ELE.L Regulatory News (ELE)

17 Dec 2007 07:01

Electric Word PLC17 December 2007 17 December 2007 Electric Word plc Pre-close update for the year ended 30th November 2007 Electric Word plc, the specialist information publisher, is providing thefollowing update for the year ended 30 November 2007 prior to entering its closeperiod and ahead of its preliminary results announcement on 21 February 2008. The Company has continued to trade well in the fourth quarter and results forthe year to 30 November 2007 are anticipated to be in line with the Board'sexpectations and significantly ahead of the previous year. Chief Executive Julian Turner commented: "Despite the adverse effects of the postal strike in October, we have seenstrong trading performances in both the education and sports sectors,particularly SportBusiness Group which goes from strength to strength.Integration of the Speechmark speech therapy publishing business acquired inOctober 2007 is proceeding well and we are excited by the growth potential inMyChild, the magazine aimed at supporting parents with their children'seducational development in which we took a majority stake in November." - Ends - Enquiries: Julian Turner, Chief ExecutiveElectric Word020 7954 3470 Helen Thomas/Tim SprattFinancial Dynamics020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange