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JMWT Midco Limited Report and Financial Statements Period Ended 30 June 2013 Company Number 08233425 EFTA01201571  JMWT Midco Limited Report and financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2013 Contents Page: 1 Report of the directors 3 Independent auditors report 5 Profit and loss account 6 Balance sheet 7 Notes forming part of the financial statements Directors L D Black E D Alexanderson Secretary and registered office 10 Norwich Street, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 1BD. Company number 08233425 Auditors BDO LLP, 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU EFTA01201572  JMWT Midco Limited Report of the directors for the period ended 30 June 2013 The directors present their report together with the audited financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2013. Principal activities, trading review and future developments The company was incorporated on 25th September 2012. On 2nd October 2012 JMWT Midco Limited purchased the combined shareholding of JMWT Limited. JMWT Midco Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of JMWT Topco Limited, itself ultimately controlled by the Black Family 1997 Trust. These financial statements cover the first period since incorporation to 30 June 2013. The profit and loss account is set out on page 4 and shows a loss before tax for the year of £1,219,216. The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend. There were no charitable or political contributions during the period. Going concern The directors have reviewed the Group's cash flow forecasts for the next 12 months and beyond. JMWT Midco Limited has sufficient funds in place to finance the business. Phaidon Global LLC, the holding company of JMWT Acquisition LLP, has indicated that it will support the company for the foreseeable future. As a result the Directors consider the business to have adequate access to finance, and consider the business to be a going concern. Directors The directors of the company during the period were: B Ally (appointed 25th September 2012, resigned 16th October 2012) L D Black (appointed 16th October 2012) E D Alexanderson (appointed 16th October 2012) 1 EFTA01201573  JMWT Midco Limited Report of the directors for the period ended 30 June 2013 (continued) Directors' responsibilities The directors are responsible for preparing the directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; • make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; • state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; • prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Auditor All of the current directors have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any information needed by the company's auditor for the purposes of their audit and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information. The directors are not aware of any relevant audit information of which the auditor is unaware. BDO LLP, who were appointed as first auditor of the company by the directors, have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting. On behalf of the Board E D Alexanderson Director Date 2 EFTA01201574  JMWT Midco Limited Independent auditor's report INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF JMWT MIDCO LIMITED We have audited the financial statements of JMWT Midco Limited for the period ended 30 June 2013 which comprise the balance sheet and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors As explained more fully in the statement of directors' responsibilities, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC's) Ethical Standards for Auditors. Scope of the audit of the financial statements A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the FRC's website at %NAM. frcorg.uleauditscopcukprivate. Opinion on financial statements In our opinion the financial statements: • give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2013; • have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and • have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion the information given in the directors' report for the financial period for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. 3 EFTA01201575  JMWT Midco Limited Independent auditor's report Matters on which we are required to report by exception We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: • adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or • the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or • certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or • we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. Scott McNaughton, (senior statutory auditor) For and on behalf of BOO LLP, statutory auditor London United Kingdom Date BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127). 4 EFTA01201576  JMWT Midco Limited Profit and loss account for the year ended June 2013 Company number 08233425 Note £ £ Turnover Cost of sales Gross profit Administrative expenses Operating (loss)/profit Interest payable and similar charges 2 (1,219,216) Loss on ordinary activities before tax (1,219,216) Taxation on profit on ordinary activities Loss for the year (1,219,216) The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements. 5 EFTA01201577  JMWT Midco Limited Balance sheet at 30 June 2013 Company number 08233425 Note Fixed assets Investments 3 41,205,001 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 (14,954,216) Total assets less current liabilities 26,250,785 Capital and reserves Called up share capital 5 101 Share Premium 5 27,469,900 Profit and loss account (1,219,216) Shareholders' funds - equity 26,250,785 The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 18th December 2014. E D Alexanderson Director The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements. 6 EFTA01201578  JMWT Midco Limited Notes forming part of the financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2013 1 Accounting policies The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable UK Accounting Standards. These are the first financial statements and relate to the period from incorporation to 30 June 2013. The following principal accounting policies have been applied: Basis of consolidation The financial statements contain information about JMWT Midco Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated financial statements of JMWT Acquisition LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales. Fixed asset investments Fixed asset investments are held at cost less any permanent diminution in value. 2 Interest payable and similar charges Interest payable on loans from JMWT Acquisition LLP of £1,219,216 3 Taxation The tax assessed for the year differs from that resulting from applying the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.8%. The differences are explained below: 2013 Loss on ordinary activities before tax (1,219,216) Tax charge at 23.8% thereon (290,173) Effects of: UK tax losses carried forward to future periods 290,173 Current tax charge for year The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements. 7 EFTA01201579  JMWT Midco Limited Notes forming part of the financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2013 4 Investments Included in investments of the company are 100% interests in the ordinary share capital of: Name Country of incorporation Nature of business JMWT Limited UK Holding company JMWT Midco Limited has an indirect investment in the following companies: Name Country of incorporation Nature of business Phaidon Press Limited UK Book Publisher Phaidon Sarl France Sale of books Phaidon Verlag GmbH Germany Sale of books Phaidon Press Inc USA Sale of books Phaidon KK Japan Sale of books Phaidon SRL Italy Sale of books Phaidon Pty Australia Sale of books PH Art AG Switzerland Design Services Marylebone Retail Limited UK Retail 5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Amount totalling £14,954,216 owed to JMWT Acquisition LLP at 30 June 2013. 6 Share capital Allotted, called up and fully paid Number Ordinary shares of £1 each 101 101 On 03 October 2012 the company issued 100 ordinary shares with a nominal value of £1 each at a premium of £274,699 The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements. 8 EFTA01201580  JMWT Midco Limited Notes forming part of the financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2013 7 Related party transactions The company has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 8 "Related party disclosures" not to disclose transactions with members of the group headed by JMWT Acquisition LLP on the grounds that 100% of the voting rights in the company are controlled within that group and the company is included in consolidated financial statements. 8 Cash flow statement The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JMWT Topco Limited and is included in the consolidated financial statements of JMWT Acquisition LLP, which are publicly available. Consequently, the company has taken advantage of the exemption from preparing cash a flow statement under the terms of FRS 1 (revised 1996). 9 Ultimate parent company and controlling party At 30 June 2013, the company was a wholly owned subsidiary of JMWT Topco Limited. The ultimate controlling party was the Black Family 1997 Trust. The company's ultimate parent company was PLB LLC, a company registered in the United States of America, which owns a 99.9% interest in JMWT Acquisition LLP, the largest UK registered entity of the group. At 30 June 2013, the largest entity for which consolidated financial statements incorporating JMWT Midco Limited are prepared is JMWT Acquisition LLP. The smallest entity for which consolidated financial statements incorporating JMWT Topco Limited are prepared is JMWT Acquisition LLP. 10 Post balance sheet events On 24 October 2013 JMWT Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, purchased 2,110 preference shares in Phaidon Press Limited with a nominal value of £0.001 each at a premium of £999.999 each. Amounts previously paid by JMWT Limited were used to subscribe for these new preference shares, which carry no fixed coupon or redemption date and no contractual right to dividends. The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements. 9 EFTA01201581