| Bulletin Board references for Creston Search BB |
| Date | Current | Change | To Buy | To Sell | Intra High | Intra Low | Intra Vol | | 30-07-2010 | 97.00 | +4.00 (4.3%) | 99.00 | 95.00 | 97.00 | 93.00 | 87,794 |
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| Historic Price Info (all prices in GB pence) |
| 12 Mth High | Date | 12 Mth Low | Date | 1 Wk Ago | 1 Mth Ago | 1 Year Ago | | 105.00 | 27-04-2010 | 60.50 | 20-08-2009 | 86.25 (+12.46%) | 95.00 (+2.11%) | 65.25 (+48.66%) |
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| Activities | | Creston
plc's strategy is to build a diversified international marketing services group through a combination of organic growth and selective acquisitions. The Board's aim is to identify synergistic benefits between currently independent marketing services
companies offering premium services such as market research, direct marketing, advertising, PR and other areas of marketing communications. |
| Contact Details | | 30-35 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5LP. |
| Telephone | 020 7930 9757 | Website | http://www.creston.com/ | | Registrars | Capita Registrars | Reg Tel | 0870 162 3131 | | Stockbrokers | Investec Securities | | |
| Fundamental Info | | | | | Shares in Issue | 61,337,338 (Ord 10p) | SEAQ/Epic | CRE | | SEDOL | 0444028 | | | | Annualised Dividend | - | Dividend Cover | - | | Latest Pay date | 08-09-2010 | Latest Ex-Div date | 04-08-2010 | | EPS | 8.75 | Floated | Jun
93 | | Market Capitalisation (£m) | 59.497 | Enterprise Value (£m) | 122.839 | | Sector | Media | % of Sector by Cap | 0.117 | | Industry | Media Agencies | % of Industry by Cap | 0.432 | | Last RNS Announcement | 26-07-2010 | Listing | FULL | | Last Annual Results | 28-06-2010 | Last Interim Results | 30-11-2009 | | Total Assets (m) | 162.074 | Total Liabilities (m) | 66.120 | | Total Equity (m) | 95.954 | Cash & Equivalents (m) | 2.778 | | Net Gearing (%) | 39.082 | Gross Gearing (%) | 40.796 | | Net Assets (m) | 95.954 | Op Cash Flow (m) | 15.442 | | Debt Ratio | 0.008 | Debt-to-Equity | 0.000 | | Assets/Equity | 1.689 | Cash/Equity | 2.895 | | Quick Ratio | 0.531 | Current Ratio | 0.576 |
| Traded Volume: | More... | Number of trades | 26 | Trading Open | | | Bought Volume | 83,921 | Sold Volume | 1,806 | Unknown Volume | 0 | | First Auction Price | 0 | Last Auction Price | - | Last Auction Time | - | | Last Auction Vol | - | Quote Size | 1 | Market Size | 1,250 | | Minimum Order | 0 | Maximum Order | 124,999,990 | Maximum Order Days | 90 | | Last Trade Tick | UP | VWAP (all trades) | 96.1195 | VWAP (auto trades) | 0 | | Uncrossed Price | 0 | Uncrossed Time | 16:35:33 | Uncrossed Volume | 0 |
| Date | Issue | Factor | Details | | 19-09-2003 | Open Offer | 0.98595 | 1-for-4 open offer at 86.00p per share. | | 20-11-1998 | Consolidation | 10 | |
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| Date | Comment | More | | 12-04-2010 | IC says Buy (90.5p) BULL POINTS Recovery in advertising gaining momentum - GBP35m debt pile f | ... | | 30-11-2009 | +2.5, (85) Creston PLC said it intends to pay a final dividend in fiscal 2010, having scrappe | ... | | 30-11-2009 | +2.5, (85) Creston PLC said it has a healthy pitch pipeline and hopes to seal some large deal | ... | | 23-06-2009 | +2, (65) Creston PLC said it isn't at risk of breaching its banking covenants, as it plans to | ... | | 29-10-2008 | -1.25, (20.75) Panmure cuts its price targets for UK media companies in the light of deterior | ... | | 07-08-2008 | -0.75, (47.5) moved sharply higher in midmorning deals, as it posted a positive update, leadi | ... | | 24-06-2008 | -3, (51.25) Creston PLC is in a strong position to face the fallout of the UK economic downtu | ... | | 21-04-2008 | +0.5, (70.5) higher in midmorning deals, as it gave an in-line trading update and said there | ... | | 18-02-2008 | +1.25, (68.25) flat this morning, as news it is to close its New York office due to the globa | ... | | 13-06-2007 | +2, (183) an article in the Independent reports: Creston rose 11p to 181p as brokers applaude | ... | | 11-04-2007 | +3, (196) an article in the Independent reports: Creston rose 0.5p to 193p after the company | ... | | 10-02-2005 | +0.5, (156) an article in the FT comments: Since 2001, Creston has made a series of earnings- | ... | | 30-11-2004 | -1, (149) an article in the Independent (Investment column) comments: yesterday's H1's reflec | ... | | 27-09-2004 | +0, (140) an article in the Business comments: Creston benefits from not being reliant on any | ... | | 31-10-2003 | +3, (117.5) IC say Buy (107p) - Creston has picked its operating companies well as all have | ... | | 22-09-2003 | +9.5, (105) an article in the Sunday Telegraph comments: Shares in marketing services group C | ... | | 18-08-2003 | +4.5, (95) an article in the FT comments: Creston says it follows a 'buy and build' strategy, | ... | | 23-06-2003 | +9.5, (80) an article in the Sunday Telegraph comments: Marketing services group Creston, whi | ... | | 13-06-2003 | +0, (75) an article in the Independent speculates: What is going on at Creston? Advisers for | ... | | 09-06-2003 | +12, (72.5) an article in the Sunday Telegraph advises: Marketing services group Creston (60. | ... |
| Date | Time | Headline | More | | 26-07-2010 | 07:00:00 | Creston PLC Interim Management Statement | Details | | 14-07-2010 | 16:12:00 | Creston PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding | Details | | 14-07-2010 | 11:54:00 | Creston PLC Disposal | Details | | 13-07-2010 | 09:51:00 | Creston PLC Result of General Meeting | Details | | 28-06-2010 | 16:30:00 | Creston PLC Posting of Circular | Details | | 28-06-2010 | 10:35:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 28-06-2010 | 07:01:00 | Creston PLC Disposal | Details | | 28-06-2010 | 07:00:00 | Creston PLC Final Results | Details | | 26-05-2010 | 16:52:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 26-05-2010 | 08:40:00 | Creston PLC Notice of Results | Details | | 21-05-2010 | 12:56:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 13-05-2010 | 17:46:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 26-04-2010 | 14:13:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 22-04-2010 | 15:05:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details | | 20-04-2010 | 07:00:00 | Creston PLC Pre-Close Trading Statement | Details | | 06-04-2010 | 16:29:00 | Creston PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding | Details | | 06-04-2010 | 16:26:00 | Creston PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding | Details | | 23-03-2010 | 16:50:00 | Creston PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding | Details | | 23-03-2010 | 16:41:00 | Creston PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding | Details | | 17-02-2010 | 17:51:00 | Creston PLC Holding(s) in Company | Details |
| Date | Director | Trans | Amount | Type | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding | % | | 31-03-2010 | B. Brien | LTIP | 5,889 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 289,889 | 0.47 | | 31-03-2010 | D.H. Elgie | LTIP | 21,806 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 1,938,479 | 3.16 | | 17-03-2010 | B. Brien | LTIP | 20,496 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 284,000 | 0.46 | | 17-03-2010 | D.H. Elgie | LTIP | 46,926 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 1,916,673 | 3.12 | | 08-12-2009 | M.R. Wall | BUY | 24,453 | ORD | 77 | 18,829 | 24,453 | - | | 01-12-2009 | D. Grigson | BUY | 10,000 | ORD | 84.59 | 8,459 | 10,000 | 0.02 | | 04-09-2009 | B. Brien | LTIP | 12,023 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 263,504 | 0.43 | | 04-09-2009 | D.H. Elgie | LTIP | 40,108 | ORD | 0 | 0 | 1,869,747 | 3.05 | | 07-07-2009 | B. Brien | BUY | 8,000 | ORD | 60 | 4,800 | 251,481 | 0.41 | | 07-07-2009 | D.H. Elgie | BUY | 33,000 | ORD | 60 | 19,800 | 1,829,639 | 2.98 |
| Basic Result Information (figures in Millions unless specified) |
| Date | Type | Turnover | Profit | EPS (p) | Dividend (p) | Currency | | 31-03-2010 | Full Year | 138.47 | 8.15 | 8.75 | 1.00 | GBX | | 30-09-2009 | Interim | 62.79 | 1.47 | 0.76 | - | GBX | | 31-03-2009 | Full Year | 138.47 | 10.01 | 12.21 | 0.73 | GBX | | 30-09-2008 | Interim | 41.34 | 4.41 | 5.46 | 0.73 | GBX | | 31-03-2008 | Full Year | 137.26 | 9.58 | 8.65 | 2.77 | GBX | | 30-09-2007 | Interim | 39.20 | 3.89 | 4.12 | 0.97 | GBX | | 31-03-2007 | Full Year | 117.62 | 8.29 | 9.43 | 2.64 | GBX | | 30-09-2006 | Interim | 53.48 | 2.09 | 2.06 | 0.88 | GBX | | 31-03-2006 | Full Year | 81.47 | 4.72 | 8.04 | 2.40 | GBX | | 30-09-2005 | Interim | 37.35 | 1.94 | 2.14 | 0.80 | GBX | | 31-03-2005 | Full Year | 35.87 | 3.50 | 10.72 | 2.15 | GBX | | 30-09-2004 | Interim | 16.02 | 1.46 | 4.45 | 0.70 | GBX | | 31-03-2004 | Full Year | 29.45 | 2.09 | 9.03 | 1.80 | GBX | | 30-09-2003 | Interim | 12.95 | 0.75 | 4.59 | 0.60 | GBX | | 31-03-2003 | Full Year | 18.64 | 0.91 | 6.38 | 1.40 | GBX | | 30-09-2002 | Interim | 7.88 | 0.22 | 1.20 | - | GBX | | 31-03-2002 | Full Year | 9.81 | 0.21 | 1.23 | 0.70 | GBX | | 30-09-2001 | Interim | 3.45 | -0.19 | -1.70 | - | GBX | | 31-03-2001 | Full Year | 2.62 | 0.01 | -0.20 | - | GBX | | 30-09-2000 | Interim | 1.33 | 0.05 | 0.50 | - | GBX | | 31-03-2000 | Full Year | 5.04 | -5.25 | -59.20 | - | GBX | | 31-12-1999 | Interim | 2.88 | -5.41 | -61.60 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1999 | Full Year | 6.40 | 1.74 | 22.00 | 3.00 | GBX | | 31-12-1998 | Interim | 2.11 | 0.75 | 8.30 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1998 | Full Year | 11.30 | 1.80 | 1.90 | - | GBX | | 31-12-1997 | Interim | 2.88 | 0.40 | 0.43 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1997 | Full Year | 5.95 | 1.66 | 1.80 | - | GBX | | 31-12-1996 | Interim | 2.39 | 0.17 | 0.19 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1996 | Full Year | 8.06 | 1.50 | 2.00 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1995 | Full Year | 7.58 | -6.84 | -8.20 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1994 | Full Year | 6.46 | -0.20 | -0.30 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1993 | Full Year | 6.25 | -0.64 | -3.07 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1992 | Full Year | 8.88 | -1.09 | -5.47 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1991 | Full Year | 14.30 | -0.55 | -2.70 | - | GBX | | 30-06-1990 | Full Year | 15.80 | -0.46 | -1.84 | 0.96 | GBX | | 30-06-1989 | Full Year | 12.00 | 0.59 | 3.22 | 1.63 | GBX |
| Dividend History (NOT adjusted for any capital changes) |
| Period | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Net Dividend | Currency | Total for year | | H2 Dividend | 04-08-2010 | 08-09-2010 | 1.0000 | GBX | 1.0000 | | H1 Dividend | 10-12-2008 | 12-01-2009 | 0.7300 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 06-08-2008 | 08-09-2008 | 1.8000 | GBX | 2.7700 | | H1 Dividend | 12-12-2007 | 14-01-2008 | 0.9700 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 04-07-2007 | 06-08-2007 | 1.7600 | GBX | 2.6400 | | H2 Dividend | 05-07-2006 | 09-08-2006 | 1.6000 | GBX | 2.4000 | | H1 Dividend | 14-12-2005 | 16-01-2006 | 0.8000 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 29-06-2005 | 01-08-2005 | 1.4500 | GBX | 2.1500 | | H1 Dividend | 08-12-2004 | 05-01-2005 | 0.7000 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 30-06-2004 | 02-08-2004 | 1.2000 | GBX | 1.8000 | | H1 Dividend | 01-10-2003 | 14-10-2003 | 0.6000 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 23-07-2003 | 29-08-2003 | 1.4000 | GBX | 1.4000 | | H2 Dividend | 19-06-2002 | 29-08-2002 | 0.7000 | GBX | 0.7000 | | Special Dividend | 23-10-2000 | 17-11-2000 | 31.0000 | GBX | | | H2 Dividend | 25-10-1999 | 29-11-1999 | 3.0000 | GBX | 3.0000 |
| Recent Major Shareholder Transactions |
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| Recent changes to Share Capital |
| Date | +/- | Shares | Total Shares | Reason | | 10-07-2009 | + | 5,576,100 | 61,222,514 | Placing for cash at 60p per share. | | 04-07-2006 | + | 530,373 | 54,248,223 | In conection with the acqn of Face Communications. | | 17-05-2006 | + | 16,129,236 | 53,717,850 | Placing and open offer | | 13-03-2006 | + | 400,664 | 37,584,030 | Exercise of share options. | | 12-12-2005 | + | 465,000 | 37,187,009 | Exercise of executive share options. | | 11-10-2005 | + | 647 | 36,704,793 | Exercise of share options at 136p. | | 08-09-2005 | + | 106,894 | 36,721,362 | Exercise of share options at 95p. | | 14-07-2005 | + | 1,595,724 | 36,614,468 | Acquisition of Red Door Communications. | | 13-04-2005 | + | 87,826 | 35,018,744 | Exercise of warrants at 95p. | | 09-03-2005 | + | 9,745,603 | 34,930,918 | Placing at 145p a share to raise ã9.5m for the acquisition of Face Communications Limited. |
| Date | Init | Surname | Position | Leave | | 09-09-2004 | B. | Brien | Chief Operating Officer | - | | 07-09-2006 | A.J.H. | Dougal | Non-Executive Director | - | | 29-01-2001 | D.H. | Elgie | Chief Executive | - | | 26-11-2009 | D.J. | Grigson | Non-Executive Chairman | - | | 01-01-1984 | D.C. | Marshall | Non-Executive Director | - | | 11-04-2007 | M.R. | Wall | Non-Executive Director | - | | 27-11-2001 | P.J. | Cunard | Non-Executive Director | 30-07-2007 | | 26-03-2001 | D.J. | Hanger | Non-Executive Director | 30-07-2007 |
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