4 August 2023
Telecom Plus PLC
AGM Trading Update
Telecom Plus PLC (trading as Utility Warehouse and UW), the UK's only supplier of bundled household utility services, is holding its Annual General Meeting today. At the meeting the Chairman, Charles Wigoder, will say:
"Today I am providing a trading update for the Group for this financial year, further to our Annual Results Announcement on 27 June.
The strong trading performance we reported in our recent annual results is continuing, with energy price volatility having reduced significantly over recent months. We therefore continue to expect to deliver comfortable double-digit annual percentage customer growth for the current year, leading to a broadly corresponding increase in adjusted pre-tax profits.
We remain focussed on our medium-term target of welcoming an additional million customers to UW, underpinned by our market-leading offerings across energy, broadband, mobile and insurance, and the competitive advantage that our unique multiservice customer proposition gives us."
For more information, please contact:
Telecom Plus PLC
Andrew Lindsay, Co-CEO 020 8955 5000
Stuart Burnett, Co-CEO
Nick Schoenfeld, CFO
Peel Hunt
Dan Webster / Andrew Clark 020 7418 8900
Numis Securities
Mark Lander / Joshua Hughes 020 7260 1000
For investor relations:
Julian Wais 07720 999764
jwais@uw.co.uk
For media relations:
Lansons Communications LLP
Tom Baldock / Ed Hooper 07860 101715 / 07783 387713 utilitywarehouse@lansons.com
About Telecom Plus PLC ("Telecom Plus"):
Telecom Plus, which owns and operates Utility Warehouse (UW), is the UK's leading multiservice utility provider, offering bundled household services - energy, broadband, mobile and insurance - through one account.
Customers benefit from the convenience of a single monthly bill, consistently good value across all their utilities and exceptional levels of service.
Customers sign up through a network of local UW Partners all across the country. These Partners recommend UW's services to friends, family and people they know by word of mouth.
Telecom Plus is listed on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker: TEP LN). For further information please visit telecomplus.co.uk
LEI code: 549300QGHDX5UKE58G86
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
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