AGM Statement

14 Aug 2006 07:00

Cohen(A.) & Co PLC14 August 2006 STRICTLY EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AT 7.00AM ON MONDAY, 14 AUGUST 2006 A.Cohen & Co. PLC ("A. Cohen" or the "Company") Annual General Meeting Statement Graham Ashley, the Executive Chairman, will make the following statement at theAnnual General Meeting to be held later today: "On 27 July 2006, the Independent Directors unanimously recommended theacquisition of Crimson Tide Limited. The Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")to approve the acquisition and the change of name to Crimson Tide plc ("CrimsonTide") will take place on 21 August 2006. Assuming the acquisition is approvedby shareholders, it will offer a fresh start for A. Cohen and its shareholders. Crimson Tide offers remote e-mail, CRM and mobile field sales and servicesolutions on a subscription basis using handheld computers and smartphones tobusinesses across the UK. The market for mobile e-mail access is expandingrapidly with Palm forecasting a 10-fold increase in worldwide mobile e-mailusers by 2008 and Microsoft believe mobility is set to grow by over 30 percentper annum to 2007. Against this background, I am confident that Crimson Tide has both themanagement and the opportunity to grow rapidly in this fast expanding market andwe look forward to updating shareholders on the progress at Crimson Tidefollowing the EGM." For further information, please contact: A.Cohen & Co. PLC Tel: 020 7747 7400Graham Ashley, Executive Chairman W.H. Ireland Tel: 0121 616 2101Tim Cofman-Nicoresti Cubitt Consulting Tel: 020 7367 5100Leanne Denman / Allison Reid / Nia Thomas This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange