28th Jun 2007 07:01
RPS Group PLC28 June 2007 RPS GROUP PLC("RPS" or "the Group") Advance Notice of Interim Results for the Six Months ended 30 June 2007 The Board of RPS announces that the Interim Results for the first half of 2007will be published on 7th August 2007 at 7.00am. At the time of its Annual General Meeting (24th May 2007) RPS provided a tradingupdate. Trading since then has continued to be encouraging and the Board,therefore, still expects that the Interim Results will be good. When published, the Interim Results will show certain changes in thesegmentation of the Group's business. These changes will not affect the overallGroup results and have been made to reflect the way our activities are organisedand the markets they serve. The environmental sciences activities, which inprior years were included within Planning and Development, will be included inEnvironmental Management. The nuclear safety business which, in prior years,was included within Energy, will also be included within EnvironmentalManagement. In order to provide appropriate year on year comparisons when the2007 results are published business segment information will be revised forprior periods as shown in notes 1 & 2 to this announcement. 28 June 2007 ENQUIRIESRPS Group plc Tel: 01235 438009Dr Alan Hearne, Chief ExecutiveGary Young, Group Finance Director College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020Justine Warren RPS is an international consultancy providing advice upon the development ofnatural resources, land and property, the management of the environment and thehealth and safety of people. We trade in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands,Poland, North America and Australia and undertake projects in many other partsof the world. Note 1: Revised business segment results for the six months ended 30 June 2006 Consolidated Planning & Environmental Energy Eliminations Development Management £000's £000's £000's £000's £000'sSegment revenue as previously 143,022 68,677 27,227 48,261 (1,143)reportedRe-allocation 0 (5,681) 8,460 (1,783) (996)Revised segment revenue 143,022 62,996 35,687 46,478 (2,139) Fee income as previously 117,438 56,503 23,101 38,977 (1,143)reportedRe-allocation 0 (3,886) 6,347 (1,465) (996)Revised fee income 117,438 52,617 29,448 37,512 (2,139) Segment result as reported 19,105 10,851 2,432 5,822 0Re-allocation 0 (1,072) 1,223 (151) 0Revised segment result 19,105 9,779 3,655 5,671 0 Note 2: Revised business segment results for the year ended 31 December 2006 Consolidated Planning & Environmental Energy Eliminations Development Management £000's £000's £000's £000's £000'sSegment revenue as previously 296,843 145,832 56,134 97,392 (2,515)reportedRe-allocation 0 (11,455) 17,009 (3,585) (1,969)Revised segment revenue 296,843 134,377 73,143 93,807 (4,484) Fee income as previously reported 246,011 121,460 48,031 79,035 (2,515)Re-allocation 0 (8,230) 13,238 (3,039) (1,969)Revised fee income 246,011 113,230 61,269 75,996 (4,484) Segment result as previously 41,176 22,805 5,332 13,039 0reportedRe-allocation 0 (1,906) 2,218 (312) 0Revised segment result 41,176 20,899 7,550 12,727 0 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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