Cambridge (UK) Wednesday 12 October 2016 (18.00 CEST) – GLOBAL GRAPHICS SE (Euronext: GLOG), a developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, provides a trading update for the third quarter and first nine months of the financial year ending 31 December 2016.

Operational highlights for the quarter ended 30 September 2016

• A new bilingual Arabic-Latin language typeface developed in response to the fast growing Arabic market was unveiled by Global Graphics’ font foundry URW++.  Boutros-URW Franklin Gothic Arabic is the result of a unique collaboration between London-based Boutros which has specialised in Arabic fonts since 1966, and URW++.
• Global Graphics’ embedded Harlequin RIP was chosen by Korean manufacturer Sindoh for a new range of multi-function office printers that will be sold in Korea, China, South Africa, the Middle East, with expansion into the European market.
• At the IMI Ink Jet Technology Showcase, which took place on September 7th and 8th in Chicago, Global Graphics’ CTO Martin Bailey discussed the importance of intelligent software to resolve mechanical quality issues when planning new inkjet presses.
• Following the success of the introduction at drupa, Fundamentals for label and packaging presses was on show at Label Expo Americas in September.
• Jeremy Spencer was appointed as VP of print sales, bringing over 20 years’ experience in commercial printing, digital imaging and industrial inkjet from positions held at Caldera, XaarJET and X-Rite.

More information about all of the above can be found in the news section of the Company’s website at http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/

Financial highlights for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2016

The following information is unaudited.

For the quarter ended 30 September 2016

• Revenue for the quarter was €4.09 million (2015: €2.98 million).
• The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit or loss for the quarter was a profit of €1.02 million (2015: €0.10 million profit).

For the nine months ended 30 September 2016

• Revenue for the period was €12.57 million (2015: €11.37 million).
• The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit or loss for the period was a profit of €3.00 million (2015: €3.08 million profit).

Cash
Cash at 30 September 2016 was valued at €3.05 million (2015: €2.52 million).  The Group continues to have no outstanding debt, therefore, no interest payments or capital repayments out of cash flow are required.

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About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.