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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 1021P BrainJuicer Group PLC 19 March 2009 \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPress Release \n\n\n19 March 2009\n\n\n\n\n\nBrainJuicer Group PLC\n('BrainJuicer' or 'the Company')\nFinal Results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2008\nReported under IFRS\n\nBrainJuicer Group PLC (AIM: BJU), a leading international online market research agency, today announces its Final Results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2008.\n\nHighlights\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n49% increase in revenues from our new to the world 'Juicy' products to £4.3m: Predictive Markets, CommScanTM, Insight ValidationTM, Creative 6ersTM, and Quali-TaxiTM\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n45% office coverage of potential global research market; US, UK, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland [90% geographic coverage having researched in 54 countries & 38 languages]\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n115 to 140 clients, including 9 of the world's top 20 advertisers [7 in 2007] \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n42% increase in revenue to £9,322,000 (all organic) (2007: £6,566,000)\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n53% increase in operating profit to £1,290,000 (2007: £844,000) [PAT up 46% to £964,000 from £660,000 in 2007]\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nIncrease in operating profit margin from 12.9% to 13.8%\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n48% increase in fully diluted earnings per share to 7.4p (2007: 5.0p)\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n£1.7m cash and no debt\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\n1.0p per share proposed final dividend, making 1.5p for the year (2007: nil); plus special dividend of 1.7p per share paid in October 2008 (2007: nil)\n\n\n\n\n\nPost year-end\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nExpanded into Germany and Canada increasing our office coverage of potential global research market from 45% to 57%\n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nLaunched the JuicyBrains online Innovation Community into the fastest growing market research category. \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nSlower start to 2009 as clients show caution with budgets but also opportunity for innovative online providers, as clients challenge existing suppliers &...