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August 2020

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  • Epic Code:
  • PHTM
  • Price:
  • 55p
Photo-Me has confirmed that trading in the four months to end April was significantly affected by Covid-19 and group sales are now expected to be 5.5% lower year on year, resulting in pretax profit expected to fall to £28m (before exceptional costs) in 2020 from £42.6m in 2019. Cost savings are being made and encouragingly at 30 April it still had cash of £66.5m, having fully drawn debt facilities (due April 2025) of £58.5m, leaving net cash of £8m. Since April it has secured an additional Eu30m loan from three French banks under the French Government backed Covid scheme. The group has made provisions of £14m-£18m for an asset goodwill write-down of the carrying value of non ...

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