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8 April 2011 Graphite Enterprise Trust PLC ("Graphite Enterprise" or the "Company") announces that contracts have been exchanged to sell 74.9% of its investment in Preh, which is held both directly and through the Company's interest in Deutsche Beteiligungs AG IV. The sale is subject to regulatory approval. This sale has no impact on the Company's last reported net asset value per share of 534.0p as at 31 January 2011, as the valuation of Preh was adjusted in those accounts for the effect of this transaction. Together with proceeds from the previously announced disposals of Wagamama and Kwik-Fit, the Company expects to receive cash of £30.5 million as these three transactions complete over the coming months.

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Games Workshop Group PLC today issues the following interim management statement for the period 29 November 2010 to 3 April 2011. In the four months to 3 April 2011 the Group has continued to deliver strong gross margins and cost savings. The Group announces that pre-tax profits in respect of the year to 29 May 2011 are likely to be ahead of current market expectations. Cash generation remains healthy. As a result, and in line with the Company's dividend policy to distribute to shareholders truly surplus cash (as set out in the Company's 2010 annual report) the board has today declared a dividend of 20p per share. This will be paid on 25 May 2011 for shareholders on the register at 26 April 2011.

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Landkom shrugs off winter freeze Date: Friday 08 Apr 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Landkom’s crops were largely unaffected by the severe winter weather, the Ukrainian grain and oilseeds grower said. Just 2.14% of its crops planted during autumn were lost, the company said, with the winter wheat remaining completely unscathed. About 3% of the rape was lost. The majority of the crops are in very good or good condition, with the remainder in average condition, the company said. “Despite the long hard winter, our crops have come through in good condition,” said Landkom chief executive Vitaliy Skotsyk. “This gives us considerable confidence in delivering our expected hectarage for harvest this summer, with good potential tonnage - particularly at a time when prices are buoyant."

Unite's reservations ahead of last year Date: Friday 08 Apr 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Student accommodation firm Unite Group saw an increase in the net asset value (NAV) of its UNITE UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF) in the first quarter of 2011. The NAV as at 31 March 2011 was £0.822 per unit, reflecting an increase of 1.7% during the first quarter of 2011 (31 December 2010: £0.808 per unit). Almost half (0.8 percentage points) of the gain was accounted for by movement in swap rate values, while a similar amount was caused by movement in property values. The fund’s property portfolio, comprising 21,697 beds in 64 properties across 20 UK markets, was independently valued at £1.237bn. Valuation yields remained stable during the quarter at 6.67% (31 December 2010 6.67%). In line with previous years, the group expects to recognise the majority of the annual rental growth in the next two quarterly valuations as reservations for the forthcoming academic year progress. “We expect to deliver total rental growth of 3-4% over the year in line with previous guidance particularly given that reservations for the USAF portfolio for the forthcoming academic year are already at 60%, ahead of the 57% level achieved at the same time last year,” said Unite’s chief financial officer, Joe Lister.

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Commenting on the Fund's valuation, Joe Lister, UNITE's Chief Financial Officer, said: "The Fund's positive performance in the first quarter of 2011 reflects continuing rental growth, which the Fund has delivered every quarter since its creation in 2006. This resulted in a 0.5% increase in the Fund's property portfolio value. We expect to deliver total rental growth of 3-4% over the year in line with previous guidance particularly given that reservations for the USAF portfolio for the forthcoming academic year are already at 60%, ahead of the 57% level achieved at the same time last year."

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Phoenix IT to take exceptional charges of £3.5m Date: Friday 08 Apr 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Trading in the year to end-March was in line with management expectations at information technology services firm Phoenix IT. The company completed the integration of its two end user divisions, ICM Business Continuity and Servo, in the second half of the financial year. As previously indicated, combining the two businesses has resulted in some one-off restructuring costs, and these will represent the bulk of the £3.5m in exceptional charges the group expects to take in its full year accounts. The group continues to enjoy strong operating cash flow and net debt (including finance leases) has continued to reduce over the year. At the end of March net debt stood at £62.4m, down from £67.9m the year before.

Phoenix IT Group plc Trading Update Phoenix IT Group plc ("Group") releases a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2011 (unaudited). Revenues and underlying* profit before tax for the year were in line with the Board's expectations. The integration of our two end user divisions, ICM Business Continuity and Servo, was completed, as anticipated, during the second half of the year, culminating in the official launch of the combined business as ICM on 4 April. The combination of these businesses will enable the Group to better satisfy customer requirements in a new era in IT infrastructure and enhance the growth of its data centre and hosting related businesses. As previously stated, in combining the businesses we have incurred some one-off restructuring costs which will be offset by synergies and cost savings over the next 18 months. These costs represent the largest element of a number of non-recurring charges for the year, which total approximately £3.5m. The Group continues to enjoy strong operating cash flow and, despite the planned increased levels of capital expenditure in the end user businesses and the enhanced dividend payout policy, net debt (including finance leases) has continued to reduce over the year and stood at £62.4m at the year end (2010: £67.9m). Following the refinancing in August 2010 the Group has a strong balance sheet with considerable headroom. The Group will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2011 on 7 June 2011.

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Dr. Raymond Akers, Founder & Executive Chairman of ABI, commented, "We are pleased to see our test used so successfully in a clinical situation, and also that the authors thought highly enough of our product to include it in their new diagnostic algorithm for HIT. When a physician encounters a life and death situation like HIT, he or she needs a product that can be entirely relied upon to provide critical information in a timely manner. This study is a validation of our product's performance. We believe that the positive experiences reported in this study are similar to those in other institutions, and have contributed to the increase in the market penetration of this product that we have observed this year."

Conclusion of First Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Study Akers Biosciences, Inc. (AIM:AKR), a leading designer and manufacturer of rapid diagnostic screening and testing products, announces the results of a study recently concluded at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, which included an analysis of ABI's PIFA Heparin/PF-4 Rapid Assay ("PIFA test"), as well as several different laboratory methods in the screening for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ("HIT") in critically ill patients. The Company is pleased to announce that not only did its PIFA test correctly identify every positive patient but, more importantly, it produced no "false negative" results, unlike the alternative ELISA test. The study concluded that ABI's unique, patented PIFA assay can serve as a quick "rule out" test for HIT, thus assisting the physician in the rapid diagnosis of the patient's potentially serious condition. In the US and EU, approximately 25 million patients are exposed to Heparin annually and 1 to 5% of those patients receive a HIT diagnosis. The largest at-risk populations are patients undergoing major cardiac or orthopedic surgical procedures. It is estimated that up to 50% of cardiac surgery patients develop HIT-antibodies, while these antibodies may be detected in close to 15% of orthopedic surgery patients. Patients with HIT are at risk of developing limb- and life-threatening complications, so the timely test result provided by ABI's PIFA test, is paramount to effective, clinical decision making. Daniel Kett, M.D, one of the principal investigators of the ABI-funded study, was invited to present the conclusions at the 31st International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine last week in Brussels. Significantly, Dr. Kett and his colleagues proposed a new algorithm in the diagnosis of HIT that uses ABI's PIFA test, which could have an impact on how HIT patients are detected and managed. The Company's new point-of care testing platform for HIT antibodies, PIFA POC, was also introduced as, with the benefit of its patented integrated blood cell separator, it will further reduce the time to diagnosis to approximately 2 minutes. Dr. Kett's presentation was entitled "Heparin induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: How to interpret anti-PF4 antibody test results".

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RUUKKI GROUP COMPLETES THE SALE OF FINNISH PALLET BUSINESS 07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 8 April 2011 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release RUUKKI GROUP COMPLETES THE SALE OF FINNISH PALLET BUSINESS Ruukki Group Plc ("Ruukki" or the "Company") (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) is pleased to announce it has completed the sale of its Finnish pallet business, Oplax Oy, to Pallet Invest Oy, a company founded by a group of Finnish and Russian investors. All the conditions of the agreement have been fulfilled to complete the transaction. Oplax Oy produces 1.5 million wooden loading pallets per year. Revenue in 2010 was EUR 11.2 million. The company had 43 employees on 31 December 2010.