Intertek Group Regulatory News (ITRK)

6 May 2005 07:00

Intertek Group PLC06 May 2005 Intertek Group plc ("Intertek") 6 May 2005 at 7am AGM Statement on Trading At the Annual General Meeting of Intertek Group plc today, Vanni Treves,Chairman, will make the following statement: Group trading for the first three months of the year has been encouraging and inline with expectations despite the effect on results of the US dollar andrelated currencies declining by 3% against sterling. Labtest's turnover continues to grow well in textiles, toys and hardlinestesting in China. As expected, there has been some contraction in textiletesting in Europe and America. In Caleb Brett, the cargo inspection business andthe outsourcing of analytical laboratory services are producing good growth overlast year. ETL SEMKO is performing well in all regions, with Asia continuing toprovide the fastest growth. All the main contracts in Foreign Trade Standardsare performing well. ETL SEMKO recently acquired Omega Point Laboratories Inc (OPL) for US$4.4m. OPLis an industry leader in fire testing of building materials based in Texas, USA.The acquisitions made in 2004 are making a useful contribution to the results in2005. For further information, please contact Aston Swift, Treasurer and Investor RelationsTelephone: +44 (0) 20 7396 3400 aston.swift@intertek.com Tim Lynch, Tulchan CommunicationsTelephone: +44 (0) 20 7353 4200 tlynch@tulchangroup.com Corporate website: www.intertek.com High resolution images of Intertek Group plc businesses are available todownload, free of charge from www.vismedia.co.uk. ABOUT INTERTEKIntertek is a leading international testing, inspection and certificationorganisation which assesses customers' products and commodities against a widerange of safety, regulatory, quality and performance standards and certifies themanagement systems of customers. Intertek has 294 laboratories and over 13,500people around the world and is increasingly undertaking outsourced testing workfor its customers. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange