Me Group International
MEGP · Main Market · Consumer Products and Services · mcap £423m · 112.8p
ME Group installs and runs self-service photobooths, laundry machines (Wash.ME), children's rides and other vending machines in retail sites, mainly in France, the UK and Japan. It earns money from each use of the machines and shares a part with the site owners.
Negative 13 Jul 2026
Profit guidance cut to £69-74m after April slowdown, below expectationsGuidance moved from the earlier £76-80m range of FY25 to a lower FY26 range; wording turned cautious. 13 Jul 2026 1 Jun 2026
Mixed 13 Jul 2026
£18m buyback launched after results delay and auditor request for more timeBuyback of about 5% of shares while net cash fell to £7.5m. 13 Jul 2026 23 Mar 2026 12 Mar 2026
Negative 30 Apr 2026
CFO exercised options and sold all shares at £1.47Insider sale, though new options were granted to CFO, COO and Deputy CEO after. 30 Apr 2026 13 Apr 2026
Mixed 14 Jan 2026
Montefiore sold its entire stake, 11% to 0%, through placings at 200p and 132pLong-term holder exited fully, removing a large shareholder overhang. 14 Jan 2026 28 Feb 2025
Positive 5 Dec 2025
Strategic review ended in December 2025 with no acceptable offer after interest from several partiesTakeover interest was disclosed and then ended; shares fell from about 229p in June 2025 to about 113p. 5 Dec 2025 18 Jun 2025
- 2026-03-23 buyback programme · £18.0m – Buyback of up to 37.77m shares to run until 31 December 2026; £4.5m bought by July 2026 23 Mar 2026
- 2024-05-22 disposal · €4.6m – Sold SEMPA SAS to Food Machine Invest to focus on core vending operations 22 May 2024
- 2023-10-02 acquisition · £5.3m – ME Group Japan acquired FUJIFILM's photobooth business, adding 3,548 units, financed partly by a 1.2% loan facility 2 Oct 2023
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