MediaZest Plc
("MediaZest", the "Company" or "Group"; AIM: MDZ)
Pre-Close Trading Statement
MediaZest, the creative digital out-of-home advertising company, is pleased to
announce the following trading update ahead of its final results for the year
ended 31 March 2012 which are scheduled to be released in August 2012.
Although the Group is pleased to have recorded its first increase in year on
year turnover since the recession began, second half growth during the year
ended 31 March 2012 was slower than anticipated. Overall, the Company will post
slightly improved year on year results with a reduced loss.
Despite a tough start to the 2013 financial year, the Group continues to add
new clients and develop opportunities with significant long term potential. The
main difficulties faced by the Group continue to be uncertainty in the economic
climate and continued pressure on client marketing budgets at this time, which
makes the scale of future revenues particularly difficult to predict.
The Group now has a large number of blue chip retailers and brands as customers
and in the fullness of time it expects this client base to deliver larger
revenues. Client retention remains strong and the Board is also encouraged by
the quality of new clients and opportunities being won.
Against this background, costs are constantly monitored and reduced, where
appropriate, in an effort to reach profitability as soon as possible. The Board
has taken steps to reduce annual overhead by over £200,000 following the review
of year end 31 March 2012 performance. These cost reductions will begin to come
into effect in the next quarter.
In terms of new business wins, the Group is pleased to announce over £250,000
of new project work won in the first half of the new financial year on top of
existing contractual income.
This has included work from existing customers in the Education, Retail and
Corporate sectors and the Board is pleased to advise that new customers,
including Samsung (through their agency Cheil), adidas (through agency Savvy
Sport), Caffe Nero, Topshop and Serco, have been added.
The Group continues to pioneer new uses for existing technologies such as the
virtual mannequin which generates considerable interest. It expects to produce
further such products in the coming 12 months which will help provide a unique
selling point for its services and also enable it to improve overseas revenues.
The Group continues to experience interest from potential clients all over the
world. It is actively seeking new ways to capitalise on these opportunities
including the supply of unique MediaZest designed products which do not
necessarily rely on our own installation services, which are difficult to
provide in overseas regions without the support of local representative
offices.
Outlook
The Group has completed two high profile Olympic related projects in recent
weeks and hopes to secure other such contracts in the run up to the event
itself. The Company continues to focus on increasing its recurring revenues to
counteract the unpredictability of project work. As a result, it has begun to
offer more content based services, including audio content, and the Board hopes
to announce business in this area in the coming months.
Enquiries:
Geoff Robertson
Chief Executive Officer
MediaZest Plc 020 7724 5680
Gavin Burnell / Rod Venables
Nominated Adviser
Northland Capital Partners Limited 020 7796 8800
Claire Noyce / Deepak Reddy
Broker
Hybridan LLP 020 7947 4350
Notes to Editors:
About MediaZest
MediaZest is a creative media agency that specialises in providing innovative
out-of-home marketing solutions to leading retailers, brand owners and
corporations, but also works in the public sector in both the NHS and Education
markets. The Group supplies an integrated service from content creation and
system design to installation, technical support and maintenance. MediaZest was
admitted to the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in February 2005. For more
information, please visit www.mediazest.com
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