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FutureAnnouncement

01/08/2017 08:06

RNS Number : 7035M
Future PLC
01 August 2017
1 August 2017
Future plc
Completion of Home Interest acquisition
Future plc (LSE: FUTR, "the Group" or "Future"), the global platform for specialist media, announces that the acquisition of the Home Interest Division of Centaur Media plc (the "Acquisition") is now complete. 
Zillah Byng-Thorne, Future Chief Executive said:
"This acquisition provides us with market leading access to an attractive vertical with clear growth potential. It will significantly boost our scale and momentum, while further diversifying our revenue streams, as we continue to build a global platform business for specialist media with data at its heart."
Future plc
01225 442 244
Zillah Byng-Thorne, Chief Executive Officer
Penny Ladkin-Brand, Chief Financial Officer 
Numis
020 7260 1000
Nick Westlake/Mark Lander/Kevin Cruickshank/Toby Adcock
N+1 Singer
020 7496 3069
Mark Taylor/Michael Taylor/James White
Instinctif Partners 
020 7457 2020
Adrian Duffield/Kay Larsen/Chris Birt
About Future:
The Media division focuses on being at the forefront of digital innovation with three complementary revenue streams: e-commerce, events and digital advertising. It operates in a number of sectors including the high growth technology and games markets and has a number of leading brands including Techradar, PC Gamer, GamesRadar+, The Photography Show, Generate and Golden Joysticks. 
The Magazine division is specialist and brand-led, with over 100 publications. The Magazine portfolio spans Technology, Games, Music, Film, Photography, Creative & Design, Field Sports and Science & Knowledge. Its market-leading titles include T3, Total Film, How It Works, Edge and All About History. The division also publishes over 440 bookazines per year with a total global circulation of 1.2 million. 

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