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6 May 2008 07:03

Brulines (Holdings) PLC06 May 2008 Press Release 6 May 2008 Brulines (Holdings) plc ("Brulines" or "the Group") Brulines appoints Managing Director for its Gaming Machine businesses Brulines (Holdings) plc (AIM:BRU), the market leading provider of real timemonitoring systems and data management services for the UK leisure sector, ispleased to announce the appointment of Bill Knowles as Managing Director of theGroup's gaming machine management interests comprising Machine Insite andCoin-Metrics. Bill brings with him a wealth of experience acquired in senior roles within themachines and pub sector over the last 25 years, including 19 years with PunchTaverns and Allied Domecq. In addition to Bill Knowles' appointment, the Coin Metrics sales team has beenstrengthened with the appointment of Mark Bowen as the account manager for thesouth of England. Mark has a wealth of experience in the UK gaming industry and more specificallyfrom his work with Whitbread and more recently Punch Taverns where he wasresponsible for machine management and development. Mark will help drive theGroup's real time machine monitoring systems and data management services intothe pub and leisure sectors. Commenting on the appointments, James Dickson, Chief Executive of Brulines,stated: "I am delighted that Bill is joining the team at a very exciting timefor the gaming machine industry. The knowledge and experience he has gainedwithin the pub and machine sectors will prove invaluable as we continue todevelop market leading machine management information and reporting tools. Themachine industry faces significant challenges, and we look forward to workingwith the key stakeholders to develop our service and improve operationalefficiency and customer profitability. These appointments underline our intent to invest in quality people as wecontinue to develop market leading products and operational intelligence toimprove customer profitability across the whole pub, leisure and gaming sector." Commenting on his appointment, Bill Knowles added: "I experienced Brulines'potential during my time at Punch Taverns, and having recently providedconsultancy services to the Group, it became apparent that it has fantasticopportunities to grow its customer offering and market share through theintegration of Machine Insite's data and customer support package, and the CoinMetrics real time data capture. Brulines has a strong team and I am lookingforward to leading the AWP business to become the leading provider of cuttingedge management information to the coin-op industry." - Ends - Enquiries: Brulines (Holdings) plc James Dickson, Chief ExecutiveMark Foster, Finance Director Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358 800mark.foster@brulines.com www.brulines.com Media enquiries: AbchurchSarah Hollins/ Chris Lane Tel: +44 (0) 113 203 1345sarah.hollins@abchurch-group.com www.abchurch-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange