JAMES BOND LICENSE

RNS Number : 9857Y

Hornby PLC

05 December 2014

 



HORNBY ANNOUNCES JAMES BOND LICENSE FOR 2015

Hornby Plc ("Hornby"), the international hobby products Group, confirms that it has secured a worldwide license for Corgi and Scalextric branded James Bond product including the rights to the new James Bond film, Spectre, which is due for release in Q4 2015.

Hornby owns the iconic Hornby model rail product range.  It has evolved to incorporate famous global brands such as Airfix and Humbrol in model kits and paints, Corgi in die-cast and Scalextric slot racing. Hornby has further expanded internationally with the acquisition of Electrotren, Rivarossi, Jouef and Arnold.

The new range of products is already under development and will be on display at the London Toy Fair in January 2015 with shipments commencing in the second half of 2015.

Richard Ames, Hornby Chief Executive said,

" James Bond has been a fantastic licensed partnership for our brands going back over 50 years with Corgi's Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger winning the very first toy of the year award in 1965."

" Scalextric sets featuring the James Bond movie vehicles are always popular with our consumers and we are looking forward to seeing the new cars featured in the film."

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Date: 5^th December 2014

For further information contact:

Hornby Plc

Richard Ames, Chief Executive

Nick Stone, Group Finance Director

01843-233500

Web: www.hornby.com

Broker Profile

Simon Courtenay

020-7448-3244

 

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