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ARCHANT ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Cover illustration: Adam Simpson Archant is one of the UK's largest independently-owned regional media businesses. It is a community media company active in the fields of regional newspapers, magazines and websites, specialist and customer publishing, contract printing, event management, digital publishing and related activities. All its publications serve clearly defined communities, based around locations or interest groups. ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Archant Limited Annual report 2o12 4 Chairman’s statement 6 Chief Executive’s report 8 Financial review 12 Directors and officers 15 Celebrating Archant’s people and products 35 Report and financial statements 36 Report of the directors 42 Directors’ remuneration report 49 Independent auditor’s report 50 Group profit and loss account 51 Group statement of total recognised gains and losses 51 Group reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds 52 Balance sheets 53 Group statement of cash flows 54 Notes to the financial statements 87 Five-year financial summary 89 Notice of Annual General Meeting 90 Calendar www.archant.co.uk 3 Chairman’s statement Your Company has had a challenging year, but has remained profitable and cash generative, whilst making real progress in strengthening its traditional products and in generating increased revenues from digital media. These show through in a satisfactory start to the current year. RICHARD JEWSON, CHAIRMAN REGRETTABLY, FOLLOWING A recent tax Operating profit in the second half at case involving another company, it appears £4.4m (2011: £7.8m) grew from £1.9m in that the Company may be exposed to a the first half (2011: £2.6m), on turnover of large bill for corporation tax and interest, £64.9m, down 4.2% compared to the same dating back almost 10 years.
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