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- Arcontech Group plc (AIM: ARC.L) provides software products and bespoke solutions for the collection, processing, distribution and presentation of time-sensitive financial market data to global Tier 1 and Tier 2 financial institutions and key market regulators. Founded in 1979 and headquartered at 1st Floor, 11-21 Paul Street, London EC2A 4JU, United Kingdom, the company operates primarily in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Africa and Asia through its key trading subsidiary Arcontech Limited; its core offerings include CityVision, a fast, flexible, reliable and scalable real-time market data platform with connectivity to Bloomberg, Refinitiv TREP (RTDS) and other sources and destinations; CityVision MVCS, a high-performance, vendor-independent multi-vendor contribution system for simultaneous real-time contributions to destinations including Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Factset and Tradeweb with advanced bandwidth optimisation, mapping and data quality control; CityVision Relay for publishing and subscribing to multiple sources and destinations including support for records, chains, pages and full colour ANSI broker page displays; CityVision Cache, a high-performance multi-source real-time cache with calculation engine, data transformation, page shredding and cross-platform connectivity from sources such as Bloomberg, Refinitiv TREP, Factset, ICE, TPICAP, Fenics, Exegy, Activ and Dow Jones News; Excelerator Desktop, a professional real-time market data terminal and Excel add-in connecting directly to TREP or sources like Bloomberg B-PIPE, ICE and Factset to avoid vendor terminal fees; CityVision Symbol Mapper for real-time data conversion enabling separation of data integration from sources; and CityVision API for fast development of real-time market data applications. The company generates revenue from software development, license fees and maintenance on a recurring basis for off-the-shelf, customised or new cloud, on-premise or hybrid solutions, with partnerships as a Bloomberg and LSEG/Refinitiv development partner and OpenMAMA Steering Committee member under the Linux Foundation to ensure vendor-agnostic integration via standards including SSL, RSSL, FIX and APIs. Recent developments include the signing of a new Tier 1 bank client for its CityVision platform; achievement of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 information security management and ISO/IEC 22301:2019 business continuity management certifications; grant of 30,000 EMI options on 4 December 2024; multiple director and PDMR share purchases including by CEO Matthew Jeffs and CFO Ben Hodges; final results for the year ended 30 June 2025 showing revenue and adjusted EBITDA in line with expectations and profit before tax ahead due to interest income; and a trading update confirming year-ended 30 June 2025 performance alignment with market expectations.