22nd Dec 2005 07:01
McBride PLC22 December 2005 22 December 2005 McBRIDE plc PRE CLOSE STATEMENT McBride plc, Europe's leading supplier of household and personal care PrivateLabel products, is pleased to provide an update on trading prior to entering itsClose Period relating to the six months ending 31 December 2005. The competitive market environment reported on at the AGM has continued and,overall, trading in the first half is expected to be marginally below the secondhalf of last year, despite a pleasing performance in the UK. In ContinentalEurope, as expected, trading has been challenging, although our performance inFrance has showed particular weakness in the current quarter. Initiatives toimprove the cost base in the UK and Continental Europe are progressingsatisfactorily. The Interim Results for the six months ending 31 December 2005 will be announcedon 9 February 2006. As referred to in the recent statement on InternationalFinancial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") adoption, these will be the first resultsto be published under IFRS. For further information Miles Roberts, Chief Executive McBride plc 01494 607050 Andrew Dowler Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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