CHRISTIE GROUP PLC — Earnings Release 2014

Jan 14, 2015

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RNS Number : 0726C

Christie Group PLC

14 January 2015

14 January 2015

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Group")

Pre-Close Trading Statement

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, is pleased to announce that revenue and profits for the year to 31 December 2014 is now expected to be significantly ahead of market forecast. This is attributable to a strong year end trading performance in the transactional and advisory business, which saw the completion of a number of notable assignments in the final few weeks of the year.

Preliminary full year results for the year ended 31 December 2014 are due to be released on Tuesday 31 March 2015.

Enquiries:

Christie Group plc

David Rugg                                                                                                                                           020 7227 0707

Chief Executive

Dan Prickett                                                                                                                                        020 7227 0700

Chief Financial Officer

Charles Stanley Securities:

Russell Cook / Carl Holmes                                                                                                           020 7149 6000

Nominated Adviser & Broker

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 44 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie + Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.

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