12th Jun 2007 07:02
Huntsworth PLC12 June 2007 12 June 2007 Huntsworth plc AGM Statement The following statement will be made by Jon Foulds, Non-executive Chairman, atthe Annual General Meeting of Huntsworth plc to be held in London at 11.00 a.m.today: Current trading Huntsworth has continued to trade well in the first five months of the year withexcellent new business success and a strong pipeline of pitches - particularlythose involving multiple offices and countries. In these first few months new clients include Coca Cola, Glenfiddich, TheFootball Association and The National Lottery Good Causes in the UK and thelaunch of Kayak.com in mainland Europe. We are also having considerable successin the public sector across Europe and recent examples in the UK include workfor The Department of Transport Road Safety Campaign and The Department forEducation and Skills. Our healthcare companies have won both global and European assignments fromNovartis, Daiichi-Sankyo, Sanofi Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim and Pharmion. Our financial and corporate agencies continue to move ahead strongly. We workedwith VTB Group, the leading Russian international bank on the world's largestIPO of 2007 so far at $8.2 billion, PIK Group, Europe's largest ever real estateIPO at £1.85 billion and the £1.2 billion IPO of Pharmstandard as well asreceiving new appointments for Abbey, Multiplex, TSD Mobile and Lloydspharmacy. Progress in Asia has been excellent where we have extended our remit withBritish Airways and TNT. Our financial offerings in China and Singapore alsocontinue to grow very satisfactorily. We are particularly pleased with the contribution now being made by the recentacquisitions - Quiller, Mmd and Dorland - which have integrated into the Groupquickly and are now working with a number of Group companies on a range ofassignments. Multi-office business remains central to our corporate strategy. We areimproving our success rate at winning pitches on an international basis. Whilethis type of new business takes longer to be recognised as revenue, it enablesus to deliver high-value strategic advice to our clients which usually forms thebasis of a long term relationship. Our pre-close trading statement will be published mid July and our interimsduring September. For further information, please contact:Huntsworth plcLord Chadlington, Chief Executive Tel: (020) 7408 2232Sally Withey, Finance Director Tel: (020) 7408 2232 Citigate Dewe Rogerson Tel: (020) 7638 9571Simon Rigby / Brett Jacobs / George Cazenove This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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