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Termination of Offer Period
ME Group International PLC has terminated discussions with potential offerors, as no offer was deemed to be in the best interests of shareholders, and the company is no longer in an offer period. The company expects total revenue for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 to be between £311 million and £318 million, with profit before tax projected between £76 million and £79 million, maintaining a strong cash conversion and balance sheet. ME Group remains committed to its strategy of growing its core laundry and photobooth businesses. Disclaimer*
About this update from Me Group International Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n \n\n5 December 2025\n \nThis announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as amended by regulation 11 of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/310. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.\n \n \n \nME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC\n(\"ME Group\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nTermination of Offer Period\n \nME Group provides the following update for shareholders, following the announcement on 18 June 2025, which stated that ME Group was exploring strategic options to enhance shareholder value and that one of those options involved seeking potential offerors for the Company.\n \nFollowing engagement with several interested parties, the Board of Directors confirms that it has not received an offer that it believes would be in the best interests of all the Company's shareholders, and therefore discussions have been terminated. As a result, the Company is no longer in an \"offer period\" as defined by the Takeover Code, and the disclosure requirements pursuant to Rule 8 of the Takeover Code are no longer applicable.\n \nME Group is committed to delivering value for shareholders, underpinned by its long-term strategy to grow its core laundry and photobooth activities, particularly the expansion of its laundry operations.\n \nAs announced on 7 November 2025, total revenue for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 is expected to be between £311 million and £318 million1. The Group expects to report another year of record profitability with profit before tax of between £76 million and £79 million1. The Group's cash conversion and balance sheet remained strong. The Group expects to publish its Annual Results for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 in mid-February 2026.\n \n1 Excluding the impact from foreign exchange rates (\"at constant currency\") during FY 2025, particularly the Japanese yen which saw a 1.9% decrease in value against pound sterling (average rate of exchange used in FY2025 was Yen/£ 195.35 vs FY 2024: Yen/£ 191.71 ), and a 0.05% decrease in the euro against pound sterling (average rate of exchange used in FY 2025 was €/£ 1.178 vs FY 2024: 1.173).\n \n \nENQUIRIES:\n \n...