IG Design Group PLC Trading Update (1171E)
16 October 2018 - 5:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1171E
IG Design Group PLC
16 October 2018
16 October 2018
IG Design Group PLC
(the "Company", the "Group" or "Design Group")
Trading Update
IG Design Group plc, one of the world's leading designers,
innovators and manufacturers of gift packaging, greetings,
stationery, creative play products and giftware, announces a
trading update for the first half of the financial year, which
covers the period to 30 September 2018.
The Group is pleased to announce a very positive performance
over the first six months ending 30 September 2018, with reported
overall revenue and margin, including the recent acquisition of
Impact Innovations Inc. ('Impact'), significantly up on the
previous year, with growth across all regions.
Furthermore, following the successful GBP50 million equity
placing announced in August 2018 and the completion of the
acquisition of Impact on 31 August 2018, Impact has delivered a
strong post acquisition performance in September 2018. The
integration of Impact and our US based business, IG Design Group
Americas is already underway and progressing well with synergies on
track to be delivered on time or earlier.
Other highlights from across the Group also include:
-- the new state-of-the art printing press in our gift wrap manufacturing operation in Holland, which was installed
in March 2018, is now fully operational and supporting record levels of production volume and improved
efficiencies
-- the acquisition in January 2018 of Biscay Greetings Pty Ltd in Australia is now fully integrated, with targeted
synergies already beginning to deliver enhanced performance
-- the new enterprise IT system in the USA has gone live on time and is now being run in parallel with the existing
IT platform to ensure the processes are running smoothly and accurately
-- the new revenue initiative in our factory in Wales to manufacture and sell premium paper bags continues to
deliver increased volumes with a strong pipeline of new customers to come
The Group will deliver record first half revenues with all
regions on track to achieve year on year revenue and profit growth
in the full year. We are therefore pleased to confirm the Group's
forecast full year diluted earnings per share(1) performance is in
line with management expectations, delivering strong year-on-year
growth. We also continue to see good cash conversion across the
Group and expect average leverage for FY19 to be 1.3 times
Underlying EBITDA.
Paul Fineman, Chief Executive said:
"We are delighted with a very strong performance during the
first half of the year and with good forward visibility of our
order book we have strong momentum going into the second half of
the year. We look forward to a full year of record revenues and
profits.
We are especially encouraged with the strong performance of
Impact and have 'hit the ground running' with progress already made
to deliver operational and commercial synergies.
We look forward to sharing a detailed overview of our first half
results on 27(th) November."
1 - Diluted Earnings per Share is calculated before exceptional
items and LTIP
- Ends -
For further information, please contact:
IG Design Group plc Tel: 0152 588 7310
Paul Fineman, Chief Executive
Giles Willits, Chief Financial Officer
Cenkos Securities plc Tel: 0207 397 8900
Stephen Keys
Alma PR Tel: 0203 865 9667
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett designgroup@almapr.com
Susie Hudson
Sam Modlin
Notes to Editors
IG Design Group plc, the largest consumer gift packaging
business in the world, is a designer, innovator and manufacturer of
products that help people celebrate life's special occasions.
Design Group works with more than 10,000 customers in over 80
countries throughout the UK, Europe, Australia, Asia and the
Americas. Its products are found in over 200,000 retail outlets,
including several of the world's biggest retailers, for example
Walmart, Tesco, Amazon, Carrefour and Aldi. Its brand, Tom Smith,
also holds the Royal Warrant for the supply of Christmas crackers
and Christmas wrapping paper to the Royal family.
Design Group is a diverse business operating across multiple
regions, categories, seasons and brands. Its four core categories
are: Celebrations, Stationery and Creative Play, Gifting, and
Not-for-resale paper bags. It offers customers a full end-to-end
service from design through to distribution, offering both branded
and bespoke products from the value-focused through to the
higher-margin ends of the market. The recently completed
acquisition of Impact Innovations Inc. has significantly increased
the scale of the Group and added to the Celebrations category with
seasonal home décor product range providing a further opportunity
for growth.
The Company was admitted to the Alternative Investment Market of
the London Stock Exchange in 1995 under the name 'International
Greetings plc' and rebranded to IG Design Group plc in 2016. For
further information please visit www.thedesigngroup.com
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