AGM Statement/ Interim Management Statement

 

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RNS Number : 6638V 
Business Post Group PLC 
15 July 2009 
 

15 July 2009 
 
 
Business Post Group plc 
 
 
AGM / INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 
 
 
 
 
At today's AGM of Business Post Group plc, Chairman Peter Kane will announce the 
following statement to shareholders covering the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 
2009. 
 
 
We have made a satisfactory start to the financial year, with trading 
performance in line with management expectations. 
 
 
"Underlying group revenues (adjusted for the number of working days) were in 
line with the revenues for the same period in the previous year. On an 
unadjusted basis group revenues in the period decreased by approximately 4% year 
on year. 
 
 
Our parcels business has seen an improved trend in underlying volume and revenue 
performance and, whilst still down on the previous year, this improvement is 
encouraging. 
 
 
Our Mail business, UK Mail, continues to achieve satisfactory levels of growth, 
benefiting from the early mail volumes from recent contract wins. 
 
 
Revenues in specialist Services, on an underlying basis, were slightly ahead of 
last year. 
 
 
 
 
The Board plans to change the name of the Group to 'UK Mail Group plc' in early 
October 2009. This will recognise the broad range of services the group now 
offers under the UK Mail brand, and reflects the livery that is now in use on 
the Group's fleet and premises." 
 
 
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For further information, please contact: 
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| Business Post Group plc                    |                                 | 
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|   Guy Buswell (Group Chief Executive)      | 0121 335 1111                   | 
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|   Steven Glew (Group Finance Director)     | 01753 706 070                   | 
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| Hogarth Partnership                        |                                 | 
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|        John Olsen                          | 020 7357 9477                   | 
|        Ian Payne                           |                                 | 
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