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19 May 2016
Portmeirion Group PLC ('the Company')
AGM Statement
At the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held today at 12.00 noon, the Non-Executive Chairman, Dick Steele, will make the following statement:
"Our two largest markets, the US and the UK have performed better than during the same period last year but sales to South Korea have not recovered as we had expected. As a result total sales for the four months to the end of April were 2% below the corresponding period last year. We have also experienced an unexpected decrease in demand from some of our other Asian markets. However, we do not believe that this is a permanent trend.
We are taking action in response to the decrease in demand and we are confident that this, combined with our recent acquisition of Wax Lyrical, will provide overall growth for the Group this year. Consequently, we expect profit before tax to be in line with market expectations for the full year."
Enquiries:
Portmeirion Group PLC:Dick Steele +44 (0) 1782 744721 steele_clan@msn.com
Non-executive Chairman Brett Phillips, +44 (0) 1782 744721 bphillips@portmeiriongroup.com
Group Finance Director
Bell Pottinger:
Dan de Belder +44 (0) 203 772 2561 ddebelder@bellpottinger.com
Saskia Lumley +44 (0) 203 772 2593 slumley@bellpottinger.com
Panmure Gordon +44 (0) 207 886 2500
(Nominated Adviser and Broker):
Freddy Crossley/ Duncan Monteith Corporate Finance
Tom Salvesen Corporate Broking
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe +44 (0) 207 894 7000
(Joint Broker):
Catherine Leftley/Marc Milmo Corporate Finance
David Banks Sales
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