Smiths News (NWS)

Smiths News PLC is engaged in the distribution of newspapers, magazines, books and consumable products. It divisions include Smiths News, the United Kingdom’s wholesaler of newspapers and magazines, serving around 30,000 retailers across England and Wales; Bertrams (including Dawson Books), a United Kingdom’s book wholesaler, supplying books to a mix of independent booksellers, online and multiple retailers, as well as public, academic and professional libraries; The Consortium, a independent distributor of consumable products to the UK education and care markets, and Media & Marketing, consists of Dawson Media Direct, a supplier of newspapers, magazines and digital and audio visual content to airlines. In January 2013, its wholly owned book business Bertram Books acquired Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel B.V. In May 2013, the Company disposed Dawson Marketing Services Limited and Marketlink Marketing Communications Limited.

Directors: Mark Cashmore (CEO) 52, Nicholas Gresham (CFO) 41, Stuart Marriner (Counsel) , Jonathan Bunting (Mgng.Dir.) 40, Glenn Leech (Other) 37, Melanie Teal (Other) 44, Graeme Underhill (Other) 54, Richard Webb (Other) 47,

No. of Employees: 4,843 No. of Shareholders: n/a

Last Annual	August 31st, 2012
Last Interim	February 28th, 2013
Shares in Issue	183,952,812
Free Float	179.6m (97.6%)

Sector	Consumer Cyclicals
Industry	Media & Publishing
Index	FTSE Small Cap , FTSE Small Cap XIT,
Exchange	London Stock Exchange (Full)
Eligible for	an ISA? a SIPP?