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Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
Frontier Developments plc announces Jo Cooke officially joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2026, following the December 16, 2025 announcement, with Jonny Watts remaining on the Board until May 31, 2026, to ensure a smooth transition. Jo Cooke, aged 59, holds 25,000 options over ordinary shares with a nominal exercise price of 0.5p, vesting on August 8, 2028, without performance conditions. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n2 January 2026\nFrontier Developments plc\n Appointment of Chief Executive Officer\nFrontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, 'Frontier' or the 'Company'), a leading developer and publisher of video games based in Cambridge, UK, announces that, further to the announcement of 16 December 2025, Jo Cooke formally joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2026. As detailed in that announcement, Jonny Watts will remain on the Board until 31 May 2026 to support a smooth transition.\nAdditional information on Jo Cooke\nJohanna (Jo) Mair Cooke (formerly McNevin), aged 59, holds or has held in the past five years the following directorships or partnerships:\n\n\n\n\nCurrent\n\n\nPast (five years)\n\n\n\n\nHillside Clubhouse\n\n\nUK Interactive Entertainment Associated Limited\n\n\n\n\nHillside Trading CIC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJo Cooke currently holds 25,000 options over ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company under the Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'Options'). The exercise price of the Options is the nominal value of the ordinary shares, being 0.5p each. The Options are due to vest on 8 August 2028 and do not have performance conditions attached.\nSave as disclosed above, Jo Cooke has confirmed that there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.\nEnquiries:\n \n\n\n\n\nFrontier Developments \n\n\n+44 (0)1223 394 300\n\n\n\n\nJo Cooke, CEO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Bevis, CFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeel Hunt - Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker\n\n\n+44 (0)20 7418 8900\n\n\n\n\nNeil Patel / Ben Cryer / Kate Bannatyne\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanmure Liberum - Joint Corporate Broker\n\n\n+44 (0)20 3100 2000\n\n\n\n\nDru Danford / Shalin Bhamra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeneo\n\n\n+44 (0)20 7353 4200\n\n\n\n\nMatt Low / Arthur Rogers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nAbout Frontier Developments plc\nFrontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of video games founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to cre...