24 Nov 2006 07:00
International Greetings PLC24 November 2006 24 November 2006 International Greetings plc ("International Greetings" or "the Group") Notice of interim results International Greetings (AIM: IGR), the leading designer and manufacturer ofprivate label greetings products, wrapping paper and film and televisioncharacter based licensed stationery, will announce interim results for the sixmonths ended 30 September 2006 on 13 December 2006. For further information:Richard Sunderland / Rachel Drysdale, Tavistock Communications: 020 7920 3150rsunderland@tavistock.co.uk / rdrysdale@tavistock.co.uk Notes to Editors: International Greetings PLC is a leading designer and manufacturer of privatelabel wrapping paper, greetings products and film and television character basedlicensed stationery. It currently has over 2,000 employees and produces giftwrapping paper, gift tags, ribbons, Christmas crackers, greeting cards and otherdecorative accessories. The Group provides wrapping paper and gift products to most of the major highstreet retailers and holds the licences to produce merchandise for most of thewell-known family blockbusters, including the Spider-Man series, Cars, therecently released Happy Feet and the Simpsons Movie, due to be released in 2007 International Greetings was founded by Anders Hedlund in 1979 and has successfuloperations in the United States, Hong Kong, China and Eastern Europe. TheCompany also has a strong platform for growth in Europe, through its Dutch basedHoomark subsidiary. In April 2006, it acquired Alligator Books, a publisher anddistributor of children's books and stationery. International Greetings listed on AIM in 1995 and is currently capitalised atabout £200 million. Further information is available at www.internationalgreetings.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange