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FINANCIAL BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2012, Mears Group PLC revenues increased 15% to L679.5M. Net income increased 16% to L19.6M. Revenues reflect Social Housing segment increase of 22% to L504.7M, Domiciliary Care segment increase of 4% to L112.6M. Net income benefited from Finance income increase from L484K to L3.1M (income), Administrative decrease of 1% to L140M (expense). Dividend per share remained flat at L0.08. more »

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31st Dec 2013
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Price Target: 382.9p (+1.41% above Price) Net Profit EPS DPS Net Profit EPS DPS
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No. of Analysts: 1 0 2 0 4

Named Brokers and Analysts
Jefferies & Company, Inc. Will Kirkness , Investec Bank (UK) Plc Andrew Gibb , Canaccord Genuity Julian Cater , Panmure Gordon Andy Brown , N+1 Brewin , Numis Securities Francesca Raleigh , Peel Hunt Andrew Nussey , Collins Stewart & Co , Charles Stanley Securities , Davy Caren Crowley , FinnCap , Espirito Santo Investment Bank David Brockton , Liberum Capital William Shirley ,

Mears Group PLC (Mears Group) is a holding company. The principal activities of the Company are the provision of a range of outsourced services to the public and private sectors. The Company operated in three business segments: social housing, which provides a full repair and maintenance service to local authorities and other registered social housing landlords in the United Kingdom; domiciliary care, which provides personal care services to people in their own homes and mechanical and electrical (M&E), which consists of provision of design and build M&E services. The subsidiaries of the Company are Mears Limited, Haydon Mechanical & Electrical Limited, Scion Technical Services Limited, Scion Estate Limited, Jackson Lloyd Limited, Terraquest Solutions Limited and Mears Care Limited. In August 04, 2011, the Company acquired Supported Living division of Choices Care Community Services Limited. In November 2012, the Company acquired Morrison Facilities Services Limited.

Directors: Robert Holt (Chmn.) 57, David Miles (CEO) 46, Andrew Smith (Fin. Dir.) 39, Alan Long (Exec. Dir.) 49, Reginald Pomphrett (Secy.) 68,

No. of Employees: 11,441 No. of Shareholders: n/a


Last Annual December 31st, 2012
Last Interim December 31st, 2012
Shares in Issue 98,393,654
Free Float 95.7m (97.3%)
Sector Industrials
Industry Professional & Commercial Services
Index FTSE Small Cap , FTSE Small Cap XIT,
Exchange London Stock Exchange (Full)
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MER SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE MER QUOTE
MER Share Price GBp
371.75p
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Traded 4:35pm · Minimum 15 min delayed

LATEST MER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS (delayed)

UPCOMING MER EVENTS
Wednesday 5th June, 2013
Mears Group PLC Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 12th June, 2013
Dividend For MER.L
Tuesday 13th August, 2013
Interim 2013 Mears Group PLC Earnings Release
Tuesday 18th March, 2014 (estimate)
Preliminary 2013 Mears Group PLC Earnings Release

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Tuesday 14th May, 2013
Mears Group PLC Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 January 2013 to date
Tuesday 19th March, 2013
Preliminary 2012 Mears Group PLC Earnings Presentation (London)
Tuesday 19th March, 2013
Preliminary 2012 Mears Group PLC Earnings Release
Tuesday 15th January, 2013
Mears Group PLC Pre-Close Trading Update
Thursday 8th November, 2012
Mears Group PLC Interim Management Statement
Wednesday 17th October, 2012
Dividend For MER.L
Tuesday 14th August, 2012
Interim 2012 Mears Group PLC Earnings Presentation (London)
Tuesday 14th August, 2012
Interim 2012 Mears Group PLC Earnings Release
Wednesday 13th June, 2012
Dividend For MER.L
Wednesday 6th June, 2012
Mears Group PLC Annual General Meeting


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