THE MARKETING GROUP PLC ACQUIRES AUGUSTUS GROUP LTD, ESTABLISHING GLOBAL TV CONTENT EXPERTISE
· Acquisition of Augustus Group Ltd marks another watershed moment for The Marketing Group as it enters the Global TV Content Business with Imagine Group. · Marker Limited, a digital product development company and Astute Limited, a b2b lead generation company bring new digital b2b expertise to the group. · Earnings per share will increase from 20.4 cents to 32.3 cents post acquisition. · Our largest acquisition to date sees EBITDA increase by approximately 4.8m euros or over 100% in exchange for a share capital increase of approximately 6.6m shares or approximately 34%.