On January 2, 2019, Eric J. Dale, the Chief Legal Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc (the Company), informed the Company of his election to resign and depart from the Company to pursue an external opportunity. On January 4, 2019, the Company announced the appointment of George D. Callard as Mr. Dale’s successor, effective January 22, 2019. Mr. Dale will remain with the Company through February 1, 2019 to support the transition to Mr. Callard. Callard has 25 years of extensive experience covering a broad range of administrative and legal responsibilities. Callard joins Nielsen from The Weather Channel television network, where he was President. His legal experience spans stints at AT&T Inc. and NBC Universal and finally at Weather Group LLC, the company that was created after certain assets of The Weather Company were sold to IBM. At The Weather Company, he was responsible for a broad range of legal and government relations functions including mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and compliance issues, litigation, risk management, global strategic investments and joint ventures, intellectual property, global product and software development and licensing, data and online privacy.