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            <title><![CDATA[MTV turns on StepStones e-recruitment solution]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[London 9 July, 2009 &ndash; StepStone, Europe&rsquo;s leading provider of human capital management solutions, today announces that MTV Networks, the world&rsquo;s most watched television network, is now using StepStone&rsquo;s e-recruitment solution to drive online recruitment across its business, reduce time to hire and cut recruitment costs. MTV joins other media businesses, including Channel 4, RTL and Bertelsmann, that have implemented StepStone solutions to streamline their recruitment processes and attract the most talented candidates. &ldquo;StepStone&rsquo;s solution will cover both the MTV and Nickelodeon brands,&rdquo; explains Kelvin Warburton, HR Manager, MTV Networks. &ldquo;We want and need to hire the most talented people in every role, to keep MTV as the best, most successful network TV provider. We chose StepStone because of its track record in promoting employer brands through offering a great candidate experience, which is a must for a brand of our global stature, and ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone teams up with Philips to deploy integrated Performance and Talent management system]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[StepStone teams up with Philips to deploy integrated Performance and Talent management system London UK, 3 June 2009 - StepStone, a leading provider of Human Capital Management solutions, has announced that Philips is to implement its new ETWeb talent and performance management platform.&nbsp; ETWeb will help Philips retain its world class workforce and plan for future success. Once completed, StepStone&rsquo;s solution will cover around 45,000 Philips employees across more than 60 countries. StepStone&rsquo;s platform will support Philips in better planning, managing and evaluating employees&rsquo; performance and development. The solution will also integrate a talent management module, enabling the health and well being multinational to better manage and track its internal talent, whilst also identifying and developing future leaders. Jef Pauwels, Vice President for Learning and Organizational Effectiveness at Philips, said: &ldquo;We are pleased to have selected StepStone as a partner ...]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=524</link>        
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Q1 2009 Results Presentation Available]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Colin Tenwick, CEO of StepStone commented on StepStone&rsquo;s Q1 2009 results in a Webex conference on Friday, 24 th April 2009. A recording of the conference is available here for the next 28 days. Enquiries Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations Tel : + 44 7850 128094]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=512</link>        
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Publishes Q1 / 2009 Results]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Strong operating performance in Q1 despite challenging economic conditions - 16% EBITDA margin and &euro;4.6m cash from operations in Q1 2009 Highlights Revenue of &euro;26.9m EBITDA of &euro;4.2m &ndash; 16% margin &euro;4.6m cash generated from operations Recurring revenues from talent management products up by 30% year on year 32% Online EBITDA margin &ndash; maintained at 2008 levels Operating cost base reduced by &euro;3.8m (14%) between Q4 08 and Q1 09 Results for the quarter StepStone has continued to progress by delivering another profitable quarter generating &euro;4.6m of cash from operations whilst continuing to experience challenging market conditions across all markets in which the company operates. There was continued demand for the enterprise solutions products i-GRasp and ETWeb as customers increasingly sought to maximise returns from their investment in people. Demand for the Online recruitment products, as in the prior quarter, continued to decline as customers review ...]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=519</link>        
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Receives Prestigious Ruban dHonneur Medal at the 2009 European Business Awards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[StepStone received a &lsquo;Ruban d&rsquo;Honneur&rsquo; medal in the tough &lsquo;Business of the Year&rsquo; category at the 2009 European Business Awards (EBAs) in Rome. The &lsquo;Ruban d&rsquo;Honneur&rsquo; medal is only awarded to the top business talent in ten different categories, who had to beat over 7000 entrants in order to reach this difficult final stage. To narrow down the thousands of entrants to just 90 &lsquo;Ruban d&rsquo;Honneur&rsquo; recipients and 10 winners, required over 3260 hours of judging from &lsquo;expert panels&rsquo;, made up of highly regarded academics, heads of state, industrialists and entrepreneurs drawn from across the 27 member European States. StepStone were short-listed for the &lsquo;Business of the Year&rsquo; title along with nine other companies. Colin Tenwick, who picked up this accolade in front of 400 luminaries at a gala ceremony on 7 April, says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a privilege to accept this medal on behalf of everyone&nbsp;at StepStone ...]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=517</link>        
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Q1 Results Presentation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Following the release of StepStone&rsquo;s Q1 2009 results to the Oslo Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange at 08:00 CET on Thursday 23 rd April 2009, Colin Tenwick, CEO and Ian Cole, CFO will be hosting a Webex on Friday, 24 th April 2009 at 14:00 GMT/15:00 CET. Details of this event are shown below. Topic StepStone Q1 2009 Results Investor and Analyst Briefing Date and Time Friday 24 th April 2009 at 14:00 GMT/15:00 CET Event Number 709 808 507 Event Password SSQ1240409% Event Address for Attendees Event address for attendees: &nbsp; https://stepstone.webex.com/stepstone/onstage/g.php?t=a&amp;d=709808507 Teleconference information Call-in toll number (UK/EMEA): (0)20 700 51000 Global call-in numbers For further details, please contact Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations. Tel : +44 7850 128094]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=518</link>        
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone ASA - Notice for Depository Interest ('DI') holders]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[StepStone has put in place arrangements for DI holders to exercise their rights to attend, vote and speak at the AGM. Any DI holder wishing to do so should refer to the CREST corporate action bulletin number 678 published on 3 April 2009 (located in Operational News on https://www.euroclear.com/site/public/EUI ), or contact Capita IRG Trustees Limited on +44 (0)871 664 0335 to request a Form of Direction including re-registration details to be completed by the CREST member and a Power of Attorney to be completed by the beneficial owner into whose name the shares are required to be re-registered. Enquiries Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations Tel : + 44 7850 128094]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=515</link>        
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Notice Of Annual General Meeting Of StepStone ASA and Availability of 2008 Annual Report]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Shareholders of StepStone ASA (the `Company`) are hereby given notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 22 April 2008 at 4 pm (CET) at Felix Centre, Bryggetorget 3, PO Box 1025, Oslo. Documents related to the meeting, including: The agenda proposed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the `Board`); Recommendations of the Nomination Committee; Statement regarding Determination of Salaries and Other Benefits of Leading Employees; Shareholder proxy (in English); and Shareholder proxy (in Norwegian) will be posted during the week commencing 30 March 2009 along with the 2008 Annual Report to all shareholders shown on the register as at 25 March 2008. These documents are also available from the company's website ( see here ) The Annual Report is also available from the company's website ( see here ) Enquiries : Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations. Tel : + 44 7850 128094 e-mail : ian.clapp@stepstone.com]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=514</link>        
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Q4 Results Presentation Available]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Colin Tenwick, CEO of StepStone commented on StepStone&rsquo;s Q4 2008 results in a Webex conference on 26th February 2009. A recording of the conference is available here for the next 28 days. Enquiries Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations Tel : + 44 7850 128094]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=522</link>        
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[StepStone Publishes Q4 / 2008 Results]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Balanced product portfolio delivers revenue growth in uncertain markets Q4 2008 vs. Q4 2007 Revenue up 9% to &euro;31.0m Solutions delivers 17% revenue growth with 84 new customers Online revenue growth slows to 3% Underlying EBITDA of &euro;4.6m compared to &euro;5.6m Action taken in November to reduce Online cost base by &euro;2m per quarter EBITDA of &euro;2.5m, after &euro;2.1m reorganisation charge &euro;2.3m cash generated from operations Summary Company Q4 2008 revenue was &euro;31.0m, up 9% from &euro;28.6m in Q4 2007. Underlying organic revenue growth excluding acquisitions was 6%. StepStone&rsquo;s strategy is to have a portfolio of products delivered to a wide geographic base of customers. The Software as a Service products generate predictable revenues whilst the online products, which clearly benefit from the long term structural shift from traditional media to online search and matching, are more affected by cyclical changes in demand. There was continued strong demand for ...]]></description>
            <link>http://www.stepstone.com/EN/ir/announcements/article/?aID=509</link>        
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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