Shearwater Regulatory News (SWG)

25 Oct 2007 07:00

Scott Wilson Group plc25 October 2007 25 October 2007 SCOTT WILSON GROUP PLC PRE-CLOSE STATEMENT Scott Wilson Group plc ("Scott Wilson" or "the Group"), the internationalconsultancy offering integrated professional services in the transportation,property, environment and natural resources sectors, today issues a pre-closestatement prior to the announcement of its interim results for the 26 weeksending 28 October 2007, due to be announced on 12 December 2007. During the period, the Group has continued to make strong progress. This hasbeen driven by ongoing high levels of demand in all our main market sectorstogether with the benefits of recent acquisitions. We have also achieved furtherimprovements to operating margins, in particular in the International Division. The major new project wins secured in the first half of the year have maintainedour order book at record levels and will help to sustain strong organic growthin line with our strategic plan. The two acquisitions made in the first half, DCL Consulting Engineers Ltd andMcLay Collier continue to perform in line with internal forecasts. The Board is, therefore, confident of reporting interim results consistent withcurrent market expectations for the full year. Ends For further information please contact: Scott Wilson Group plc www.scottwilson.com Geoff French, Group Chairman 01256 310200 Sean Cummins, Group Finance Director 020 7798 5000 Lak Siriwardene, Head of Communications 07824 311762 Financial Dynamics Charlie Armitstead 020 7269 7291 Scott Wilson Group plc Scott Wilson Group plc, with over 5,500 members of staff globally, providessustainable, integrated solutions to meet the planning, engineering, managementand environmental needs of clients across the transportation, property,environment and natural resources market sectors. The Group has doubled in size over the past few years and from its UKheadquarters currently controls a worldwide network of offices in some 80locations, of which over 40 are in the UK. The main international centres arelocated in China, Hong Kong, India, SE Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe andSouthern Africa. Considerable progress has been made over the past year with a significant numberof high profile contract wins. These include the East London Line, AirdrieBathgate Rail Link, London Crossrail, Three Counties Alliance, Combe Down MineStabilisation, Bahrain Islands Developments, and the Ionian Motorway in Greece. www.scottwilson.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange