Earthport Regulatory News (EPO)

23 Mar 2005 12:38

Earthport PLC23 March 2005 Stock Exchange Announcement For immediate release 23rd March 2005 earthport plc ("earthport") Update regarding Baltimore Technologies PLC ("Baltimore") litigation Following earthport providing Security for Costs, the Court ordered Baltimore toserve its defence by 25th March 2005. Baltimore requested from earthport on 15th March 2005 an extension of time from25th March 2005 to 22nd April 2005 to submit their defence, because of variousdelaying factors including availability of ex-Baltimore management and staff andlocation of documents. earthport in response suggested an extension period oftwo weeks, which has been accepted by Baltimore. earthport is surprised by the above delay and apparent difficulties in theservice of Baltimore's defence, given previous RNS announcements made byBaltimore, specifically RNS 4746H dated 18th January 2005 and RNS 6264F on 25thNovember 2004, implying a lack of merit in earthport's claim. Enquiries: Rob Cunningham - CEO earthport plc +44 (0)207 907 1100David Nabarro/Nigel Atkinson - Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited +44 (0)207 710 7400James Melville-Ross/Juliet Clarke - Financial Dynamics +44 (0)207 831 3113 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange