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| Press Release | 3 April 2009 |
STM Group Plc
("STM" or "the Company")
Annual Report & Accounts
Notice of AGM
STM Group Plc (AIM:STM), the cross border financial services provider, is pleased to announce that printed copies of its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008 will be distributed to shareholders on 4 April 2008 together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting and form of proxy. An electronic copy of the STM Annual Report and Accounts will be available from the Company's website at www.stmgroupplc.com on the 4 April 2008.
The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at 12.00 p.m. on Monday 27 April 2009 at Clinch's House, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man.
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For further information, please contact:
| STM Group Plc | |
| Tim Revill, Chief Executive Officer | Tel: 00 350 200 51610 |
| tim.revill@stmgroupplc.im | www.stmgroupplc.com |
| Evolution Securities | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7071 4300 |
| Jeremy Ellis / Chris Clarke | www.evosecurities.com |
Media enquiries:
| Abchurch | |
| Charlie Jack / George Parker | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7706 |
| george.parker@abchurch-group.com | www.abchurch-group.com |
Notes to editors
STM was formed in 2007 specifically to become a leading financial services group operating in the Corporate and Trustee Service Provider (CTSP) sector. The Company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in March 2007. The traditional business of CTSPs is to administer and manage personal, family and commercial assets and income streams in tax efficient jurisdictions. The Company's aim is to grow through acquiring and consolidating high quality existing CTSPs which offer complementary products and services and that operate in complementary tax efficient jurisdictions to those provided by STM's first acquisition, the Gibraltar based CTSP, Fidecs Group Limited ("Fidecs").
Fidecs is the second largest financial services firm in Gibraltar and employs over 101 people. It specialises in financial planning for both High Net Worth individuals ("HNWI") moving to work, living or retiring overseas or making cross-border investments, and for entrepreneurial, predominantly, owner-managed businesses, expanding into or re-locating to other, frequently lower tax, jurisdictions. It also includes an insurance management division, specialising in providing set up and management services to newly formed insurance companies operating out of Gibraltar
In June and August 2007 STM acquired two Gibraltar based CTS providers, the Atlas Group of companies and Parliament Corporate Services Limited. These two acquisitions further consolidated STM's leading position in Gibraltar. The Group expanded into the Channel Islands in December 2007, with the purchase of Compagnie Fiduciaire Trustees Limited. In June 2008, STM increased its presence in the Channel Islands with the acquisition of St George Financial Services Limited. For the year ending, 31 December 2008, STM Group reported revenue of £9.19 million with pre tax profit of £2.84 million
The CTSP market is fragmented in nature, comprising a small number of very large international financial services groups and a large number of relatively small trust and company management businesses regulated by, and operating out of, a single jurisdiction.
Further information on STM Group can be found at www.stmgroupplc.com