{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"147984","rtpr_id":"nGNE4nQfNF-20260921","ticker":"MTC","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["MTC"],"title":"REG-Financial outlook update","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-21T06:00:00.180Z","article_body":"THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR\nDISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO\nDO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION\n\nMothercare plc\n\nFinancial outlook update\n\nMothercare plc (\"Mothercare\", \"the Company\"), the highly trusted British\nheritage brand, that connects with the parents of newborn babies and children\nacross multiple product categories throughout their early life as parents,\ntoday announces an update on its financial outlook.\n\nMothercare was notified by the liquidators of Mothercare UK Limited (which\nentered administration in 2019), that imminently a further £0.8m cash\ndividend will be paid to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.  This\nwholly owned subsidiary is the secured lender to Mothercare UK Limited (in\nliquidation).  \n\nWhilst this is a helpful development it does not materially change the outlook\nfor the business nor the matters disclosed in the announcement of 18 September\n2026.  At this stage the outcome of the review and the longer-term solvency\nof the Company remains highly uncertain.  \n\nInvestor and analyst enquiries to:\n\nMothercare plc            \n                                                Email: investorrelations@mothercare.com\nClive Whiley, Chairman\nAndrew Cook, Chief Financial\nOfficer                                     \n               \n                                          \nDeutsche\nNumis                                               \n Tel: 020 7260 1000\n(NOMAD & Joint Corporate Broker)         \nLuke Bordewich\n\nCavendish Capital Markets\nLimited                   Tel: 020 7220 0500\n(Joint Corporate Broker) \n\nMatt Goode \n\n                                \n\nThis announcement contains information that is inside information for the\npurposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which\nis part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as\namended (the Market Abuse Regulation (\"MAR\")). Upon the publication of this\nannouncement, such information will no longer constitute inside information.\nAndrew Cook, the Company's CFO, is the person responsible for making the\nnotification for the purposes of Article 17 of MAR.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE4nQfNF-20260921","title":"REG-Financial outlook update","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"MTC","created":"2026-09-21T06:00:00.180Z","tickers":["MTC"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR\nDISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO\nDO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION\n\nMothercare plc\n\nFinancial outlook update\n\nMothercare plc (\"Mothercare\", \"the Company\"), the highly trusted British\nheritage brand, that connects with the parents of newborn babies and children\nacross multiple product categories throughout their early life as parents,\ntoday announces an update on its financial outlook.\n\nMothercare was notified by the liquidators of Mothercare UK Limited (which\nentered administration in 2019), that imminently a further £0.8m cash\ndividend will be paid to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.  This\nwholly owned subsidiary is the secured lender to Mothercare UK Limited (in\nliquidation).  \n\nWhilst this is a helpful development it does not materially change the outlook\nfor the business nor the matters disclosed in the announcement of 18 September\n2026.  At this stage the outcome of the review and the longer-term solvency\nof the Company remains highly uncertain.  \n\nInvestor and analyst enquiries to:\n\nMothercare plc            \n                                                Email: investorrelations@mothercare.com\nClive Whiley, Chairman\nAndrew Cook, Chief Financial\nOfficer                                     \n               \n                                          \nDeutsche\nNumis                                               \n Tel: 020 7260 1000\n(NOMAD & Joint Corporate Broker)         \nLuke Bordewich\n\nCavendish Capital Markets\nLimited                   Tel: 020 7220 0500\n(Joint Corporate Broker) \n\nMatt Goode \n\n                                \n\nThis announcement contains information that is inside information for the\npurposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which\nis part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as\namended (the Market Abuse Regulation (\"MAR\")). Upon the publication of this\nannouncement, such information will no longer constitute inside information.\nAndrew 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