28 Sep 2021 07:00
DWF Group plc
("DWF" or the "Company")
LEI: 213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
28 September 2021
AGM Trading Update and notice of results
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, is today holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 2.00pm. The AGM will be held at and be broadcast from 20 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3AG.
At the AGM, the Group's chief executive, Sir Nigel Knowles, will make the following comments:
"Our differentiated proposition, focus on operational excellence and emphasis on a one team culture enabled us to deliver the strong set of financial results we reported in July - including more than doubling our earnings per share from 3p to 7.4p and allowing the Board to declare a final dividend of 3.0p per share, taking the total dividend for the year to 4.5p.
"I can add that for this financial year to date, we are seeing trading in line with management's expectations."
The Group also confirms that it will publish its interim results for the half-year ending 31 October on Thursday 9 December.
For further information:
DWF Group plc
James Igoe | +44(0)7971 783533 |
Head of Communications & IR | |
Maitland/AMO | |
Sam Turvey | +44(0)20 7379 5151 |
Sam Cartwright |
About the Company
DWF is a global provider of integrated legal and business services provided through its three offerings of Legal Advisory, Mindcrest and Connected Services. It has approximately 4,000 people and offices and associations located across the globe. The Company became the first Main Market Premium Listed legal business on the London Stock Exchange in March 2019. DWF recorded revenue of £338.1 million in the year ended 30 April 2021. For more information visit: dwfgroup.com
Effective from 1 May 2021, the Group transitioned to a new internal operating structure which it believes will support its aim of becoming the leading global provider of integrated legal and business services. DWF has moved from its previous five divisions (Commercial Services, Insurance Services, International, Connected Services and Managed Services) into three more streamlined and efficient global divisions of Legal Advisory, Mindcrest and Connected Services.
Together, the three divisions support DWF's single Integrated Legal Management approach through which the Group can seamlessly combine any number of these services to deliver bespoke solutions to its clients with greater efficiency, price certainty and transparency. This approach enables DWF to offer clients solutions that combine traditional law firm services with new, modern legal and business services relevant to today's companies and the challenges and opportunities they face.
Forward looking statements
This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the Company's current targets, expectations and projections about future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which sometimes use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "plan" "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not historical facts and reflect the directors' beliefs and expectations and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement.