REG - Aeorema Comms Plc - Trading Update & Board Appointment

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14/12/2021 07:00

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RNS Number : 4951V  Aeorema Communications Plc  14 December 2021

 

 

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Aeorema Communications plc / Index: AIM / Epic: AEO / Sector: Media

 

14 December 2021

 

Aeorema Communications plc ('Aeorema' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')

 

Trading Update & Board Appointment

 

Aeorema Communications plc, the AIM-traded live events agency, is pleased to
announce an update on trading for the first six months of the current
financial year, along with the appointment of Hannah Luffman to the board as
Group Commercial Director.

 

As previously reported, Aeorema has repositioned the Company into providing
virtual online conferences and events in place of its traditional activities
of live events and is continuing to experience unprecedented demand for
bespoke services from a wide range of major blue-chip clients across a range
of industries. The Company has also made a strategic shift to providing
consultancy services and engaging with clients at a higher advisory level on
their communications strategies.

 

As reported in the Company's results for the year to 30 June 2021, the outlook
for H1 2022 remains very strong and revenues are now expected to be greater
than any other period on record, being no less than £4.5 million, with a
profitable H1 for the first time in many years. With revenues typically
weighted towards the second half of the financial year, the Company remains
confident of continued growth in revenues for the full year ending 30 June
2022.

 

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannah Luffman to the
Board of Directors in a newly created role of Group Commercial Director.
Hannah joined the Company in May 2020 as Strategy Director, focussing on brand
strategy and communications. Before joining Aeorema, Hannah founded Unicorn
Events Limited ('Unicorn'), a highly successful creative and award-winning
brand experience agency delivering events worldwide, helping brands connect
with audiences both internally and externally through live event experiences.
Fast-tracking Unicorn to a highly respected challenger agency with significant
year-on-year increase in turnover over a short period, Hannah and her team
worked with clients including a number of large and blue-chip companies, such
as Google UK, InterContinental Hotels Group, Boots and Soap&Glory, to name
a few. Hannah brings over 15 years of commercial and strategic marketing
experience to the board will be responsible for the Group's direction across
their two key markets, EMEA and North America, as well as the Group sales and
marketing functions. Hannah will join the Board effective from 1 January 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CEO, Steve Quah commented: "This is an incredibly exciting time for us as a
business developing a global footprint and we are thrilled to be reporting an
expected return to profitability for the first half of the financial year,
following a period of successful transition to innovative, hybrid solutions
tailored to client requirements.

 

"I am pleased to welcome Hannah to the Board of Directors in the newly created
role of Group Commercial Director. Over the last 18 months, Hannah, along with
her team, has been instrumental as we pivoted to hybrid events. We look
forward to the future with confidence as Aeorema continues to build its global
presence in a considered and structured way that allows us to meet the needs
of our evolving industry and client partnerships."

 

 

Update to AGM Resolution

As previously announced, the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company is
being held today, 14 December 2021. The resolution to seek authority to adopt
new articles of association for the Company will not be proposed at today's
AGM due to an administrative error in the notice of AGM, but will be proposed
at a future date.

 

Regulatory disclosures

 

Hannah Jane Luffman (previously Fletcher), aged 32 is, or has been, a director
of the following companies during the previous five years:

 

 Current Directorships  Past Directorships
 -                      Curious Holdings ltd (dissolved)
                        Unicorn Events ltd (dissolved)
                        Patterns and Pastels ltd (dissolved)

 

Hannah holds options over 300,000 new ordinary shares in the Company,
equivalent to 3.25% of the Company's current issued share capital.

 

For further information visit www.aeorema.com (http://www.aeorema.com) or
contact:

 

 Mike Hale                                      Aeorema Communications plc                              +44 (0)20 7291 0444

 John Depasquale /                              Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)  +44 (0)20 3328 5656

 Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance)

 Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking)

 Catherine Leftley/ Selina Lovell               St Brides Partners Ltd                                  info@stbridespartners.co.uk

                                                (Financial PR)

 

 

 

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