AGM Statement

31 May 2007 07:04

Dowlis Corporate Solutions plc31 May 2007 Date: 31st May 2007 On behalf of: Dowlis Corporate Solutions plc ("Dowlis", the "Company" or the "Group") Embargoed until: 0700hrs Dowlis Corporate Solutions plc AGM Statement The Company is holding its AGM later today. Chairman, Colin Cooke, will make thefollowing statement: "As part of the preliminary announcement in March, I explained that we had putin place a revised business structure for your Group and I would like to takethis opportunity to update you further on the progress we are making. "I announced that we organised the Group into two clear business segments inorder to better explore opportunities to improve performance and manage anypotential channel conflict. This new structure is now in place and is helpingmanagement focus clearly on the opportunities in each division that show thegreatest potential. "Your Group has come a long way since floating in November 2005. Whilst wecontinue to tackle the few remaining challenges within the Promotional ProductsDivision, our acquisitions are growing ahead of expectations and similarly weremain confident that our Information & Exhibitions Division will continue toprogress ahead of plan. "In addition, we have a number of acquisition opportunities at different stagesof negotiation and are confident that we can acquire them on terms that will befavourable. "None of these achievements could have been made without the tremendousdedication of our team and the help of our loyal suppliers. I am sure we do notthank any of them sufficiently during the busy days serving our customers, so Iwould like to do so now. "Overall I am pleased with progress and look forward to delivering improvedresults over the rest of the year." Colin Cooke Chairman For further information: Dowlis Corporate Solutions plc www.dowlis.com Martin Varley, Chief Executive Officer 0870 224 6677 Daniel Stewart & Company plc Lindsay Mair / Oliver Rigby 020 7776 6550 Redleaf Communications Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen 020 7822 0200 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange