5th May 2005 11:00
Rexam PLC05 May 2005 Rexam Annual General Meeting 2005 Trading statement Rolf Borjesson, Rexam's Chairman, is due to make the following statement attoday's Annual General Meeting: "Sales at the start of 2005 have been somewhat softer than we expected and areon a par with last year. Recently, however, we have seen a pick-up in salesperformance. We continue to deliver our usual levels of efficiencies and we anticipate thatour focus on cost savings will yield further gains throughout the year. Our expectations for the year as a whole have not altered since the time of ourstatement at the preliminary results in February and we remain confident that weare well positioned for further progress in 2005." 5 May 2005 Enquiries Lars Emilson, Chief Executive +44 20 7227 4100Graham Chipchase, Group Finance DirectorAndrew Mills, Group Communications Director Financial DynamicsRichard Mountain +44 20 7269 7291 Rexam is one of the world's top five consumer packaging groups and the world'sleading beverage can maker. Its global operations focus on beverage packaging inmetal, glass and plastic, as well as plastic packaging solutions for the beauty,pharmaceutical and food industries. The Group employs more than 22,000 people in24 countries worldwide and has an ongoing turnover of approximately £3.1billion. Rexam is a member of the FTSE 100. Its ordinary shares are listed withthe UK Listing Authority and trade on the market for listed securities on theLondon Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. For further information, visitRexam's website at www.rexam.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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