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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 5392G\n S4 Capital PLC\n 18 March 2020\n \n \n \n \n 18 March 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n S4\n \n \n Capital plc \n \n \n \n (\"S4Capital\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Unaudited 2019 preliminary results\n \n \n \n \n \n New age/new era digital marketing model continues to deliver strong growth\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Financial Highlights\n \n \n · \n Billings* £455.8 million and pro-forma** billings £513.2 million\n \n \n · \n Revenue £215.1 million up 292% from £54.8 million, like-for-like *** up 41%, pro-forma up 37%\n \n \n · \n Gross profit £171.3 million up 361% from £37.2 million, like-for-like up 44%, pro-forma up 39%\n \n \n · \n Operational EBITDA**** £33.4 million up 612%, like-for-like up 51%, pro-forma up 47%\n \n \n · \n Operational EBITDA margin 19.5%, up 6.9 margin points on 2018, like-for-like 18.6%, pro-forma 20.1%\n \n \n · \n Operating loss £3.8 million, which includes adjusting items of £35.0 million (acquisition expenses and amortisation and share-based compensation), versus an operating loss of £8.5 million in 2018 and pro-forma operating profit of £2.5 million\n \n \n · \n Result before income tax £9.2 million (loss), which includes adjusting items, versus a loss of £9.1 million in 2018 and pro-forma result before income tax of £2.8 million (loss)\n \n \n · \n Result for the period £10.0 million (loss) which includes adjusting items after taxation versus £8.1 million (loss) in 2018 and pro-forma result for the period of £5.7 million (loss)\n \n \n · \n Adjusted basic net result per share 5.2p versus 1.0p in 2018 and 6.0p pro-forma\n \n \n · \n Basic and diluted net result per share 2.7p (loss) which includes adjusting items after tax versus 3.3p (loss) in 2018 and pro-forma adjusted basic net result per share 1.3p (loss)\n \n \n · \n Year-end net cash***** £23.7 million, including the £42.4 million loan drawn to partly fund the combination with MediaMonks\n \n \n · \n Good start to 2020 with January gross profit up over 30%, not seeing any material impact from Coronavirus, and will update the market appropriately \n \n \n \n \n \n Operational Highlights in 2019 and Outlook\n \n \n · \n In April, MightyHive merged with ProgMedia, a leading Brazil-based data and programmatic consultancy in Latin America and Media...