AGM Statement

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 W.H. Ireland Group PLC (WHI) 
AGM Statement 
 
30-March-2017 / 07:00 GMT/BST 
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*WH IRELAND GROUP PLC* 
 
('WH Ireland', 'WHI' or the 'Company') 
*AGM Statement* 
 
At the Company's Annual General Meeting, to be held later today, the 
Chairman, Tim Steel will make the following statement: 
 
'In the Chairman's statement in WH Ireland's report and accounts for the 
year ended 30 November 2016, I stated that the Board remained cautiously 
optimistic about the year ahead. I am pleased to be able to add some clarity 
to that statement nearly four months into our current financial year. 
 
The Private Wealth Management division is transitioning its operational 
platform to SEI (Europe) Ltd as planned. This should be effective as of the 
beginning of May 2017. WHI's total assets under management have increased to 
GBP3.0billion, a 4% increase from the year end. Of this total, discretionary 
assets have continued to rise and as at the end of February 2017, amounted 
to GBP1.1billion, an increase of over 8% from the year end. Our Wealth 
Planning team has also performed well during this period. 
 
Our Corporate Broking division has seen a significant increase in client 
activity when compared with the same period last year. We have been involved 
in a number of secondary fund raisings including a GBP48m placing for CareTech 
Holdings plc last week. In addition, we believe that the strong mandated 
pipeline in this division bodes well for the year ahead. The Corporate 
Broking division is now led by Adam Pollock, who joined us in March 2017 
from Zeus Capital and under his leadership we look forward to further growth 
in the client base and activity across this division.' 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
*WH Ireland Group plc * www.whirelandplc.com [1] 
 
Richard Killingbeck, Chief Executive Officer [phone] 
 
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Language:      English 
ISIN:          GB0009241885 
Category Code: MSCM 
TIDM:          WHI 
Sequence No.:  4003 
 
End of Announcement EQS News Service 
 
559875 30-March-2017 
 
 
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