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Fiona Orford-Williams

Centaur Media - Strong cash performance and special dividend

Centaur’s year-end trading update indicates revenue of at least £41m and an EBITDA margin of more than 19.5%. Our FY22e EBITDA, PBT and EPS numbers are unchanged, showing strong growth over the prior year, albeit with a slower H222. Notwithstanding the reduced momentum, Centaur should still meet its FY23 MAP23 targets of £45m in revenue and an EBITDA margin of 23%. Given the strong cash performance, with year-end net cash of £16.0m (excluding lease debt), management has announced the payment of a special dividend of 3.0p per share, payable in February. This still leaves the group with plenty of cash to invest and grow.

19/01/2023 1 EN

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Centaur Media

Centaur Media is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the provision of business information, events and marketing solutions to selected professional and commercial markets. Co.'s activities are categorized across four market segments: Marketing, which includes all of Co.'s brands that serve marketing and professions in primary market sectors; Professional, which includes legal portfolio, such as the print, digital and live event activities associated with The Lawyer and Clean Energy Pipeline; Financial Services, which serves the retail financial services industry; and Home Interest, which includes the live events and publishing assets.

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Fiona Orford-Williams

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