Warpaint London PLC AGM Statement (1413R)

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RNS Number : 1413R

Warpaint London PLC

26 June 2020

26 June 2020

Warpaint London PLC

("Warpaint", the "Company" or the "Group")

AGM Statement

Warpaint London plc, the specialist supplier of colour cosmetics and owner of the W7 and Technic brands, announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company to be held at 11am today, Clive Garston, Chairman of the Company, will make the following statement:

"Whilst trading conditions remain challenging as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales in the first half of 2020 have been at a higher level than anticipated, albeit significantly below the first half of 2019. There has been an improvement in margin, no erosion of cash and a positive EBITDA for the first 6 months of the current year.

"The Group has a sound financial footing and we are actively implementing our strategy for growth. We look forward to the remainder of the year with cautious optimism."

Enquiries:

 
 Warpaint London                                 c/o IFC 
  Sam Bazini - Chief Executive Officer 
  Eoin Macleod - Managing Director 
  Neil Rodol - Chief Financial Officer 
 
   Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Joint 
   Broker) 
   Antonio Bossi - Corporate Advisory 
   Daniel Bush - Corporate Advisory 
   Fiona Conroy - Corporate Broking                020 7408 4090 
 N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) 
  Shaun Dobson - Corporate Finance 
  Alex Bond - Corporate Finance                  020 7496 3000 
 IFC Advisory (Financial PR & IR) 
  Tim Metcalfe 
  Graham Herring 
  Florence Chandler                              020 3934 6630 
 

Notes to editors:

Warpaint London plc

Warpaint London plc is made up of two divisions.

The largest division sells cosmetics under the lead brand names of W7, Technic and Body Collection. W7 is sold in the UK primarily to retailers and internationally to local distributors or retail chains. The Technic brand is sold in the UK and continental Europe with a significant focus on the gifting market, principally for high street retailers and supermarkets. In addition, this division supplies own brand white label cosmetics produced for several major high street retailers. The Group also sells cosmetics using our other brand names of Man'stuff, Vintage, Very Vegan and Chit Chat.

The other division trades in close-out and inventory of branded cosmetics and fragrances from around the world.

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