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Entertainment Rights - Acquires 66.7% of Rupert Bear

December 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • ERT
  • Price:
  • 31.5p
Entertainment Rights’ latest acquisition came too late to be included in last month’s update. The group has acquired a 66.7% interest in 85-year old children's brand Rupert Bear from Express Newspapers which will retain a 33.3% interest. ER is paying £6m (£3m upfront and £3m payable in two installments next year) for the rights in perpetuity covering various areas including audio visual, licensing and merchandising, publishing, live events and new media rights. No financials were given and therefore brokers have not changed their forecasts. Broker Altium forecasts £6.8m for the year ending this month for eps of 1.6p on a 5% tax charge. Target for next year is £8.7m and 1.9p (10% tax). ...

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