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Price	Market	Sector	Market Cap
62.50p (0.50p) 0.81%	AIM	Media	£26.04m

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Commentary

Toys, games and gifts distributor

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Recent Announcements

Total Voting Rights	29/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	26/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	13/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	11/08/2008
Holding(s) in Company	07/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	07/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	04/08/2008
Transaction in Own Shares	04/08/2008
Total Voting Rights	01/08/2008
Trading Update	31/07/2008
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Financial History

Financial Year End	31/08/2003	31/08/2004	31/08/2005	31/08/2006	31/08/2007
Currency	GBP	GBP	GBP	GBP	GBP
Turnover	85.31	76.05	98.79	95.53	94.52
Operating Profit	6.12	3.68	0.86	3.62	12.06
Pretax Profit	5.56	3.22	0.16	5.13	11.78
Earnings After Tax	5.27	3.73	-0.20	2.99	8.12
Profit Available For Dividend	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ordinary Dividends	1.31	-1.09	0.00	0.00	0.00
Retained Profit	3.96	2.63	-0.20	2.99	8.12
Shareholders Funds	5.26	11.78	10.97	11.74	13.82
Net Current Assets	2.65	9.48	8.47	9.73	12.32
Adjusted Earnings Per Share Undiluted	12.85	7.48	-0.39	5.80	17.93
Adj Earnings Per Share	10.11	7.31	-0.39	5.77	17.39
Dividend Per Share	3.00	1.80	2.00	3.30	4.40

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Company Details
Address	2nd Floor, 86-88 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4 QS
Telephone	020 8949 5898
Fax	020 8336 2585
Executives
Executive Chairman	Richard King (8.60% holding)
Joint Managing Director	as above (0.00% holding)
Joint MD & Fin. Dir	Kirankumar Shah (0.10% holding)
Marketing Director	Jonathan Diver (4.00% holding)
Main Shareholders
	3iQPE: 27.1% Sarissa: 13.1% Barclays Stockbrokers Limited: 5.2% Sweet Briar Investments: 4%
Advisers
Nominated Adviser	Charles Stanley
Nominated Broker	Charles Stanley
Solicitors	Duane Morris
Auditors	HLB Vantis Audit
Registrar	Neville Registrars

Commentary
Toys, games and gifts distributor
Company Data
Code	CCT
Sedol	GB00089761
Shares In Issue	41.667 m
Indices	Aim
Entry on AIM	30/12/2005
Interim Results	Apr
Final Results	Nov
Year End	Aug
Accounts Due	n/a
Int div payment	Jul
Fin div payment	Jan
Int net div per share	2.4
Fin net div per share	2.2
Probable CGT relief	Yes