Revision of Tax Charge

Printing.com plc 10 January 2007 FOR RELEASE 7.00AM 10 JANUARY 2007 Printing.com plc Revision of tax charge Current sales in line with Board's expectations Printing.com plc (the 'Company') has been notified by Baker Tilly, its auditors and tax advisers, that an error has been made in computing the Group's taxation charge for the two years ended 31 March 2005 and 2006. As a result, the Group's tax charge in the audited accounts for those two financial years has been understated by an aggregate of approximately £210,000. This amount will be included as a once only adjustment to the tax charge for the year ending 31 March 2007 and will therefore reduce basic earnings for that year by approximately 0.47p per share. Trading throughout the Company's franchised network remains in line with the Board's expectations and, of course, has not been affected by this error. The error arose from an invalid claim for rollover relief on profits from the franchising of previously Company owned Stores. As a result the relevant tax charge was understated by approximately £90,000 for the year ended 31 March 2005 and approximately £120,000 for the year ended 31 March 2006. This has served to show a tax charge in previous years lower than the headline rate of 30%. The increased tax charge would have resulted in a reduction in the reported basic earnings per share for 2005 and 2006 of 7.6% and 6.6%, to 2.53p and 3.85p respectively. The financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2007 will accordingly show an increased tax charge as a one off adjustment. The interim statement of results for the 28 weeks ended 16 October 2006 incorporate the correct tax charge for that period and the stated earnings per share is not affected by this error. Encouragingly, post the release of the Company's interim statement, sales volumes in the 4 week periods ending 10 December and 7 January continue to be in line with the Company's internal forecast. The Directors remain optimistic that additional international licences will shortly be granted. For further information: Printing.com plc Alan Roberts (Finance Director) 07977 277 521 Tony Rafferty (Chief Executive) 07966 517 336 Cubitt Consulting Brian Coleman-Smith / Allison Reid 020 7367 5100 Printing.com Printing.com offers a broad product range including leaflets, booklets, postcards, promotional cards, invitations, letterheads and business cards to consumers and small and medium sized companies. Unlike its competitors, Printing.com's Stores and Franchises do not depend on any printing equipment on location. The Company's printing and ancillary equipment is based at the centralised Production Hub with the head office in Manchester. All work is produced in full four colour rather than two colour. The printing sector has traditionally been served by smaller printing companies or other On Demand Printers and is estimated to be worth some £1 billion. Printing.com has three routes to market: Franchise Stores, Bolt-on Franchises and Company owned Stores. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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