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Commenting today, Richard Clothier, Chairman of Imagelinx plc, said: "The half year results reflect the full impact of the loss of P&G as the Group's largest account. The remaining business has grown a little from the same period last year and after a significant period of change is now refocused on its core business and on innovation and customer service. The financial performance for the majority of the first half was ahead of management expectations, however, in the latter weeks we experienced a sudden drop in revenue that resulted in a trading loss. Existing accounts have been less active than we would normally expect, but new clients in Europe have started to generate revenue which we expect to improve our financial performance during the second half. Adjusted EBITDA, before exceptional items, improved to £104,000 from a deficit of £138,000 in the second half of 2011 as the Group's cost structure was brought in line with the expected turnover. Action taken earlier in the year to realign cost with revenue has resulted in net cash remaining positive and unused working capital facilities are in place to fund growth."

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Commenting on the KPIs, Playtech's Chief Executive, Mor Weizer, said: "First half performance for 2012 has been very encouraging and all products, with the exception of poker, have achieved strong year-on-year growth. I am also particularly pleased that Playtech achieved a Premium Listing on 2 July, which marks the Company's exceptional progress since listing on AIM in 2006." "The services division has delivered a very impressive performance and surpassed the accelerated payment threshold. This uniquely positions Playtech for future strategic revenue streams as markets continue to regulate. Although we anticipate a seasonal slowdown during the traditionally weaker summer months, I believe that the Company is well positioned to maintain the momentum into the rest of the year."

Trading update Daily activity for the first 31 days of Q3/12 is 24% ahead of Q3/11 and 3% below that of the daily average of the previous quarter. Operational highlights § Playtech licensees, including Bet365, William Hill, Betfair, Casino Gran Madrid have launched in the newly regulated Spanish market with further licensees looking to launch in September § Gala Coral is progressing and the first two phases of its migration to the Playtech platform, including Gala Bingo and Gala Casino, completed successfully in July and are performing well § Playtech's mobile strategy is progressing well with Paddy Power launching nine casino games in an integrated mobile solution § Playtech's iPoker network, hosted the live iPOPS event at the Gran Casino de Barcelona. The event is a series of tournaments with a total guaranteed prize of $1 million § Playtech won awards for Best Poker Network, Best Bingo Network, Best Mobile Provider and Best Slot Provider at the eGaming Review B2B Awards, held on 10 May § The largest bingo network progressive jackpot promotion was completed in Q2/12 delivering a combined £2.5 million in prize money to players

Quarter-on-quarter revenue: § Casino revenues up 36% to €37.1 million, (Q2/11: €27.3 million) and up 8% on Q1/12 § Poker revenues down 12% to €4.4 million, (Q2/11: €5.0 million) and down 18% on Q1/12 § Bingo revenues up 21% to €4.4 million, (Q2/11: €3.6 million) and up 1% on Q1/12 § Videobet revenues up 36% to €2.8 million, (Q2/11: €2.0 million) and up 15% on Q1/12 § Services revenues up 4% to €26.8 million on Q1/12* § Share of profit in William Hill Online up 7% to €9.5 million, (Q2/11: €8.8 million) and down 29% from Q1/12 reflecting strong performance in Q1/12 *PTTS purchase completed on 1 July 2011

Strong performance in second quarter Completed move to Premium Listing on Main Market Playtech, (LSE: PTEC) the international designer, developer and licensor of software and services for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, today announces its Key Performance Indicators and trading update for the three months ended 30 June 2012. Financial highlights For the three months ending 30 June 2012: § Strong financial performance § Gross income up 82% to €88.1 million, (Q2/11: €48.4 million) and flat on Q1/12 § Total revenues up 99% to €78.6 million, (Q2/11: €39.6 million) and up 5% on Q1/12

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OUTLOOK The Group's initiatives in the aftersales sector have helped alleviate the reduction in the key market of the less than three-year-old car parc. The Group's strategy to focus on the used sector will continue. Given the improving trend in used margin shown in the second quarter of this year we expect continued positive performance from used cars. The new sector is showing encouraging signs of recovery in all divisions which has helped support profitability in the period. Our Stratstone.com, Evanshalshaw.com and Quicks.co.uk websites remain central to our long-term business growth. Visits to these websites rose by 24.5% in the period. The expected stability of aftersales coupled with continuing used gross margin improvement and a new car market that is expected to grow further is encouraging for the second half of the year. Overall, the Group continues to progress and is performing in line with Board's expectations for the full year.

Profit Before Tax Profit before tax was £23.6 million which compared to £18.2 million in the prior year, an increase of £5.4 million on the prior year.

Trevor Finn, Chief Executive commented: "Overall the Group delivered results for the first half in line with our expectations. Our New and Used sectors performed particularly well over the six month period, with results across the Group generally improving into the second quarter of 2012. Trading momentum in New and Used is expected to continue into the second half of the year and the Group's current performance remains consistent with the Board's expectations for the full year. In line with earlier statements, it remains the Board's intention that the Company resumes paying dividends in relation to its 2012 financial year and onwards."

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY · Overall first half performance is in line with our expectations. · New vehicle volume growth of 13.9% on a like for like basis# outperformed the market. · Used vehicle volume growth of 7.5% on a like for like basis# outperformed the market. · Website visits to Stratstone.com, Evanshalshaw.com and Quicks.co.uk up 24.5% over the prior year.

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Tempus also gives a thumbs up to insurance firm Catlin. After a very tough year in 2011, when it had to contend with Thai floods and the Japanese tsunami, 2012 has been much kinder with very few big payouts. Underwriting has hit a record of $443m and the stock yields 6%. Tempus says buy.

Morgan Sindall, the construction firm behind the regeneration of Salford, gets some kind(ish) words in the Times with Tempus impressed at rising pre-tax profits in the first half. Trading at 8.8 times earnings with a yield of 6.2% the group gets a cautious buy recommendation but “only for the long-term prospects”.

In the Telegraph, the Questor column has to eat humble pie as a former tip, Cape, an energy services company, has halved in value since its last recommendation. A profit warning on an Algerian project has been the main problem but the firm also faces rising costs in Australia. Questor, with his fingers firmly burnt, says hold.

Outlook I am pleased by the merger of Highams and Nakama and the substantial progress seen during the year in terms of integration and increased sales to create the Nakama Group and the subsequent appointment of Stefan Ciecierski as Group Chief Executive. The next year will see a full year contribution from Nakama Ltd and a contribution from recently opened businesses such as Singapore and Nakama Search, as well as many new staff, recently recruited. We look forward to continuing progress over the coming financial year, which should be reflected in an improved financial performance.

Current Trading The Board would also like to comment on current trading. As at the end of July 2012, Nakama has seen strong progress across a number of fronts during this new financial year and the Board is pleased to report that operating profit before exceptional items, amortisation and depreciation during the first 4 months of the current period is predicted to be close to that achieved during the whole of the last financial year (operating profit before exceptional items, amortisation and depreciation 2012: £232,000). With our new office opening in Singapore in April this year and with the Group seeing much of its growth coming from successful hiring early in the period, the Board believes that the company's infrastructure can support many more consultants than it currently does at present, but without a corresponding and marked increase in its cost base. The current year has started positively and in spite of the poor general economic outlook, the Group looks to the future with growing confidence. The increase in the demand for social media site development and content as well as the growth of social media on mobile is driving recruitment volumes in all Nakama locations and will help drive the Group's strategy over the next few years.

Ken Ford, Chairman of Nakama, commented: "I am pleased by the merger of Highams and Nakama and the substantial progress seen during the year in terms of integration and increased sales to create the Nakama Group plc and the subsequent appointment of Stefan Ciecierski as Group Chief Executive. The next year will see a full year contribution from Nakama and a contribution from recently opened businesses such as Singapore and Nakama Search, as well as many new staff, recently recruited. We look forward to continuing progress over the coming financial year, which should be reflected in an improved financial performance."

Operational · Acquisition of Nakama and name change - integration progressing well · Locations in Asia and Australia added through acquisition · New specialisation in online and digital markets added through acquisition · Contractors on site and permanent placements increasing overall · Increase in new clients in specialist areas. · Integration of both companies' back office functions completed and will show cost savings in the current year