹, and Mr. Richard MAMEZ, former censor of BIGBEN INTERACTIVE SA, have already each left their positions and joined the Board of Directors of NACON as independent directors¹.  It is specified that the Board of Directors of BIGBEN INTERACTIVE SA meeting on 27 January 2020, co-opted Ms. Angélique GERARD as independent director¹ to replace Ms. Florence LAGRANGE.

¹ according to the Middlenext code

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