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Chairman Anita Frew commented: "On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to report that we have delivered another year of record performance in Victrex, despite the challenging global economic environment. Strong new business commercialisation in our VPS business and growth in the developing markets of our Invibio business have driven this year's success. The fundamental growth drivers for our business continue to be strong across all of our end markets. Sales volume in our VPS business is showing good growth relative to the comparative period last year, albeit at a lower run rate than the record second half of last financial year. Our Invibio business has had a steady start to the year despite the continuing challenges in the US medical device market. Whilst it is early in the financial year, and a number of macro uncertainties remain, we are encouraged by the potential for growth in both VPS, driven by new application development, and Invibio, through innovation in the spine market and further progress in our developing markets. We remain committed to invest in application development, technical leadership, talent and capacity to ensure that we are the partner of choice for our customers and end users."

Final results announcement for the year ended 30 September 2012 Highlights · Group revenue up 2% to £219.8m · Earnings per share up 0.5% to 85.7p · Cash of £83.9m at 30 September 2012 and no debt · Full year dividend per ordinary share up 15% to 37.4p

http://www.investegate.co.uk/victrex-plc-(vct)/rns/final-results/201212110700031739T/

Ian Penrose, Chief Executive of Sportech PLC, said: "When we acquired our North American business two years ago, we gave commitments to the regulators that we would improve the business for all of our customers and employees in the State of Connecticut. We are delighted that we are now able to extend our offering to include exclusive wagering on horseracing on the internet, in addition to our existing retail and telephone exclusive wagering services. We will continue to build our business by offering secure, legal, pari-mutuel wagering on horseracing." The approval allows wagering via the internet by Connecticut residents only.

Sportech expects that this online Account Wagering platform will launch by April 2013. The extension of Sportech's offering in Connecticut is a highly significant development for the Company. The senior management team has focused on an extensive investment programme over the last eighteen months, investing in its facilities, customer experience, employee engagement and stakeholder communications. The granting of this approval in Connecticut is testament to the success of that programme and the integrity of the Sportech Venues customer offering.

Sportech PLC Secures Approval to Provide Exclusive Online Wagering on Horseracing in Connecticut Sportech PLC ("Sportech" or "The Company"), one of the world's leading operators and suppliers of pools and tote gaming, announces that its business in the United States has been granted permission to exclusively operate online wagering in the State of Connecticut on all horseracing. Sportech Venues, Inc. received approval from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection ("DCP") to offer Account Wagering via the Internet to Connecticut residents 18 years of age and older (approximately 3.7 million residents in the State) in accordance with State law and regulation. The approval was granted under Sportech's existing licence to provide exclusive pari-mutuel wagering in perpetuity on horseracing, greyhound racing and jai alai in the State of Connecticut, which is offered through telephone wagering and off-track betting locations.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/sportech-plc-(spo)/rns/sportech-plc-secures-us-state-online-licence/201212110700041903T/

Outlook: Although we remain cautious about the wider economic outlook, we continue to see a robust performance across both divisions, therefore our expectations for the full year to 29 June 2013 remain unchanged. The Group remains in a good financial position with strong cash generation and a robust balance sheet, underpinning the dividend policy and allowing flexibility to pursue further value adding acquisitions *As we progress through the year, the impact of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on revenue and volume growth rates is diluted.

David Brown, Group Chief Executive of Go-Ahead, said: "I am pleased to report a resilient performance across our operations, with all of our companies seeing growth in commercial revenue in the year to date. "Our bus division continues to perform well in a challenging economic environment and we are well placed to meet our target to achieve bus operating profit* of £100m by 2015/2016. Our passenger journey growth trends are sector leading and our London bus operations remain best in class. "We continue to lead the transport industry in the development of smart ticketing. There are now over 300,000 passengers using our smartcard "the key" and the roll out of mobile ticketing across our bus operations is progressing well. We strongly believe that making travel more convenient for our passengers, combined with innovative and targeted marketing, will attract more people onto our services. "All three rail franchises have delivered good passenger revenue growth in the year to date. We are committed to operating in the rail market and are helping to shape the future of the industry through our involvement in the Government's review of rail franchising. For the benefit of passengers, employees and tax payers, it is important that the franchising timetable resumes as soon as possible. "Whilst we remain suitably cautious about the medium term wider economic outlook, we are encouraged by our robust performance." * excluding amortisation, exceptional items and the impact of IAS19 revised

PRE-CLOSE TRADING UPDATE Resilient performance in bus and rail; our expectations remain unchanged Go-Ahead today announces its pre-close trading update for the six months ending 29 December 2012, ahead of its half year results which will be released on 21 February 2013. Overall: Trading in the second quarter of the year has remained robust and our expectations for the full year to 29 June 2013 remain unchanged.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/goahead-group-plc-(gog)/rns/preclose-trading-update/201212110700031793T/

Outlook We have some very interesting and substantial projects for major customers under development that we expect will provide the basis for growth later this year, and in the future. We are currently experiencing a steady level of business and interest in the application of the multi-touch products but, as expected, current trading is behind the equivalent period last year when the first half benefited from some one-off electronic display orders.

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT This Report and Financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2012 show continuing progress with an improvement of 22% in profit after tax to £3.3m (2011: £2.7m), a 21% increase in earnings per share, and a 10% increase in the dividends to 8.5p for the year. The strategy of concentrating on the sale of PCT touch products, which now represent 71% of revenues, continued with PCT sales to UK, USA and Asia showing good progress and increasing by 10%, but there was an 8% decline in sales to Europe. Whilst the slowdown in Europe, some project deferrals, and the planned move away from the traditional electronic display products held back sales growth, the PCT products, and particularly those for large applications, were the basis for the improvement in gross margins which drove the increase in profits. Results Revenue for the year ended 30 September 2012 was £20.4m (2011: £20.5m) with operating profit improving by 16% to £4.3m (2011: £3.7m) on the back of gross margins increasing from 33.7% to 36.3%. Profit after taxation improved by 22% to £3.3m (2011: £2.7m) and earnings per share increased by 21% to 22.2p (2011: 18.3p).

Commenting on the results, Chairman, Tudor Davies said: "The continuing MPCT technical advances and the successful public roll-out of our PCT touch products for vending applications has resulted in further opportunities from major global food and drinks companies, and also for ATM and ticketing applications.

Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 September 2012 (unaudited) Zytronic plc, a leading specialist manufacturer of touch sensors, announces its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2012. Highlights § Profit before tax increased by 18% to £4.2m (2011: £3.6m) § EPS increased by 21% to 22.2p (2011: 18.3p) § Total dividends for year increased by 10% to 8.5p (2011: 7.7p) § Touch revenue accounts for 71% of group revenue (2011: 70%) § Gross profit margin increased to 36.3% from 33.7% § Net cash generated from operations of £4.6m (2011: £4.5m) § Net cash balance less borrowings increased by £1.8m to £2.3m

http://www.investegate.co.uk/zytronic-plc-(zyt)/rns/preliminary-results/201212110700031853T/

Commenting on the renewal, Graeme Purdy, CEO of Ilika, said: "We are delighted that this world-leading automotive customer continues to appreciate the value of Ilika's expertise for the rapid development of next generation battery materials for hybrid vehicles. Their multi-million spend to date with Ilika is a clear endorsement of the value delivered by Ilika's unique approach to accelerated materials development."

Renewal of Contract Ilika plc (AIM: IKA), the advanced cleantech materials discovery company, confirms that further to the trading update on 22 October it has renewed and extended the scope of a significant contract with a major existing customer for the development of lithium-ion battery technology. This is the seventh phase of this contract which extends the relationship into its fifth successive year. The order value of ca. £330,000 corresponds to ca. 20% of the expected annual revenue for Ilika's current financial year. Additional discussions with the same customer regarding a broadening of the scope of technical engagement within the battery field are currently in an advanced state and are expected to yield a further similarly sized order within this financial year.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/ilika-plc-(ika)/rns/renewal-of-contract/201212110700041886T/

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