Trading Statement

24 September 2015

PENNA CONSULTING PLC

("Penna" or "the Company")

Trading Update

Penna Consulting plc (PNA:AIM), the international human resources consulting group, announces that at today's Annual General Meeting the Chairman, Mr Stephen Rowlinson, will make the following statement:

"I am pleased to report that Penna has progressed well in the current year and we have seen a continuation of the firm growth trends established in 2014/15.

"Pre-tax profits in the year to date show a gain over the same period of last year of more than 25%.

"In last year's Interim Report I noted that the first half of 2014/15 had been "....by far the best first half performance from the Company since the beginning of the recession in 2009". 

"It is very pleasing, therefore, that in the first five months of this year the Company has outperformed that strong previous year by a substantial margin."

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About Penna Consulting plc

Penna is a global people management business. We work with over 2,000 organisations in more than 70 countries including 70 of the FTSE 100 and some of the highest profile public sector bodies.

Our vision is to make every organisation great through the performance of their people. We believe that for any organisation to achieve greatness they must be able to successfully attract, develop and transition individuals.

As the only provider able to offer proven solutions across the entire employee lifecycle from attraction to transition, we are uniquely positioned to help organisations successfully address whatever talent opportunities and challenges they may be facing.

This unique breadth of expertise enables us to offer integrated, innovative, tailored solutions that have a measurable impact on business performance.