Dart Group PLC Trading Update (4076W)

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Dart Group PLC

17 April 2019

17 April 2019

Dart Group PLC ("the Group")

Trading Update

Dart Group PLC, the Leisure Travel and Distribution & Logistics group, is pleased to give the following update on trading.

Year ended 31 March 2019 (FY19)

Due to the continued success of our growing Leisure Travel business, the Board expects Group profit before foreign exchange revaluation & taxation for the year ended 31 March 2019 to be slightly ahead of current market expectations.

Year ending 31 March 2020 (FY20)

We highlighted in our November 2018 Interim Results announcement that due to the overall uncertain UK economic outlook, particularly in relation to Brexit, we remained unclear how demand would develop in the medium term. We are now seeing that Summer 2019 forward bookings in our Leisure Travel business, though positive, reflect some consumer uncertainty and that pricing for both our Flight-Only and Package Holiday products is more competitive.

Our Distribution & Logistics business, Fowler Welch, continues to focus on growing its revenue pipeline and developing existing and new business opportunities.

With a considerable way to go in the leisure travel booking cycle, the Board remains optimistic of meeting current market expectations of Group profit before foreign exchange revaluation & taxation for the year ending 31 March 2020. The Group will announce its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 March 2019 on 11 July 2019 at which point it will provide a fuller outlook for the all-important Summer 2019 trading period.

 
  For further information, please contact: 
    Dart Group plc                       Tel: [phone] 
     Philip Meeson, Executive Chairman 
    Gary Brown, Group Chief Financial 
     Officer 
    Cenkos Securities plc                Tel: [phone] 
     Nominated Adviser 
     David Jones / Katy Birkin 
    Canaccord Genuity - Joint Broker     Tel: [phone] 
     Ben Griffiths 
 
    Arden Partners - Joint Broker        Tel: [phone] 
     Tom Price/Simon Johnson 
    Buchanan - Financial PR              Tel: [phone] 
     Richard Oldworth 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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