Creston PLC
31 May 2006
Date: 31st May 2006
On behalf of: Creston Plc
For immediate release
Creston Plc
Notice of Preliminary Results
The Board of Creston plc, the marketing services group, today announced that it
will release its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2006 on Monday
26 June 2006.
An analysts' presentation will be held at 0930hrs prompt on 26 June at Council
Room, City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ.
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For further information:
Creston Plc 020 7930 9757
Don Elgie
Redleaf Communications Limited 020 7955 1410
Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen
About Creston Plc
Creston is fully listed on the London Stock Exchange under CRE.LN. Additional
information is available on www.creston.com. Creston's audited results for the
year to 31 March 2005 were released on 22 June 2005, showing a 68% rise in PBT
to £3.5million (2004: £2.1million) and a 25% rise in diluted EPS to 10.56 (2004:
8.47).
Creston'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.
Since January 2001, when the Company was repositioned as a marketing services
group, Creston has made seven significant acquisitions, which have demonstrated
growth despite challenging market conditions:
December 2000 Creston becomes cash shell following disposal of property portfolio
Acquisition of Marketing Sciences Limited, an international quantitative
and qualitative market research company, based in Winchester
January 2001
November 2001 Acquisition of The Real Adventure Marketing Communications Limited, a
national direct marketing and CRM company, based in Bath
December 2002 Acquisition of EMO Group Limited, a national channel marketing
communications company, based in Swindon and Bristol
October 2003 Acquisition of Nelson Bostock Communications Limited, a London based public
relations agency
September 2004 Acquisition of CML Research Limited, a London based qualitative market
research business
March 2005 Acquisition of DLKW Group, a London based advertising and communications
group
July 2005 Acquisition of Red Door Communications Ltd, a London based specialist
healthcare PR agency
May 2006 Acquisition of ICM Research Limited, a independent UK full service market
research agency
May 2006 Acquisition of Tullo Marshall Warren Limited and Columbus Communications
Ltd (the sister agency of TMW), a UK direct marketing agency
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