REG - Porvair PLC - Pre-close trading update

PorvairAnnouncement

08/12/2020 07:01

RNS Number : 8153H
  
Porvair PLC
  
08 December 2020
  
 

For immediate release                                                                                       8 December 2020
 
 Porvair plc  
 
Pre-close trading update
 
Porvair plc ("Porvair", "the Group" or "the Company"), the specialist filtration, laboratory and environmental technologies group, announces the following trading update ahead of its close period for the year ended 30 November 2020.
Pre close trading update
Priorities through 2020 have been to keep staff safe; adjust operations to changing levels of demand; and continue to invest for post-Covid economic recovery. Revenues for the year ended 30 November 2020 are expected to be 7% lower than 2019. Net cash at 30 November 2020 was £4.9 million (2019: £4.0 million) after capital investment of approximately £5.0 million and dividends of £2.3 million in the year. Adjusted operating profits are in line with management's expectations.
Current trading
As previously announced the Group's aerospace, molten metal and most industrial order books had reduced sharply through the middle of the year. Costs were adjusted and the Group will charge exceptional restructuring costs of around £2.0 million in the second half.
Since July order books have been building steadily from a lower base.  The Group was consistently profitable and cash generative in the second half, and showed sequential growth between the third and fourth quarters.  The economic outlook for aerospace and some industrial segments remains uncertain but orders for the first quarter of 2021 in the Laboratory division are strong. Investment in productivity, skills and new products have continued at pre-Covid levels throughout 2020.
Date of preliminary announcement
Porvair will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 30 November 2020 on Monday 1 February 2021.
Market Abuse Regime
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation. Upon the publication of this announcement via a regulatory information service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
 
 
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Porvair plc






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Ben Stocks, Chief Executive












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Notes to editors
 
Porvair plc
Porvair is a group of specialist filtration and environmental technology businesses.  Its businesses design and manufacture a range of bespoke consumable filtration products that are used in a range of niche filtration markets.  It operates in three divisions: Aerospace & Industrial; Laboratory; and Metal Melt Quality.
 

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