Description of the Business
Progility plc, the systems integrator and project management services firm has four divisions: Technology Solutions, Training, Consulting and Recruitment.
Technology Solutions
The technology solutions division comprises Progility Technologies in Australia and India and Starkstrom in the UK.
Progility Technologies operates a communication systems integration business that designs, implements and maintains solutions for medium and large enterprises with a focus on the rail, port, oil and gas, power, water and healthcare industries in Australia, on the healthcare, hospitality, financial services, public sector, manufacturing, education and IT sectors in India and on the mining industry globally.
The Australian business, which was merged with the Group in October 2013, is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and has offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Latrobe Valley, and Castlemaine. The Indian business joined the Group in December 2014, is headquartered in Mumbai and operates through a network of 21 offices throughout India.
It has three operating divisions: Enterprise Communications, which focuses on communications systems integration, designs voice and IP communications solutions for specific customers' operating environments and is a major provider of enterprise based Unify unified communication systems in Australia and India; CA Bearcom, Australia's largest distributor of two-way radio communications products and services, primarily supplied by Motorola; and Minerals & Energy Technologies, which designs, implements and manages an array of integrated communications solutions for specific mining, oil and gas, rail and port applications.
Starkstrom is a UK based project management services' company specialising in manufacturing and supplying medical infrastructure equipment for operating theatres and intensive care units. Acquired in July 2014, Starkstrom is headquartered in North West London and with a manufacturing and assembly facility in Leicester.
Training
The training division comprises ILX Group, which delivers training in the UK Cabinet Office's best management practice products, primarily in PRINCE2, MSP and ITIL, and Woodspeen Training, which provides training and skills development to unemployed learners and apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programmes.
Consulting
The consulting division comprises Obrar in the UK and Progility Consulting in Australia. Obrar is a consulting and project management services company, focused on multimedia contact centres, corporate technology infrastructure and associated operational change, with extensive experience in delivering contact centre outsourcing on a global basis. Progility Consulting is an organisational improvement and project management services company, specialising in information technology, service and supply chain improvement and overall project and programme management.
Recruitment
The recruitment division comprises TFPL and Sue Hill Recruitment. TFPL is a recruitment, training and consulting business specialising in the knowledge, information and data management industries, which was acquired in July 2013. TFPL provides executive search, managed services and the placement of permanent, interim and contract personnel into the public and private sectors. Sue Hill Recruitment, which was founded in 1997, is a specialist employment agency to the UK information, market research, insight and analysis sectors and was acquired in November 2013.
Directors
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Corporate Governance
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Country of Incorporation and Operation
Progility plc is incorporated in England and Wales. For further details please click here.
The main country of operation of Progility plc is the United Kingdom. However the group derives a majority of its revenue from its business interests in Australia. Please see the Description of the Business set out above.
Articles of Association
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Exchanges and Trading Platforms
Progility plc's ordinary shares are admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
The ordinary shares are not traded on any other investment exchange or trading platform and no application has been made for the ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on any other investment exchange or trading platform.
Shares in Issue
For the number of shares currently in issue please click here. So far as the directors are aware, approximately 85.98% of the Company's ordinary shares are not in public hands.
For the identity and percentage holdings of significant shareholders please click here.
Restrictions on Transfer
Subject to the Articles and the AIM Rules, the directors may only refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share if it is not:
Annual and Interim Reports
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Regulatory Announcements
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Admission Document and Circulars
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Key Advisers
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Takeover Code
Progility plc is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.