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RNS Number : 8058W 
First Artist Corporation PLC 
04 August 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Artist Corporation plc 
(the "Group") 
 
 
Change of Accounting Reference Date and Trading Update 
 
 
 
 
Change of Accounting Reference Date 
 
 
First Artist Corporation plc (AIM: FAN) notifies the market that it has changed 
its accounting reference date from 31 August to 30 November with immediate 
effect. Therefore the next set of consolidated audited accounts will be drawn up 
for the 15 month period from 1 September 2008 to 30 November 2009. The change is 
being made in connection with the strategic review of non-core businesses as 
announced on 29 June 2009. 
 
 
 
 
Trading Update 
 
 
We are pleased to announce that the Sport division has had a very positive start 
to the summer football trading window, having been instrumental in, amongst 
others, the following transfers: 
 
 
  *  Emmanuel Adebayor from Arsenal to Manchester City 
  *  Roger Johnson from Cardiff City to Birmingham City 
  *  Samuel Eto'o from Barcelona to Inter Milan 
  *  Steven Fletcher from Hibernian to Burnley 
  *  Lars Jacobsen from Everton to Blackburn Rovers 
  *  Obafemi Martins from Newcastle United to Wolfsburg 
 
 
 
In addition, a significant marketing deal has been put in place between Andrey 
Arshavin and PepsiCo, to include the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South 
Africa. 
 
 
The Group continues to trade in line with management expectations. 
 
 
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For further information: 
 
 
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| First Artist Corporation plc                           | tel: 020 7993 0000       | 
| Jon Smith, Chief Executive                             | www.firstartist.com      | 
| Julianne Coutts, Director & Company Secretary          |                          | 
|                                                        |                          | 
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| Daniel Stewart & Company plc, Nominated Adviser and    | tel: 020 7776 6550       | 
| Broker                                                 | www.danielstewart.co.uk  | 
| Stewart Dick/Graham Webster                            |                          | 
|                                                        |                          | 
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ 
 
 
Notes to Editors: 
First Artist Corporation plc was admitted to AIM in 2002. 
 
 
First Artist's group companies are among the leading brands in their fields 
under the following categories: 
 
 
Media - entertainment advertising, marketing, design, promotions, digital media, 
merchandising, signage and front of house displays for the West End, Broadway 
and Las Vegas via the Dewynters, SpotCo and Newman Displays brands. Sponsorship 
rights marketing through First Rights Limited. 
 
 
Events - offers a broad range of events such as conferences, company activity 
days, parties, venue finding, delegate management and client events for private 
and public sector clients through The Finishing Touch. 
 
 
Entertainment/Sport - representation of media personalities and football 
players/clubs across the UK, Europe and the US by First Artist Management, First 
Artist Sport, Promosport and First Artist Scandinavia, together with wealth 
management through the Independent Financial Advisory firm, Optimal Wealth 
Management. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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