22nd May 2007 07:01
ArmorGroup International plc22 May 2007 AGM trading update ArmorGroup International plc, the leading international provider of protectivesecurity services, today announces that its Chairman, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, willmake the following trading update at its Annual General Meeting to be held latertoday. "We have started the current year with a number of encouraging new contractwins, including the US Embassies in Afghanistan and Nigeria, the revenues ofwhich will start to flow through in the second half of the year. We also have astrong pipeline of identified opportunities, with new and existing clients, asthe Group's strategy of diversification continues to take effect. As at 18 May2007 the Group had increased its current year revenues already under contract to$239 million, up from $199 million at the time of the preliminary results inMarch. We remain confident that the Group will benefit from continuing strongmarket conditions over the coming year." For further enquiries please contact: ArmorGroup International plc Dave SeatonChief Executive OfficerTel: +44 (0) 20 7808 5800 Patrick Toyne SewellDirector of CommunicationsTel: +44 (0) 20 7808 5848Mob: +44 (0) 7767 498 195Email: [email protected] Notes to Editors ArmorGroup International plc For over 25 years ArmorGroup has been recognised as a leading provider ofdefensive, protective security services to national governments, multinationalcorporations and international peace and security agencies operating in hostileenvironments. ArmorGroup provides protective security services, security consultancy, securitytraining and mine action services. It has 9,000 highly trained and experiencedemployees and operations in 38 countries. Over the past two years it hassupported its clients in over 160 countries across the Middle East, Africa,North and South America, the CIS and central Asia. ArmorGroup International plc is headquartered in London and listed on the LondonStock Exchange. It complies with the US Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act, 1997and the UK's Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act, 2001 and has also beencertified to ISO 9001:2000 and to ISO/IEC 27001:2005. For more informationplease visit www.armorgroup.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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