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31 Mar 2005 11:32

Electric Word PLC31 March 2005 31 March 2005 ELECTRIC WORD PLC CHAIRMAN'S AGM STATEMENT At today's Annual General Meeting of Electric Word plc, the chairman, PeterRigby said: "The performance of the Group and its two divisions is in line with theBoard's expectations . The Public Sector Management Information divisioncontinues to be led by the education business, with PfP (acquired in November2003) performing strongly with the successful recent launch of the FoundationStage File, a loose-leaf subscription product for early years educators. Growthin the Sport & Specialist Consumer division is being supported by the success ofdeveloping an online channel to market and by the development of a number of newproducts to sell through that channel. "We continue to review acquisition opportunities to add to the scale of thebusiness and take advantage of Electric Word's considerable publishing andmarketing expertise in our well defined areas." ENDS Enquiries: Julian Turner, Chief Executive Electric Word 020 7954 3470 Tim Spratt/Kim Muckle Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange