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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 3855J Liberty PLC 30 March 2010 \n \n\nLIBERTY PLC:\nFINAL RESULTS FOR 12 MONTHS TO 31 DECEMBER 2009\n \n \nOPERATING HIGHLIGHTS\n___________________________________________________________________________________\n \n· 20% revenue uplift to £59.6m against £49.9m last year.\n· Flagship store sales 18% higher at £37.3m against £31.5m a year earlier\n· Since the February 2009 \"Renaissance of Liberty\" launch, Liberty has produced positive EBITDA for the first time in ten years\n· Liberty accepted as showcase for established international and new design talent including Grayson Perry, Alexander McQueen, Ronnie Wood and Stella McCartney.\n· March 2010 - contracts exchanged for the sale and leaseback of the iconic flagship store for £41.5m\n \n\"Liberty has demonstrated its ability to buck economic and retail trends by returning to profitability during one of the worst downturns in recent retail history. It has created an environment that is increasingly appealing to an ever widening customer base while at the same time enhancing the brand and the values that it represents.\"\n \nGeoffroy de La Bourdonnaye\nChief Executive\nLiberty Plc\n \nContact:\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Balfour-Lynn, Chairman, Liberty\n\n\nTel: 020 7706 2121\n\n\n\n\nGeoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, CEO, Liberty\n\n\nTel: 020 7734 1234\n\n\n\n\nPaul Harris, Finance Director, Liberty\n\n\nTel: 020 7734 1234\n\n\n\n\nBaron Phillips, Baron Phillips Associates\n\n\nTel: 020 7920 3161\n\n\n\n\nNicola Marrin, Seymour Pierce\n\n\nTel: 020 7107 8018\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \nCHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT\n___________________________________________________________________________________\n \nThis has probably been the most exciting, and successful, year in Liberty's re...