Half Year Trading Update

RNS Number : 8404J

Plus500 Limited

03 July 2017

 

3 July 2017

Plus500 Ltd.

("Plus500" or "the Company")

Half Year Trading Update

Current trading significantly ahead of market expectations

Plus500, a leading online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, today announces that following the announcement made on 2 June 2017, the business has continued to trade very strongly.

As a result, the Company now anticipates that revenues and profits for the year ending 31 December 2017 will be significantly ahead of current market expectations.

The first two quarters of the year saw very positive trading which has exceeded the Board's expectations with strong new customer sign ups and reduced AUAC¹. Overall this has delivered a higher EBITDA margin than the same period last year.

The outcome of the year will be subject to the balance between the benefit of the positive trading conditions from the two quarters continuing, set against the possible negative impact of the expected regulatory changes in a number of our countries of operation. The FCA is now expected to implement its conduct rules in the first half of 2018.

FCA and ESMA announcements

With regards to the announcements made by the FCA and ESMA on the 29 June, Plus500 welcomes a co-ordinated approach by regulators and consistent conduct rules across all European jurisdictions. The Company supports changes to regulation that will enable the industry to become more sustainable with only compliant providers. The Company retains a highly flexible business model which we believe will allow us to be one of the leaders in the sector.

Notice of Results

The half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2017 will be announced on 7 August 2017.

Asaf Elimelech commented:

"We have had a very successful half year, significantly ahead of our expectations. This puts us in a strong position for the remainder of the year.  We are confident that our flexible business model will enable us to adapt to the upcoming regulatory changes and gives us a competitive advantage that will enable us to deliver another excellent performance this year."

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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Enquiries

Plus500
Elad Even-Chen, Chief Financial Officer	[phone] [e-mail]
Liberum - Nomad and Broker
Clayton Bush, Neil Elliot, Josh Hughes	[phone]
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Chris Bowman, Amritha Murali, Marie Stolberg	[phone]
MHP Communications
Reg Hoare, Tim Rowntree, Kelsey Traynor	[phone]

About Plus500

Plus500 operates an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally over more than 2,100 different underlying global financial instruments comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, ETFs and foreign exchange. Retail customers of Plus500 can trade CFDs in more than 50 countries and in 31 languages. The trading platform is also accessible from multiple operating systems (Windows, smartphones (iOS, Android and Windows Phone), tablets (iOS, Android and Surface), Apple Watch and web browsers.

Plus500 retains operating licences and is regulated in the United Kingdom, Australia, Cyprus, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa.  Customer care is integral to Plus500: customers cannot lose more than they deposit and there are no commissions on trades. Plus500 offers its customers sophisticated risk management tools to manage their trading positions and a free demo account is available on an unlimited basis for platform users.

www.plus500.com 

 

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