Merit Group plc announced the appointment of Tim Briant to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Briant will also join the Company's Audit Committee. Timothy Briant, aged 53, holds and has previously held the following directorships within the last five years: Current Directorships: BMS Limited, Carbon60 Limited, Carlisle Cleaning Services Holdings Limited, Carlisle Events Services Limited, Carlisle Group Limited, Carlisle Nominees Limited, Carlisle Staffing Services Holdings Limited, Carlisle Staffing Services Limited, Comensura Limited, Flexy Corporation Limited, Guidant Global-Europe Limited, Guidant Global UK Limited, Impellam Holdings Limited, Impellam UK Limited, Impellam Group plc, Laybridge Limited, Lorien Limited, Lorien Resourcing Limited, OneTrue Limited, Science Recruitment Group Limited, Younifi Limited, Comensura Pty Limited, Flexy Services Pty Limited, Carlisle Security (Holdings) Limited, Carlisle Security Limited, Carlisle Staffing Services Ireland Limited, Irish Recruitment Consultants Limited, Corporate Employment Resources Inc., Corporate Services Group Holdings Inc., Guidant Global Holding Corporation, Guidant Group Inc. Former Directorships (in the last 5 years): Air Consulting Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia), Air Consulting Company Ltd. (Thailand), Air Energi Group Investments Limited, Air Energi Group Limited (United Kingdom), Air Energi Group Singapore Pte Ltd. (Singapore), Air Energi Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), Air Energi Investments Limited (United Kingdom), Air Energi Pacifica Ltd. (Papau New Guinea), Air Resources America LLC (USA), Air Resources Limited (United Kingdom) (appointed 27 August 2017), Airswift (Canada) Limited, Airswift Consulting Tanzania Limited, Airswift Denmark ApS (Denmark), Airswift Guyana Inc, Airswift Mexico S.deR.L.deC.V, Ajilon (UK) Limited, Bellevue Resources Limited (UK), Chadwick Nott (Holdings) Limited, Chrysalis Community Care Group Limited, Doctors On Call Limited, Ducatus Partners Limited (UK,) Ducatus Partners LLC (Texas), Global Group (UK) Limited, Global Medics Limited, Global Medics Pty Limited, Litmus Workforce Solutions Ireland Limited, Medacs Global Group Limited, Global Medics NZ Limited, Healthlink New Zealand Group Limited, Marchfield Holdings Limited, Medacs Healthcare Limited, Litmus Workforce Solutions Limited, Medacs Global Group Limited, Medacs Healthcare Australasia Group Limited, Medacs Healthcare plc, PRN Recruitment Limited, Singular Resource Solutions Limited (UK), Singular Resource Solutions LLC (Texas), STS London Limited, Swift (Nigeria) Limited, Swift Technical (Australia) Pty Ltd. (AUS), Swift Technical (Azerbaijan) Limited (UK), Swift Technical (Europe) Limited, Swift Technical (Operations) Limited (UK), Swift Technical (Russia) Limited (UK), Swift Technical Group Holdings Limited (UK), Swift Technical Group Limited (UK), Swift Technical Holdings Limited (UK), Swift Technical Services LLC (Texas), Swift Technical Singapore Ptd Ltd, Swift Trustees Limited (UK), Swift Worldwide Resources Australia Holdings Corp.

Pty Ltd. (AUS), Swift Worldwide Resources Bidco Limited (UK), Swift Worldwide Resources Holdco Limited, Swift Worldwide Resources Midco Limited, Swift Engineering (Azerbaijan) Limited (UK), Swift Worldwide Resources UK Corp. Limited, Blue Arrow Financial Services Limited, Blue Arrow Holdings Limited, Blue Arrow Limited, Career Teachers 2006 Limited, Career Teachers Limited, Tate Recruitment Limited.