4th May 2006 11:00
Rexam PLC04 May 2006 Rexam Annual General Meeting 2006Trading update Rolf Borjesson, Rexam's Chairman, is due to make the following statement attoday's Annual General Meeting: "Rexam has made a good start to the year given the continuing pressure on inputcosts. There has been very solid sales growth across the Group, particularly inbeverage cans, reflecting both the additional volume gains in the US and furthervolume growth in Europe and South America. The newly acquired businesses in our plastic packaging and beverage canoperations are being integrated according to plan. It is too early to anticipate the full impact of the price increases beingimplemented by our European beverage can operations. For the Group as a whole,we currently expect Rexam to make further progress in 2006." 4 May 2006EnquiriesLars Emilson, Chief Executive +44 20 7227 4100David Robbie, Group Finance DirectorAndrew Mills, Group Communications Director Financial Dynamics Richard Mountain +44 20 7269 7291 Rexam is a leading global consumer packaging company and the largest beveragecan maker in the world. Our vision is to be the leading global consumerpackaging company. We are business partners to many of the world's most famousand successful consumer brands as well as young, entrepreneurial start-ups. Weoffer a broad range of packaging services and solutions for differentindustries, using different materials and technologies. We have some 23,000people in more than 20 countries. Three things characterise us - leadership inour industry, our commitment to innovation and our passion to deliverexceptional value. Rexam has an ongoing turnover of approximately £3.2 billionand is a member of the FTSE 100. Rexam's ordinary shares are listed with the UKListing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX.For further information, visit Rexam's web site at www.rexam.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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