Date Posted: 2012-01-31 09:39 New Issue: Dods (Group) Plc Dods, previously Huveaux PLC, was incorporated in England and Wales on 9 August 2001 and admitted to AIM in 2001. The Company changed its name to Dods (Group) PLC in June 2010.
The Group operates out of its head office in Westminster, London and has regional offices in Cambridgeshire, Brussels and Paris. The Group employs approximately 200 people across the business units.
The business, following recent disposals, is concentrated on Political Communications and training in the following main business units: Government, Parliament, Information, Europe, Political Knowledge, Trombiniscope and Fenman.
The Business of DeHavilland Political Intelligence division of Emap Limited (the "Business") is also a provider of political intelligence and parliamentary monitoring in the UK and EU. Its service helps public affairs professionals track, monitor and evaluate the impact of the political environment, enabling them to effectively plan, implement and evaluate their organisation's objectives and will strengthen Dods' offering in its Political Knowledge and Information business units. The Business focuses on the following services:
· Daily Alerts
· Monitoring parlimentary business in real-time
· Political research
· Full contact and biographical information on parliamentarians
· Events monitoring
· Alerts for name mentions
· Search
· Journalist and publication database
· Campaign management solutions
The Board of Dods believes that the acquisition of the Business will broaden Dods' offering in relation to political intelligence services. Dods believes that there are significant synergies to be gained from this business combination, both through cost savings from system integration and from cross selling existing products to the customers of the Business. The acquisition will increase Dods' exposure to revenues from digital subscriptions and, correspondingly, away from magazine advertising, which the Directors believe is in long-term structural decline.
Listing exchange: AIM
Expected first day of trading: 2012-02-08
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