discoverIE Group plc announced that after six years, Henrietta Marsh and Richard Brooman will retire at the Company's annual general meeting on 25 July 2019. Henrietta has served as a Non-Executive Director since May 2013 and as Chair of the Remuneration Committee since October 2014. Richard has served as a Non-Executive Director since January 2013, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee since July 2013 and as Senior Independent Director since December 2014. Tracey Graham, who has been on the Board since November 2015, has succeeded Henrietta as Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Tracey is also Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Royal London Mutual Insurance Society and Ibstock plc. Bruce Thompson, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in February 2018, will succeed Richard as Senior Independent Director. Since the period end, it has been announced that Clive Watson will join the Board in September 2019 as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee. Clive has recently retired from Spectris plc after thirteen years as Group Finance Director and also from Spirax Sarco Engineering plc where he was Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, having joined in 2009.

The Board is recommending a 6% (0.4 pence) increase in the final dividend per share to 6.75 pence per share, giving a full year dividend per share of 9.55 pence, and representing a cover against underlying earnings of 2.8 times (FY 2017/18: 2.5 times). The final dividend is payable on 30 July 2019 to shareholders registered on 14 June 2019.