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Tarsus - Forward bookings still strong

May 2009

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Our decision to revisit business events operator Tarsus with a buy recommendation at 61p two months ago looks well-timed with the shares rallying to a 12-month high of 100p. The catalyst was better than expected final results with pretax profit of Â£10.3m, on turnover of Â£42.5m. While down on FY07â€™s profit of Â£13m, last year did not include the two largest biennial events and adjusting for this like for like sales growth was a respectable 9%. Meanwhile earnings were 13.1p. Although net debt increased from Â£29m to Â£34m this largely reflected the fact that its borrowings are held in Euro and US$, which strengthened sharply against sterling. However, Tarsus now has in place a new multi-currency bank facility with headroom of Â£46m. ...

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Tarsus - Forward bookings still strong

May 2009

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