Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC AGM Statement (1031T)
March 23 2021 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCRST
RNS Number : 1031T
Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC
23 March 2021
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it
forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc
(the 'Group' or 'Crest Nicholson')
FY21 PROFIT EXPECTATIONS INCREASED TO GBP85M
GOOD TRADING PERFORMANCE
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc is holding its Annual General
Meeting ('AGM') as a closed meeting at 14:00 today. This trading
update is for the period from 1 November 2020 to 22 March 2021. The
Company's FY21 year end is on 31 October 2021.
Trading update
The Group has continued to deliver a good trading performance in
FY21 with strong progress on all five strategic priorities. We are
delighted to have been recently awarded five-star status again in
last year's HBF customer satisfaction survey and are focused on
delivering against our new sustainability targets.
The UK housing market has remained resilient to the impacts of
COVID-19 and is set to benefit from the measures recently outlined
in the Budget, including the extension of the Stamp Duty holiday
and the introduction of Government-backed 95% mortgages. Our
private SPOW rate in the last 8 weeks was 0.81, representing an
improvement from our last reported FY20 sales rate of 0.59. As of
22 March, our order book is over 70% covered for FY21, up from 55%
as reported at our preliminary results in January. This includes
sales that will legally complete after the end of Help to Buy phase
1 and the Stamp Duty holiday extension, further highlighting
customers' confidence in the market.
Given this good trading performance and the continued progress
in implementing our strategy, the Group is pleased to announce that
it now expects FY21 Adjusted Profit Before Tax to be around GBP85
million, and ahead of current consensus(1) .
The Group expects to announce its half year results for the six
months ending 30 April 2021 on 23 June 2021.
Annual General Meeting
In line with the Government's current COVID-19 guidance on
social distancing, the Company's AGM scheduled for 14:00 today will
be held as a closed meeting at Crest House, Pyrcroft Road,
Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9GN. The AGM will be held with the minimum
required quorum, including the Chairman of the meeting and a
limited number of Directors and employees to conduct the business
of the meeting. The usual format of the AGM will be condensed and
will include only the formal business of the meeting. We are of
course disappointed that our AGM has been impacted, but the health
and safety of our shareholders and colleagues remains our number
one priority.
For further information, please contact:
Crest Nicholson
Jenny Matthews, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0) 7557 842720
Tulchan Communications +44 (0) 20 7353 4200
James Macey White / Giles Kernick
(1) FY21 Adjusted Profit Before Tax consensus at GBP74.3m
https://www.crestnicholson.com/investor-relations/consensus-estimates
The person responsible for arranging the release of this
announcement on behalf of the Company is Kevin Maguire, General
Counsel and Company Secretary.
23 March 2021
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