Stanley Gibbons

• 09/05/12

  Block Listing Application

• 08/05/12

  Grant of Options

• 02/05/12

  AGM Trading Statement

• 02/05/12

  Result of AGM

• 19/04/12

  Issue of Equity

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  17/05/12

  Stanley Gibbons - The rare stamps of the Playboy King

  A few years ago one of King Carol's stamps turned up at a London auction and sold for almost £60,000, smashing the Stanley Gibbons catalogue price at the time.

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  02/11/11

  Stanley Gibbons: Investors raise a glass to the resilience of the stamps and collectables group

  SGI tracks the movement of the stamp market using the GB 30 Rarities Index, which has never had a down year since 1970. Indeed, since 1995, stamps have outperformed quite comprehensively other popular asset classes such as shares, property and gold.

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  05/08/11

  Stanley Gibbons' efforts to grow in China is paying off, says broker

  Stamp experts Stanley Gibbons published interim results today and revealed that £0.7 million of its sales of rare Chinese stamps in the period had been to international investors and £0.5million of sales had been to Chinese customers.

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  29/06/11

  Stanley Gibbons looks to put its stamp on the world

  Stanley Gibbons (LON:SGI) is renowned worldwide for its philatelic expertise and acumen. With its new retail site up and running smoothly and a trading platform on the runway, it is looking very placed to extend the reach of its highly regarded brand.

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  24/09/10

  Stanley Gibbons Says Innovation is the Key to Future Prosperity

  Stanley Gibbons boss Michael Hall tells us about his recent eye-opening trip to China and reveals how you can beat the market hands down by investing in rare stamps.

• 02/05/12

  Stanley Gibbons expects to benefit from London 2012 Olympics collectibles - UPDATE

• 02/05/12

  Stanley Gibbons expects to benefit from London 2012 Olympics collectibles

• 23/03/12

  Stanley Gibbons to focus on online strategy in 2012; posts record results in 2011

• 16/01/12

  Stanley Gibbons Group confident of further growth after strong 2011 - UPDATE

• 16/01/12

  Stanley Gibbons Group confident of further growth after strong 2011

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  24/11/2011

  Stocktube video - Stanley Gibbons says the full year dividend will reflect the growth potential

  Keith Heddle, Group Sales & Marketing Director at Stanley Gibbons (LON:SGI), tells Proactive Investors that it has consistent growth and the diversification of the company will continue to add value. The launch in Hong Kong will help give an extra income and from there a launchpad into China.
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  10/12/2010

  Stocktube video - Stanley Gibbons Investments in China

  Stanley Gibbons Chief Executive Mike Hall talks about his recent trip to China and the high level of demand demonstrated by Chinese stamp collectors for rare stamps
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  08/09/2010

  Michael Hall, Chief Executive of Stanley Gibbons, talks about profits being up 10% and an increased dividend despite investing in the Internet

  Michael Hall, Chief Executive of Stanley Gibbons, talks about profits being up 10% and an increased dividend despite investing in the Internet, digitising catalogue data, existing brand recognition in China, 20 million stamp collectors, building strong personal client relationships, a heightened demand for tangible assets and looking at acquisitions
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  25/06/2009

  Stanley Gibbons One2One Investor Presentation 25 June 2009 (PDF)

  Michael Hall and Geoff Anandappa of Stanley Gibbons update investors at the Proactive Investors One2One Forum on 25 June 2009.

Mission Statement

"To build the Number 1 online stamp community in the world, covering all aspects of stamp collecting."

   
When Stanley Gibbons hit 1 million hits per month in 2001 and 2 million in 2002, they were very happy with progress; but this subsequently grew to 8 million in 2003 and 12 million in 2004, with a new milestone of 20 million hits per month in 2005. This clearly puts us ahead of the competition in the stamp world by a long way and also makes us a serious site in the total Internet world.

Stanley Gibbons has clear competitive advantages and unique selling points:

• Best-known brand in the global stamp market – celebrating 150 years in 2006.
• Only stamp company in the world able to offer the complete service to the stamp collector.
• Ever-increasing database of active customers, recruited in a cost-effective way, with increasing numbers from emerging economies, like China, Russia and India.
• Sale of stamps as an investment, both in individual portfolios and as units in a fund, have become central to our strategy; and our link with a major international bank and our brand combine to create a formidable barrier of entry to other companies.
• 30 million collectors worldwide who all need to make use of our intellectual property, whether on a daily or annual basis.
• Our unique stamp numbering system, which is the industry standard and already used by millions of collectors.
• We are continuing with our strategy of providing more dynamic pricing and editorial content, which is the backbone of reference to all collectors.
• Visitors can register their collections online and get daily up-dates on value.
• SG 100 Index – provides all collectors and investors with an indication as to the annual increase in value of stamps.
• Stanley Gibbons has less than 1% of the growing world market ($10 billion).
• Increasing revenues from the sale of advertising, commissions, subscriptions, sponsorships, partnerships, sale of products and services.

We continue to evolve from a trader to a trading provider to gain a greater percentage of the global sales and activities of collectors, dealers, auction houses and others related to the stamp market.

We are very confident that we can gain a greater share of the global market and give outstanding returns to our shareholders.

Deidre Bolton of Bloomberg Television's 'Money Moves' talks to Stanley Gibbons Investment Director Keith Heddle about the performance of rare stamps.

David Martin Bralsford MSc, FCA, FCT - Non-Executive Chairman

Martin qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1970, before obtaining a Masters degree in Economics at the London Business School in 1974. 

He is Chairman of Channel Islands based portfolio management, stockbroking and funds business Collins Stewart (CI) Ltd. He was formerly Chief Executive of C.I. Traders Ltd, the largest corporate employer in the Channel Islands, which was AIM quoted prior to its take-over by a private equity consortium in July 2007. He was previously Chief Executive of Le Riche Group Ltd, before its acquisition by C.I.Traders in 2002 and a former Group MD of Premier Brands Ltd.

Martin has also served as President of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and as Chairman of the Training and Employment Partnership in Jersey. He chairs the Nomination Committee. He is also on the Boards of three other listed or private companies.

Michael Robert Montague Hall BAcc CA - Chief Executive

In 1995 Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland and joined Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Jersey. As a manager, Michael worked on both audit and corporate finance assignments for a variety of listed companies including Flying Flowers. Michael joined Flying Flowers as financial controller of the Collectibles division in July 1999. He was appointed Finance Director of Communitie.com in August 2000 and Chief Executive of The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited from 1 July 2003. Michael is a member of the Nomination Committee.

Donal Peter James Duff, BAAF, FCA, AMCT - Chief Operating Officer 

After gaining a degree in accounting and finance, Donal qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Ireland in 1991, transferring to its Jersey office (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1993 to work on a wide range of audit and corporate finance assignments.

Donal joined Le Riche Group Limited, a listed company, as Group Financial Controller in June 1996, became Company Secretary in 1999 and Director of Finance in 2000, positions he held until the company was acquired in 2002 by C.I Traders Limited, an AIM listed company which became the largest corporate employer in the Channel Islands. Donal was Director of Finance and Company Secretary of C.I. Traders until its subsequent acquisition by private equity investors in 2007, staying on until 2008. Donal was appointed Chief Operating Officer of The Stanley Gibbons Group plc on 17 March 2009. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Jersey Post International.

Mark David Henley FCA - Finance Director

Mark Henley qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was admitted to membership of ICAEW in 1995. He worked in the audit profession until 1996, when he moved to the commercial sector. He has experience across a range of specialities including media distribution and direct marketing.

Mark joined Stanley Gibbons in February 2007 as Finance Director of the Company’s UK operations and was appointed Finance Director of The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited on 1 August 2007.

Richard Kenneth Purkis - Corporate Services Director

Richard first joined Stanley Gibbons Limited in 1977. He was appointed a Director of Stanley Gibbons Limited, the main trading subsidiary in October 1996 and became Company Secretary of Communitie.com Limited in May 1999. He was appointed Operations Director of The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited with effect from 1 January 2003.

Robert Henry Henkhuzens BA, FCA - Non-Executive Director

Bob Henkhuzens was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand (‘C&L’) in Jersey for ten years. There he headed the commercial sector department providing audit, tax and accounting services to both local and international businesses. During this time he was also responsible for the firm’s corporate finance and management consulting services. Since leaving C&L in 1998, Bob has worked as an independent consultant and advisor and is a director of various private companies. He is a former president of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and vice-president of the Jersey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants and remains a committee member of both. Bob is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He served as Interim Chairman of the Company from 3 August 2007 to 1 November 2007 and was appointed Senior Independent Director on 6 August 2009.

Gen. Sir Michael John Wilkes KCB, CBE - Non-Executive Director

Sir Michael Wilkes served in the British Army for 35 years, reaching the rank of Full General and has seen active service in Special Forces across the world. On leaving the Army in 1995 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of Jersey, where he served until retiring in 2000. 

Sir Michael was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Le Riche Group Ltd in 2001 and subsequently Chairman. After overseeing its merger he became Deputy Chairman of C.I.Traders Ltd, the largest employer in the Channel Islands, until its recent take-over. Sir Michael holds other non-executive directorships across a range of activities and his outside interests include acting as a Trustee of the Nuffield Trust for the Services. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

John Byfield - Non-Executive Director

John Byfield qualified as a Solicitor in 1978 and was senior partner of a substantial law practice for some 20 years. During that time he specialised in company and commercial law and advised many boards of both private and public companies. John acted as executive Chairman of Essentially Group, formerly AIM listed, from 2002 until the company was sold in October 2009. Jersey resident, he holds a variety of directorships including one with a Jersey Financial Services Commission regulated trust company.

Substantial Shareholdings at 16th August 2011

The Company has been notified of the following interests in 3% or more of its share capital:

Updated from Stanley Gibbons website 13.09.11

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