29th Apr 2013 11:43
PR No:06/13
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 April 2013
DIXONS RETAIL PLC
change of Financial calendar
Dixons Retail plc, Europe's leading specialist multi-channel electrical retailer and services company, today announces that it will be changing its reporting periods from four weekly to monthly. As a result its financial year will run to 30 April each year.
Historically the Group has prepared its financial statements to the Saturday closest to its accounting reference date of 30 April, meaning that financial periods have been for 52 week periods and occasionally 53 week periods. For the 2012/13 financial year, accounts will be drawn up to 30 April 2013. The financial calendar for the balance of 2012/13 and for the 2013/14 financial year will provisionally be as follows:
Tuesday 30 April 2013 | 2012/13 Financial year end (the commencement of the 2012/13 financial year will remain unchanged at 29 April 2012) |
Wednesday 1 May 2013 | Commencement of the 2013/14 financial year |
Thursday 16 May 2013 | Full year Trading statement for the financial year to 30 April 2013 announced |
Thursday 20 June 2013 | Announcement of the Financial Results for the financial year to 30 April 2013 |
Thursday 5 September 2013 | AGM Announcement of First quarter trading for the 3 months 1 May to 31 July 2013 |
Thursday 31 October 2013 | Half year end for the 2013/14 financial year |
Tuesday 17 December 2013 | Announcement of interim results for the period 1 May to 31 October 2013 |
Thursday 16 January 2014 | Christmas trading for the period from 1 November 2013 to 11 January 2014 |
Wednesday 30 April 2014 | 2013/14 Financial year end |
Thursday 15 May 2014 | Full year Trading statement for the year to 30 April 2014 announced |
Thursday 26 June 2014 | Announcement of the Financial Results for the year to 30 April 2014 |
A restatement of the Interim results for the period 29 April 2012 to 31 October 2012 will be issued in due course.
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For further information
David Lloyd-Seed, IR, PR & Corporate Affairs Director, Dixons Retail 01727 205065
Tom Burns, Nick Cosgrove Brunswick 020 7404 5959
Information on Dixons Retail plc is available at http://www.dixonsretail.com
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