Ascent Capital Group Inc. announced that on January 5, 2017, Michael R. Meyers, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monitronics International, Inc. announced his intention to retire from Ascent and MONI by the end of 2017. Mr. Meyers has served as Chief Financial Officer of MONI since 1996 and has served as Chief Financial Officer of Ascent since it acquired MONI in 2010. The company will conduct a search to identify a successor and Mr. Meyers will remain in his current role as CFO until a replacement has been named.

This ensures an orderly transition for the new CFO.