Trading Statement
July 13 2009 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Ambrian Capital PLC
13 July 2009
AMBRIAN CAPITAL PLC
PRE-CLOSE TRADING STATEMENT
LONDON 13 July 2009 - In line with the statement made at the time of the AGM on
2 June 2009, Ambrian Capital is pleased to report that trading conditions
continued to be favourable for the Group for the period ending on 30 June 2009,
and that revenues and profits for the first half of the year are likely to be
materially ahead of market expectations.
The statement made on 2 June 2009 read:
"Ambrian Capital has had an excellent start to the year with revenues and
profits in the first five months ahead of the same period last year. Our balance
sheet remains highly liquid.
Our Commodities business, and in particular physical metals merchanting, has
benefitted from record flows of refined copper into China and the sharp rally in
the copper price since the start of the year. The Corporate Finance & Equities
business has seen a pick-up in activity across the board, with our stockbroking
and market making activities performing well as a result of the rebound in the
share prices of natural resources companies. We are also advising on a number of
major M&A assignments and have completed several equity financings in the mining
and cleantech sectors.
Although Chinese imports of metals are declining from the high levels we have
experienced in recent months, Ambrian Capital's mix of businesses - equities,
futures and physicals - positions it well to benefit from the eventual recovery
in world-wide demand for natural resources."
For further information please contact:
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| Ambrian Capital plc | |
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| Tom Gaffney, Chief Executive | 020 7634 4700 |
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| Fox-Pitt, Kelton | |
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| Simon Law / Marc Milmo | 020 7663 6023 |
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| M:Communications | |
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| Charlotte Kirkham / Ben Simons | 020 7153 1531 / 1540 |
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Notes to Editors:
Ambrian Capital plc
Ambrian Capital plc (AIM: AMBR) is the holding company of Ambrian Partners
Limited, Ambrian Commodities Limited and Ambrian Metals Limited.
Ambrian Partners Limited is a specialist investment bank focussed on the metals
& mining, oil & gas, and cleantech sectors. It provides corporate finance
advice, equity research, sales and trading and market making services. Ambrian
Partners was ranked first in both the Extel UK Small Cap survey (Metals & Mining
category) and the Hemscott 2nd Quarter 2009 Advisers Rankings Guide (AIM Basic
Materials Sector). Ambrian Partners is a member of the London Stock Exchange and
is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Ambrian Commodities Limited is a trader and broker specialising in London Metals
Exchange cleared base metals futures and options. Its customers include metals
producers, consumers, merchants, traders and financial investors. Ambrian
Commodities is an Associate Broker Member of the London Metal Exchange and is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Ambrian Metals Limited is an independent physical metals trader with particular
strengths in copper, aluminium and lead. Through Ambrian Metals' offices in
London and Shanghai and agents in Calcutta, New York, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul
and Tokyo, it sources non-ferrous metals from producers for distribution to an
international client base of metals consumers and merchants.
Further information on Ambrian Capital is available on the Company's website:
www.ambrian.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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