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[cambium] 14/1/2011 15:31

Trading Update

The Board of STM Group Plc (AIM:STM), the cross border financial services provider, is pleased to announce, as expected, that trading has been strong in the second half of the year particularly from the Group's two core business units in trust and company management in Gibraltar and Jersey. The Group's Jersey operation was strengthened further during the year with the acquisition of Zenith Trust Company Limited and the enlarged division has now been successfully integrated and is performing in-line with management's expectations.

The Group is also pleased to report that its newly opened Malta office has made a promising start since its establishment. The Maltese operating licenses were obtained in November 2010 and STM Malta is shortly expected to take on its first new insurance management client. Furthermore, STM Malta has generated significant interest from clients in the Group's international pension products. The Board is confident of capitalising on Malta as a key jurisdiction for the Group.

Accordingly, the Board is confident of the Group meeting market expectations for the current financial year ending 31 December 2010, reflecting solid performance in the period. A further trading update is expected to be made in January 2011 ahead of the Group reporting its preliminary results in early March 2011

[cambium] 14/1/2011 15:30

here we go

[cambium] 02/1/2011 12:55

STM Group Plc is a financial services provider. The company engage in operating in the international corporate and trustee service provider (CTSPs) sector. The traditional business of CTSPs is to



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[cambium] 30/9/2010 13:30

bit of volume today!

[cambium] 26/9/2010 11:30

Id like to see some director buying in here before |I buy some more

[cambium] 23/9/2010 15:30

sorry posted a story about the american STM which only when I posted realised wasnt relevant

[cambium] 16/9/2010 16:05

cheers, another media write up from the jersey post

[jakleeds] 16/9/2010 15:31

Nice one, welcome aboard Cambium...

[cambium] 16/9/2010 13:58

well here goes purchased a few to see what the future brings

[cambium] 16/9/2010 13:30

STM, the cross-border financial services firm, hopes today's surge in half-year profits following a reorganisation and programme of cost-cuts has brought its terrible run of form to an end.

The company, which helps individuals and businesses with tax, legal, trust and pensions needs, bumped up pre-tax profit to £679,000 in the first six months of 2010 from £182,000 a year ago.

Even excluding a one-off gain of £110,000, the company made three times what it did at the same time last year. A 13% rise in revenue to £4.66m was flagged in July's trading update.

Business at the core CTS (corporate and trustee services) unit "remains robust" and is "well placed to benefit from greater visibility over its results" after April's strategic acquisition in Jersey.

It generated £3.45m, more than 70% of total group revenue, during the period, up from £2.46m last time.

"The first half of 2010 has been one of building on the momentum gained in the second half of 2009, which has resulted in an efficient and scalable platform upon which to grow further revenues and increased productivity," said chief executive Colin Porter, who took over from Tim Revill in March.

"The reorganisation and cost cutting measures in the latter part of 2009 have borne fruit during 2010, and a focus on efficiencies will continue going forward." STM has cut salary costs by about £800,000, almost all by natural attrition.

There are some concerns though. STM Swiss and STM Life, started up last year, continued to "show promise" though not quite as much as management had hoped for during the first half.

Things have picked up a bit in the past couple of months and more money is being pumped into both businesses to improve returns in the second half at the Swiss division and build the pipeline of new business on the life side.

Porter told ShareCast that he wants a "boring but predictable" company. The trick now is to prove this set of results wasn't a one-off.

"We let the numbers speak for themselves. They were in line with expectations and we're confident of hitting out targets for the year." Broker Evolution is predicting £1.3m of profit for 2010 and finnCap £1.6m.

The interim dividend stays at 2p a share.

[cambium] 16/9/2010 13:29

StockMarketWire.com - Cross-border financial services provider STM Group reported pre-tax profit up 278% to £0.68m from £0.18m for the six months to June.

Revenue rose 13% to £4.66m from £4.13m.

STM said its core CTS corporate and trustee services business was trading in line with expectations, with improved profit margins following cost cuts and restructuring in late 2009.

Integration and restructuring of STM in Jersey following the acquisition of Zenith Trust was now largely complete. STM Jersey was now expected to generate about £3.5m of annual revenue.

EPS was up three-fold to 1.39p from 0.44p. The company held its interim dividend at 0.2p.

[cambium] 16/9/2010 12:34

Revenue for the period up 13% to GBP4.66 million (30 June 2009: |
| | GBP4.13 million) |
+---+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| � | Profit before tax up significantly to GBP0.68 million (30 June |
| | 2009: GBP0.18 million) |
+---+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| � | Interim dividend per share proposed of 0.2 pence payable on 12 |
| | November 2010 (2009: 0.2 pence) |
+---+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| � | Strong balance sheet with cash of GBP4.94 million (30 June |
| | 2009: GBP3.91 million) |
+---+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| � | EPS for period up three fold to 1.39 pence (30 June 2009: 0.44 |
| | pence)

[coox] 03/5/2006 16:41

cheers jay- I agree networkers certainly looks an interesting play (post con as you say). I need to do some more research on them though before I dip my toe in. What I have read so far has been very positive indeed.

All the best with your holding mate.

[jaypea] 03/5/2006 10:20

coox
yup, that's my assessment too!!
I bought a very small number of these a while back as a pure spec play because of the Wray/Leslau involvement, they have made a career out of finding good Companies!
29.4p will be b/e for me. I like the look of Networkers as a longterm investment, at the moment though, that looks best done post consolidation !

Ameer - thank you for your thought.

Cheers
jaypea

[ameer] 02/5/2006 18:53

Jay, I wish you all the best with these.

[coox] 02/5/2006 17:10

jay- surely anyone buying in at this price will make a loss after the 20/1 consolidation even if Networkers opens at 30p or am I missing something?

[jaypea] 29/4/2006 10:54

ameer
I've come to rather different sums!
The expected mkt cap is £24m...£22m of this is the purchase of Networkers therefore pre-consolidation the 'true' value is said to be 1.33p (ie £2m/150m shares in issue)rather than the 2.63m determined by current mid-price of 1.75p.

The process is..consolidation of 1p shares.. 1 for 20 (150m reduces to 7.5m of 20p );then split BACK to 1p shares by 20 for 1 to produce 1 ord share & 19 Deferred (Deferred are valueless..by design!)
Current shareholders now have 7.5m shares 'value' £2m = 26p each & 142.5m Deferred shares worth nothing! Following this, the issue of 84.675m (1p)shares for the aquisition takes place (at 26p)

The big question is, what will the market value the Company at & how much more than 26p might the shares trade on listing....I'm inclined to agree with Monty, it could go well.

I own these shares.

Cheers
jaypea

[ameer] 28/4/2006 16:47

IMHO, DYOR,
The share price would worth around 1.48p after the consolidation and placing.

Current shares in issue (Advfn)= 150 mln
20 to 1 share consolidation= 7.5 mln
Placing= 8,729,664 shares @26p
Total number of shares after consolidation and placing=16,229,664

"On admission of the enlarged group after the reverse takeover, it will have
a market capitalisation of around 24 mln stg"

SP=1.48p

[montyhedge] 28/4/2006 09:52

Looks a very interesting reversal into Streetnames, this could take off.

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