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ASOS PLC

10 July 2012

10 July 2012

ASOS plc ("the Company")

Global Online Fashion Store

Trading Statement for the 3 months ended 30 June 2012

 
                                         3 months to 30 June 
---------------------------------- 
 GBP'000s                            2012/13   2011/12   Increase 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 UK retail sales                      48,089    44,617         8% 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 US retail sales                      12,951     7,061        83% 
 EU retail sales                      32,357    25,487        27% 
 ROW retail sales                     43,490    27,052        61% 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 Total International retail sales     88,798    59,600        49% 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 Total retail sales                  136,887   104,217        31% 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 
 Total group revenues*               141,092   107,279        31% 
----------------------------------  --------  --------  --------- 
 

* Includes retail sales, delivery receipts and third party revenues.

Q1 Highlights

   --    Retail sales +31% year on year (UK +8%, International +49%) 
   --    International sales 65% of total; UK sales 35% of total 
   --    Retail gross margin in line with guidance. 

Nick Robertson, CEO, commented:

"I am pleased to report that trading for the three months to end June 2012 has been strong with retail sales up 31% to GBP137m.

"Our UK performance was particularly encouraging given the current climate at +8%. Our International business grew by +49% driven by a strong performance in the US, +83% and our rest of world category (predominately Australia) at +61%. International sales now represent 65% of the total up from 57% last year.

"We remain positive in our outlook, and continue to trade in line with expectations."

Note

As announced on 26 April 2012, the Company is changing its accounting reference date from 31 March to 31 August. Accordingly, pro forma retail sales by segment and total group revenues for the three month periods to 30 November 2011, 29 February 2012 and 31 May 2012, representing Q1, Q2 and Q3 on the new financial year end basis, have been included in appendix 2 to this release.

For further information:

 
 
  ASOS plc                                     Tel: 020 7756 1017 
 Nick Robertson, Chief Executive 
 Nick Beighton, Finance Director 
  Greg Feehely, Head of Investor Relations 
 
 
 
  College Hill                                 Tel: 020 7457 2020 
 Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren / Jamie 
  Ramsay 
 
 
  JPMorgan Cazenove                            Tel: 020 7742 4000 
 Luke Bordewich / Gina Gibson 
 
 
  Numis Securities                             Tel: 020 7260 1000 
 Alex Ham 
 

Background note

ASOS is a global online fashion and beauty retailer and offers on the ASOS.com website over 50,000 branded and own label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty with approximately 1,500 new product lines being introduced each week.

Aimed at fashion forward twenty-somethings globally, ASOS attracts 16.6 million unique visitors a month (Q1 2012 13.0 million) and as at 30 June 2012 had 8.7 million registered users (30 June 2011: 5.8 million) and 4.7 million active customers* (30 June 2011: 3.5 million) from 160 countries.

*Defined as having shopped in the last 12 months

www.asos.com

www.us.asos.com

www.asos.de

www.asos.fr

www.asos.com/au

www.asos.it

www.asos.es

m.asos.com

marketplace.asos.com

fashionfinder.asos.com

Appendix 1

Split of retail sales by quarter for the year ending 31 March 2012

 
GBP'000s             Q1  YOY%       Q2  YOY%       Q3  YOY%       Q4  YOY%  2011/12  YOY% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ---- 
UK sales         44,617   15%   44,069    1%   62,055   10%   47,118    4%  197,859    7% 
US sales          7,061  151%    8,407  124%   13,040  146%   11,451   69%   39,959  114% 
EU sales         25,487   80%   22,963   65%   32,470   33%   26,073   25%  106,993   46% 
ROW sales        27,052  353%   31,216  272%   38,962  179%   39,521  101%  136,751  185% 
International 
 sales           59,600  160%   62,586  141%   84,472   93%   77,045   63%  283,703  103% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          104,217   69%  106,655   53%  146,527   46%  124,163   34%  481,562   49% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ---- 
 

Split of retail sales by quarter for the year ending 31 March 2011

 
GBP'000s            Q1  YOY%      Q2  YOY%       Q3  YOY%      Q4  YOY%  2010/11  YOY% 
--------------  ------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ---- 
UK sales        38,758   32%  43,680   21%   56,320   23%  45,314   25%  184,072   25% 
US sales         2,812  199%   3,752  293%    5,297  267%   6,781  209%   18,642  235% 
EU sales        14,176   70%  13,880   71%   24,460  102%  20,869   73%   73,385   86% 
ROW sales        5,966  266%   8,385  259%   13,962  300%  19,688  359%   48,001  275% 
International 
 sales          22,954  111%  26,017  128%   43,719  156%  47,338  155%  140,028  142% 
--------------  ------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          61,712   54%  69,697   47%  100,039   59%  92,652   69%  324,100   58% 
--------------  ------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ----  ------  ----  -------  ---- 
 

Appendix 2

Pro forma split of sales by quarter for the year ending 31 August 2012

 
GBP'000s             Q1  YOY%       Q2  YOY%       Q3  YOY%  Q4  YOY%  YTD 2012/13  YOY% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----      ----  -----------  ---- 
UK sales         49,942    5%   59,025   12%   46,437    8%                155,404    8% 
US sales         12,144  190%   10,993   73%   13,351   78%                 36,488  102% 
EU sales         28,911   55%   27,935   18%   30,224   27%                 87,070   32% 
ROW sales        36,123  233%   37,848  113%   43,912   71%                117,883  117% 
International 
 sales           77,178  129%   76,776   61%   87,487   54%                241,441   75% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----      ----  -----------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          127,120   57%  135,801   35%  133,924   34%                396,845   41% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----      ----  -----------  ---- 
 
Total group 
 revenues       130,692   54%  139,234   34%  137,760   34%                407,686   39% 
--------------  -------  ----  -------  ----  -------  ----      ----  -----------  ---- 
 

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