30th May 2007 07:02
888 Holdings plc30 May 2007 30 May 2007 888 Holdings Public Limited Company ("888" or the "Company") AGM statement and trading update At today's Annual General Meeting of 888, one of the world's most popular online gaming entertainment companies, Richard Kilsby, Chairman, will make the following statement: "888 has made an encouraging start to the current financial year and continuesto drive its business on the basis of its strategy - delivering more games, overmore platforms to more customers worldwide. This will sustain the Company'smomentum as it moves into the seasonally quieter second quarter. In line with this strategy, growth in 2007 to date has been driven by therollout of innovative products such as Blackjack in Poker, Crazy Blackjack andgames tailored for target markets. 888 has also launched its all new Bingoproduct offering, following formal completion, on 16 May, of the acquisition ofthe online bingo business of Globalcom Limited. In May, another step was taken towards implementing 888's unified offering bythe introduction of a wide selection of Casino games into the new poker clientallowing all Poker players direct, easy access to Casino games coupled with theintroduction of the all new 888 BackGammon. In addition all of our new strategicinitiatives, as presented at the annual results, are progressing in line withexpectations. Trading is also in line with expectations and we continue to look forward to thefuture with confidence." Contacts and enquiries 888Gigi Levy Chief Executive Officer +350 49800Aviad Kobrine Chief Financial Officer +350 49800 Bell Pottinger Corporate & FinancialAnn-marie Wilkinson / Nick Lambert / Chris Hamilton +44 (0)20 7861 3232 This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be,"forward-looking statements". By their nature, forward-looking statementsinvolve risk and uncertainty since they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materiallyfrom actual results. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement reflect888's view with respect to future events as at the date of this announcement.Save as required by law or by the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, 888undertakes no obligation publicly to release the results of any revisions to anyforward-looking statements in this announcement that may occur due to any changein its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of thisannouncement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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