Wilmington Regulatory News (WIL)

8 Dec 2005 07:00

Wilmington Group Plc08 December 2005 For immediate release 8th December 2005 WILMINGTON GROUP PLC TRADING STATEMENT Wilmington Group plc ("Wilmington" or the "Group"), the professional informationand training group, today issues a trading statement in respect of the sixmonths to 31st December 2005. Trading performance for the six months to 31st December 2005 is anticipated tobe in line with our expectations. As in previous years, we expect that theGroup's performance will be weighted to the second half of the financial year. The performance of the recently acquired Quorum Training Limited and Ark Groupis expected to compensate for the reduction in the one-off benefit arising fromthe Immigration and Asylum accreditation scheme that boosted last year. As previously reported we have disposed of the portfolio of Drinks magazines andevents. We have also disposed of TMSS our television royalty reporting service.Overall we anticipate making a modest gain from discontinued activities in thesix months to 31st December 2005. Outlook The board is encouraged by the continued progress of the Group and is confidentthat its strategy of focussing on key professional markets will result infurther good progress this financial year. It is anticipated that Wilmington will announce its interim results for the sixmonths ending 31st December 2005 during the week commencing 13 March 2006. For further information, please contact: Wilmington Group Plc 020 7422 6800Charles Brady, Chief ExecutiveBasil Brookes, Finance Director Weber Shandwick Square Mile 020 7067 0700Nick Oborne or Yvonne Alexander Note to EditorsWilmington Group plc is one of the UK's leading providers of information andtraining for professional business markets. The Group provides training,arranges industry events and publishes magazines, directories, databases, andspecial reports focused primarily on its four principal sectors of Legal &Regulatory, Healthcare, Media and Entertainment, and Design and Construction.Capitalised at approximately £160 million, Wilmington floated on the LondonStock Exchange in 1995. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange