FTD Companies nominates Mir Aamir for upcoming election to its Board of Directors

– USA, IL – FTD Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:FTD), a premier floral and gifting company, today announced the nomination of Mir Aamir for election as a director at FTD’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 5, 2018. Separately, the Company is announcing that current board member Dennis Holt has informed the board of his intent to retire, concurrent with the upcoming 2018 Annual Meeting.

“We are pleased to be nominating Mir Aamir for election to our board,” said Robert Berglass, Chairman of FTD’s Board of Directors. “On behalf of the directors and FTD stockholders, I would also like to thank Dennis Holt for his years of dedicated service as an FTD director and express our appreciation for his trusted leadership and insight.”

About Mir Aamir

Mr. Aamir is President and Chief Executive Officer of Quotient Technology Inc., which provides a digital marketing platform to deliver personalized and targeted promotions and media to consumers, and a member of the company’s board of directors. He joined Quotient in 2013 and helped lead Quotient’s successful initial public offering in March 2014. He assumed the Chief Executive Officer role in 2017 after previously serving as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. From 2005 to 2013, Mr. Aamir worked for Safeway Inc., where he served as President, Customer Loyalty and Digital Technology from 2011 to 2013. He also served as a Senior Vice President, Marketing Strategy & FP&A from 2007 to 2011 and as Group Vice President, FP&A from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining Safeway Inc., he served as an Officer and Vice President at A.T. Kearney, Inc. Mr. Aamir received a B.B.A./M.B.A. in finance from the University of Karachi, Pakistan and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He brings to the Board of Directors over 20 years of strategy, operational and finance experience, primarily in the retail and consumer packaged goods industries. He also brings digital and mobile marketing experience, having helped found Safeway’s industry-leading digital and mobile platform for loyalty and targeted marketing.

About FTD Companies, Inc.

FTD Companies, Inc. is a premier floral and gifting company. Through our diversified family of brands, we provide floral, specialty foods, gifts and related products to consumers primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. We also provide floral products and services to retail florists and other retail locations throughout these same geographies. FTD has been delivering flowers since 1910 and the highly-recognized FTD and Interflora brands are supported by the iconic Mercury Man logo, which is displayed in approximately 35,000 floral shops in over 125 countries. In addition to FTD and Interflora, our diversified portfolio of brands includes the following trademarks: ProFlowers, ProPlants, Shari’s Berries, Personal Creations, RedEnvelope, Flying Flowers, Ink Cards, Postagram, Gifts.com, and BloomThat. FTD Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill.

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