REG - CPPGroup Plc - Trading Update for Financial Year 2023

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22/01/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3701A  CPPGroup Plc  22 January 2024

CPPGroup plc

(the "Group" or the "Company")

Trading Update for Financial Year 2023

Ahead of its full-year results, CPP Group (AIM: CPP), a provider of real-time,
digitally delivered assistance products which reduce disruptions to everyday
life for millions of people across the world is pleased to provide a trading
update for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Trading from our Core business(1) (Blink Parametric ("Blink"), CPP India, CPP
Turkey and Globiva) was in line with expectations. Our Legacy business(2),
despite the commencement of the wind-down and closure programme, recorded
better renewals and lower costs than forecast, consequently EBITDA from
continuing operations, being Core plus Legacy operations, is expected to be
materially ahead of market estimates(3) at £4.8 million for the year (2022:
£6.9 million).

As announced in the Group's 2023 Interim Results, the Legacy closure activity
will lead to substantial exceptional provisions in the Group's Full Year
results.

Key Highlights 2023

1.     Revenue from continuing operations circa £193 million 14% ahead of
prior year (21% on a constant currency basis).

2.     EBITDA from continuing operations circa £4.8 million (2022: £6.9
million).

3.     Strong revenue growth recorded in our key Indian and Turkish
markets.

4.     Blink, the Group's business providing parametric insurance products
particularly for the global travel sector, continues to progress well, and has
this year secured a number of new clients in the UK, European and North
American markets. Additionally, Blink has achieved a 100% renewal rate of its
existing customer base which provides a further proof point on the value Blink
helps to create for its partners.

5.     Closure of Legacy operations proceeding to plan with renewals and
costs better than forecast.

6.     Divestment over a three-year period of the Group's 51% shareholding
in Globiva Services Private Ltd for circa £5.1 million.

7.     New IT Platform for the Indian business delivered in August 2023.

From a trading perspective the Group's Core business, despite some currency
headwinds, delivered its revenue and EBITDA targets for the year. The Group's
Legacy business performed better than forecast, as renewals remained robust
during the wind-down and closure process.

 

Operationally, the Change Management Programme, which at its conclusion will
see the Group exit from its Legacy businesses and focus on growing its Blink,
Indian and Turkish operations, is broadly proceeding to plan with only the
second and smaller phase of the new IT platform for the Indian business being
delayed until the Spring of 2024.

 

The Group's results for the year ended 31 December 2023 are due to be
published on 26 March 2024.

Simon Pyper, CEO of CPP Group, commented:

"We have achieved a great deal in 2023, delivering a good set of trading
results, and at the same time, implementing the Change Management Programme,
which is well underway, and progressing to plan. We remain committed to our
strategy of focusing on our core businesses and exiting from those businesses
and activities, such as Globiva, which are considered to be non-core. Although
there is much to be pleased about and we look forward with confidence to 2024,
there remains much to do as we build a business which delivers long-term value
for shareholders."

(1) Core business comprises Blink, CPP India, CPP Turkey, and Globiva. In
addition to these business units Core EBITDA includes central costs.

(2) Legacy business primarily comprises the UK and European renewal books of
business, which are principally Card Protection and Identity Protection
policies.

(3) Market estimates for revenue at £177.0 million and EBITDA at £4.2
million for the 2023 financial year.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation
(EU) No. 596/2014 as amended by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2019. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory
Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the
public domain.

 

Enquiries:

 CPP Group plc
 Simon Pyper Chief Executive Officer     Tel: +44 (0)77 6437 8580
 David Bowling, Chief Financial Officer

 Liberum Capital Limited
 (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker)     Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 2000
 Richard Lindley
 Lauren Kettle

 

About CPP Group:

CPP Group is a technology-driven assistance company that creates embedded and
ancillary real-time assistance products and resolution services that reduce
disruption to everyday life for millions of people across the world, at the
time and place they are needed. CPP Group is listed on AIM, operated by
the London Stock Exchange.

For more information on CPP visit https://corporate.cppgroup.com/

 

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