Chinese Joint Venture (9942B)
April 25 2012 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMTRS
RNS Number : 9942B
Tarsus Group PLC
25 April 2012
25 April 2012
Tarsus Group plc
Joint Venture with leading Chinese automotive aftermarket
exhibition organiser
Tarsus Group plc (LSE: TRS, "Tarsus", the "Group"), the
international business-to-business media group, has conditionally
agreed to acquire 50 per cent of the China International Automotive
Aftermarket Industry and Tuning (Guangzhou) Trade Fair ("GZ Auto")
and other associated business assets. The joint venture and the
exclusive GZ Auto-related support and services fee will be for a
maximum sum of RMB112 million (equal to approximately GBP11.2
million) payable in cash (the "Transaction" or "Joint
Venture").
The Joint Venture is subject to regulatory approval in China and
certain other conditions. Completion is expected within the next
three months. Upon the agreement becoming unconditional, Tarsus
will pay approximately RMB72 million (equal to approximately GBP7.2
million) in 2012, with the remaining sum payable in 2013 and 2014,
subject to the achievement of certain profit targets related to
future performance. The Transaction will be funded from the Group's
existing cash resources and available bank facilities.
The Transaction is expected to be earnings accretive in the
current financial year and in 2013.
GZ Auto, a leading business to business automotive aftermarket
exhibition held annually in China, is strategically located in
Guangzhou, a recognised manufacturing and trading hub with
excellent links to the rest of China, Hong Kong and South East
Asia. The Joint Venture provides Tarsus with exposure to the
rapidly growing automotive industry in China, which overtook the US
in 2009 as the largest consumer of new automobiles.
The February 2012 iteration of GZ Auto was the eighth edition of
the event organised by Jiuzhou Media and attracted c.1200
exhibitors occupying c.60,000 net square metres. The main exhibitor
sectors are: car audio and electronic equipment, interior and
exterior decoration, modification and car care products and auto
parts. Visitors are predominantly auto retailers and
wholesalers.
The value of the unaudited gross assets subject to the
Transaction was approximately RMB4.9 million (equal to
approximately GBP0.5 million) as at 30 June 2011 and the unaudited
adjusted profits before tax attributable to the assets for the year
ended 31 December 2011 was approximately RMB11.3 million (equal to
approximately GBP1.1 million).
Douglas Emslie, Tarsus Group Managing Director, said:
"This transaction is a further important step towards achieving
our Project 50/13 objective of deriving half our revenues from
emerging markets in 2013, following the Life Media deal in Turkey
announced in March.
"GZ Auto is an excellent fit with our strategic objectives of
expanding our business in emerging markets and in a market sector
that is in transition.
"GZ Auto has grown quickly to become the largest exhibition in
the Auto Aftermarket sector in China. We are excited by the
opportunity to continue to drive organic growth from this product
both in China and internationally."
For further information contact:
Tarsus Group plc
Douglas Emslie, Group Managing
Director 020 8846 2700
Dan O'Brien, Group Finance
Director 020 8846 2700
College Hill:
Adrian Duffield /Kay Larsen 020 7457 2020
There will be an analyst conference call today at 8.00am -
please contact Lucy Moseley at lucy.moseley@collegehill.com or on
telephone 020 7457 2020 for details.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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