DEWHURST GROUP PLC — Earnings Release 2012

Feb 27, 2013

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Dewhurst PLC

27 February 2013

Dewhurst PLC

("Dewhurst" or the "Group")

Trading Update

Dewhurst plc, announces that as previously noted in the Chairman's Statement of the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2012, customer demand in the UK started the new year slowly and that weakness has continued to date.  Although Group results are traditionally stronger in the second half, and management have no reason to expect any change in that pattern this year, the Board now anticipate that full year profits will be significantly lower than current market expectations.

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For further details please contact:

Dewhurst Plc	Tel: +44 (0) 208 744 8200
Richard Dewhurst, Chairman Jared Sinclair, Finance Director
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser)	Tel: +44 (0) 207 107 8000
David Foreman / Rick Thompson (Corporate Finance)
Paul Jewell (Corporate Broking)

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