Tinopolis

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Tinopolis Ltd
Type	Public (AIM: TIN)
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Llanelli
Key people	Ron Jones Chairman Arwel Rees CEO Angharad Mair Exec Director
Industry	Television production
Revenue	£66 million (2007)
Operating income	£5.67 million (2007)
Net income	£2.18 million (2007)
Employees	404 (2007)
Website	www.tinopolis.com

Tinopolis plc is a Llanelli based independent television production company, presently listed on AIM. It produces around 2,500 hours annually of drama, factual, sports and children’s programming for more than 200 broadcasters worldwide. Tinopolis has production centres in London, Oxford, Glasgow, Cardiff and Leeds. In 2006 the company won more television awards than any other independent producer. Tinopolis also produces a range of interactive, training and education materials for clients including the BBC, UK Ministry of Defence and University for Industry.

Majority owned by Schroder Investment Managers, on May 9, 2008 the board agreed a £44.7m private equity consortium takeover of the company by Virtruvian Partners, which already has more than 50% of shareholder approval. The takeover should be finalised in July 2008.^[1]

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