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Granicus has appointed Jonathan Usher as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. The government technology provider announced the move as part of broader regional investment, including recent hires of Julie Morton as Regional Sales Director and Pallavi Sathyanarayana as Regional Product Leader. Usher brings over 25 years of experience leading technology businesses across ANZ, with expertise spanning SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity and digital public services. He will oversee the company's ANZ operations, focusing on customer success and growth. Granicus provides digital experience technologies to more than 7,000 public sector organisations worldwide, managing over 30 billion digital interactions annually through its Government Experience Cloud platform.

Response to Shareholder Letter. Summary by AI [BETA] close X. Fiinu plc has issued a response to a shareholder letter from Granicus Holdings OÜ, addressing statements regarding the Everfex acquisition and FY2025 financial performance. The company clarifies that the FY2025 statutory loss was primarily due to a non-cash goodwill impairment, acquisition and restructuring costs, and Everfex integration expenses, not solely management failure. Fiinu is pursuing legal action against the principal author of the letter and his wife for alleged breaches of restrictive covenants and against Granicus for alleged breaches of seller warranties, with combined claims exceeding £16 million. The Board unanimously recommends voting for all resolutions at the upcoming AGM and reaffirms confidence in the CEO and company strategy. 06 July 2026 Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ('MAR'), which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, until the release of this announcement 6 July 2026 Fiinu plc. ("Fiinu", the "Company" or the "Group") Fiinu plc (AIM: BANK) notes the circulation of a letter, by Granicus Holdings OÜ ("Granicus"), which was sent to a number of shareholders and other interested parties ("Shareholder Letter"), in advance of the Company's forthcoming Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), to be held on 24 July 2026. Granicus was the seller of the Everfex business which was acquired by Fiinu in August 2025 pursuant to a reverse takeover transaction, as disclosed in the Company's admission document dated 7 August 2025, and is owned and controlled by Karol Oleksa and other members of the Oleksa family. The Board has decided to issue this announcement because the Shareholder Letter contains statements regarding the Everfex acquisition and the Group's FY2025 financial performance which, in the Board's opinion, do not present shareholders with a complete or balanced picture. The Board therefore considers it appropriate to provide additional factual context so that shareholders may assess the matters before the AGM by reference to the Company's audited Annual Report, published regulatory announcements and independently verifiable information. The Board recognises the importance of open shareholder dialogue. However, where statements made publicly concern matters that are the subject of ongoing legal processes, written by the defendant to the Company's claims, misleading statements could materially affect shareholders' understanding and therefore the Board considers it appropriate to provide factual clarification in order to support an informed market. The principal author of the Shareholder Letter is Karol Oleksa, the former manager of Everfex, who remained responsible for the operational management of the business until November 2025 following completion of the acquisition by Fiinu. The Shareholder Letter attributes the Group's FY2025 statutory loss almost entirely to Fiinu's current management but does not acknowledge the operational responsibility of the author himself as the responsible manager of Everfex during that period, nor the extensive investigation and remediation subsequently undertaken by the Company. The Company is currently pursuing two separate legal processes arising from the Everfex acquisition. Firstly, the Company has commenced substantial contractual arbitration proceedings against the principal author and his wife, in respect of alleged breaches of post-completion restrictive covenants and non-compete obligations contained in the Share Purchase Agreement relating to the acquisition of Everfex. Secondly, the Company has notified Granicus of substantial contractual claims arising from alleged breaches of seller warranties, representations and other obligations under the Share Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to alleged non-disclosure of matters which the Company believes materially affected the subsequent performance of the business and alleged potential regulatory breaches. Those claims are progressing through the contractual dispute resolution process provided for in the Share Purchase Agreement. The Board does not consider it appropriate to comment on the detailed merits of either legal process, which should be determined through the agreed contractual procedures rather than through shareholder correspondence. The Board further understands that Granicus is currently undergoing a demerger between the Oleksa and certain non-Oleksa owners who previously held interests in Granicus. Based on information available to the Company, the Shareholder Letter reflects the views of only, approximately 10.7% of Fiinu's issued share capital. FY2025 statutory result. The Shareholder Letter characterises the Group's FY2025 statutory loss as evidence of management failure. The Board does not agree. The FY2025 statutory result principally comprised a non-cash IFRS goodwill impairment, acquisition and restructuring costs, and costs associated with the investigation, integration and remediation of Everfex following completion. The goodwill impairment is a non-cash accounting adjustment required under IFRS and does not determine the value that may ultimately be recovered through the Company's contractual claims. Post-acquisition review. Following completion, Fiinu undertook an extensive review of Everfex's financial reporting, governance arrangements, operational controls, customer portfolio, accounting processes and risk management framework. The Company identified matters which, in its view, had not been disclosed during the acquisition process and which now form part of its contractual claims against Granicus. A comprehensive remediation programme was subsequently implemented. Legal proceedings. The Board remains confident in the merits of the Company's legal claims. The alleged non-compete breaches are currently the subject of arbitration against Karol Oleksa and Marta Oleksa. Separately, the Company's contractual claims against Granicus are progressing through the contractual dispute resolution process under the Share Purchase Agreement. The current, combined, value of the claims for damages in respect of these claims by the Company, are in excess of £16 million, and may increase. These proceedings remain ongoing and will be determined by the independent arbitration tribunal. AGM. The Board welcomes shareholder engagement and supports the transparent conduct of the AGM, including voting by poll. The Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders vote FOR all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, as they intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings, which total 128,696,733 Ordinary shares, representing 32.3% of the total voting rights. The Board also unanimously reaffirms its confidence in Dr Marko Sjoblom as Chief Executive Officer and remains fully committed to the strategy and priorities set out in the FY2025 Annual Report. Outlook. The Board remains focused on executing its commercial strategy and protecting shareholder value. The Company will make no further comment on the ongoing legal processes except where required by law or where advised to do so by its legal advisers and/or its Nominated Adviser. 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Experience Grand Rapids' digital strategy: Made for today's travelers & tomorrow's search landscape. Overview. Experience Grand Rapids has partnered with Granicus Destinations for more than a decade, steadily evolving its online presence to meet changing traveler behavior, search trends, and internal workflow needs. What began as a customer relationship management (CRM) and content management system (CMS) has grown into a fully integrated digital ecosystem that prioritizes search engine optimization (SEO), as well as content governance, search visibility, paid media performance, and efficient media asset management. The destination marketing organization (DMO) positioned itself to adapt confidently to an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven search landscape while saving time and reducing internal complexity. Must-have solutions. Metrics. 7M impressions +54% average ranking position Site ranks in top 3 for more than 50% of top 20 terms Situation. Digitally disconnected. After years of website growth, Experience Grand Rapids accumulated more than 400 pages of web content. The team faced challenges of little content governance, limited SEO structure, and difficulty maintaining relevance across leisure, meetings, and partner audiences. "When leisure content isn't structured correctly, you lose people," explained Andrea Robyns, marketing technology director for Experience Grand Rapids. "If meeting planners land on leisure content and can't easily move between what they need, they drop off - and that was the last thing we wanted. We needed content that worked for every audience without creating friction." The DMO also juggled disconnected systems for digital assets. Images and videos lived in multiple places - CRM, CMS, calendars, internal networks, and third-party tools - which required repetitive uploads and made it hard to find the right content quickly. Perhaps most pressing, Experience Grand Rapids needed a more intentional approach to its online presence as traveler search behavior evolved. With the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews, traditional SEO could no longer be the only player in the game; the DMO needed to optimize its content to be easily extracted by AI-driven search engines and large language models (LLMs). Solution. SEO + DAM = the perfect pairing. Experience Grand Rapids worked closely with Granicus Destinations to build a cohesive digital strategy that was: * Rooted in SEO best practices. * Supported by paid media expertise. * Compatible with modern digital asset management. * Future-proofed for the growing AI-generated search environment. The DMO began by investing in SEO services early, shaping how content was written, organized, and maintained. During a major post-COVID website redesign in 2021, the team audited every page on the site - reducing total pages from more than 400 to just 164 - and implemented a formal content governance plan where: * "Blogs" were reclassified into "articles" to improve search performance. * Content review cadences were established to improve the internal process. * Credibility was strengthened through citations and updated data. As these efforts improved performance, Experience Grand Rapids expanded into Simpleview Digital Services, pairing organic SEO with paid search and strategic media planning. The result was a more balanced approach that protected organic visibility while driving high-intent conversions through paid efforts. Robyns described the paid media process as follows: To support content creation and distribution at scale, the DMO also adopted Simpleview Digital Asset Management (DAM) powered by Cloudinary. Migrating from Barberstock, the team rethought how assets were structured and used - introducing consistent naming conventions, structured fields, tagging, and curated collections tailored to specific audiences like meeting planners, media, and internal teams. "With DAM, we finally have a higher-level solution that helps us actually find what we're looking for through better searching, tagging, and structure," explained Robyns. "We shifted our mindset by using curated collections to represent the best look of our city, and now both our external partners and internal teams can use those assets easily." The DAM integration with CMS further reduced friction, while AI-powered features now automatically generate image descriptions - saving time and improving accessibility. "The integration and one-click image description generator are huge time savers, and it fills a gap we didn't have solved before," said Robyns. "It's allowed us to really utilize DAM to its full extent." Results. "Your site came up first" Experience Grand Rapids has seen measurable gains in visibility and performance while achieving meaningful internal accomplishments. As Robyns described, "I love it when people tell me, 'I searched this and your site came up first.' That's what we're doing. That's why we're here. I think that's really important right now as we step into AI and see our information show up in search results." Experience Grand Rapids reported the following increased impressions and sustained organic performance, even as AI-driven search and zero-click results change user behavior: * Organic search click activity declined year over year in line with broader industry trends. However, overall visibility increased to 7M impressions (+7% YoY), indicating broader exposure across relevant search queries despite lower click activity. * Average ranking position improved significantly to 9.58 (+54% YoY), reflecting stronger prominence and more frequent appearances in high-value search results. * The site now ranks in the top three positions for more than 50% of the top 20 terms, reinforcing its authority across core thematic searches. The DMO also attributes a variety of other results to the digital strategy reboot: * Higher conversion confidence through paid search, reinforcing SEO efforts without sacrificing long-term organic growth. * Significant time savings through DAM integrations and AI-generated image description. * Improved internal alignment and reduced frustration. * A scalable content framework that supports LLM discovery through structured articles, FAQs, and governance. By treating Granicus Destinations as a true extension of its own team, Experience Grand Rapids built a digital foundation designed for today's travelers and for tomorrow's search landscape. When asked about the DMO's extensive digital transformation in the age of AI, Robyns said, "If you're not doing it, you're already behind - and that's okay. What matters is finding the right partners and tools, so you're not trying to do everything yourself. I think it's worth every penny if you're going to really utilize it to the fullest extent." Get a best-in-class marketing action plan. Have its experts review your digital marketing goals and obstacles to help you establish a plan of action.