R4E.L Regulatory News (R4E)

31 Mar 2008 07:01

First Artist Corporation PLC31 March 2008 Date: 31 March 2008On behalf of: First Artist Corporation plc ("First Artist" or "the Group")For immediate release First Artist Corporation plc • Notice of Interim Results First Artist Corporation plc (AIM: FAN), the media, entertainment, and eventsgroup, will announce its interim results for the six months ended 29 February2008 on Monday, 14 April 2008. An analyst briefing will be held at 0930hrs on the day at RedleafCommunications, 9-13 St Andrew Street, EC4A 3AF. Please contact Michael Ward atRedleaf on 020 7822 0200 or mw@redleafpr.com if you would like to attend. - ends - Enquiries: First Artist Corporation Tel: 020 7993 0000Jon Smith, Chief Executive www.firstartist.comRichard Hughes, Group Managing Director Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7822 0200Samantha Robbins / Sanna Sumner / Mike Ward sms@redleafpr.com Dawnay Day, NOMAD Tel: 020 7509 4570David Floyd Daniel Stewart, Broker Tel: 020 7776 6550Katie Shelton Notes to Editors: • First Artist Corporation plc floated on AIM in 2002• First Artist's group companies are among the leading brands in their fields under the following categories: • Media - advertising, marketing and signage for West End, Broadway and Las Vegas shows via the Dewynters and Newman Displays brands, and strategic sponsorship consulting via Sponsorship Consulting and First Rights • Management - representation of media personalities and football players/clubs across UK, Europe and the US via its First Artist Sport and First Artist Entertainment companies together with wealth management under its Optimal Wealth Management arm • Events - offers a broad range of events such as conferences, company activity days, venue finding, delegate management and client events for private and public sector clients such as the Training & Development Agency, under its Finishing Touch business• First Artist is acting as a consolidator in the fragmented media, entertainment and events sectors focusing on high quality brands with the potential to cross sell to other Group companies• First Artist has strong visibility of earnings across a diverse and non-cyclical range of activities in both live and digital formats• The Group benefits from a strong, experienced management team with extensive expertise across all the sectors in which it operates This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange