o Revenue down 12% underlying o Cash operating income² down 13% underlying; 11% margin o Adjusted³ operating profit down 19% underlying; 9% margin o Adjusted profit before tax down 20% underlying o Adjusted EPS up 12% · Interim dividend increased +1% to 7.6p · Statutory · Active portfolio management strategy delivering value creation: o Increased investment in Cazoo in October 2020; proposed transaction values stake at c.US$1.35bn
5 vs £117m total investment o Disposal of EdTech (Hobsons) for c.US$410m in March 2021 o Acquisition of New Scientist for £67m in March 2021 · Strong financial position maintained: pro forma net cash £293m
6 and £362m of committed undrawn bank facilities; statutory net cash £199m
Published: 11 February 2021
WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG: - The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) and Financial Network Analytics Ltd. (FNA) are pleased to announce their new collaborative partnership for the development of advanced Supervisory Technology (SupTech) capabilities.
As part of its innovation journey, the CBCS, led by its Innovation Platform, is in the process of adopting new technologies and developing SupTech capabilities, which FNA committed to support with its expertise in the areas of data extraction, advanced analytics, and training. To this end, FNA will produce a series of in-house and public courses, as well as provide the CBCS’ specialists with access to its software and analytics platform.