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Microgen - Positions itself as a nexus for further consolidation in the sector

January 2004

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Following its takeover of MMT, Microgen has issued a pre-close trading update for the year ending 31 December. This said that those results will now be "materially ahead" of current market forecasts due to a substantial one-off payment by a large customer of the hosted document database business.  Microgen also  provided an update on the integration of MMT after the offer became unconditional last month. It highlighted a number of moves which will (i) further reduce its central overheads (ii) remove various duplicated costs such as finance, HR, payroll and IT infrastructure support; and (iii) centralise the helpdesk facility to a single support capability.  The restructuring actions are well advance ...

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