AGM Statement

Braemar Seascope Group PLC 21 June 2006 PRESS RELEASE For immediate release 21 June 2006 Comments made by the Chief Executive at the Annual General Meeting on 21 June 2006 I am pleased to provide an update on the Group's trading after the first quarter of the new financial year. Shipbroking activity levels continue to be good, particularly in deep sea tanker chartering and specialised product and small tanker chartering despite the weaker US dollar. The Offshore market remains buoyant with exploration activity stimulated by the oil price. Sale and purchase activity has also begun well, with an emphasis on newbuilding business which will benefit future years as well. This business, coupled with an increase in our time charter activity, maintains the forward order book close to a record high level. The Dry market has been weak over the last few months but we are now seeing signs of improvement. Our other shipping services business are all performing well and expected to show good year-on-year growth: Wavespec is benefiting from the Qatargas LNG supervision business which will continue for at least 3 years with the possibility of extension for more years and more vessels. Cory Brothers is showing continued growth in both the ship agency and logistics arms of its business which are enjoying increased activity. Our new businesses are performing well. The bunker business in Australia is trading profitably and growing its transaction volumes and the incident response business, DV Howells, is operating well while actively working on new client opportunities. We expect it to be able to gain new business now that it is part of the Group. Although we are only at an early stage in the current financial year, the Group is trading in line with the Board's expectations. Iain Shaw is retiring from the Board today after 32 years with the company. Iain has been an important part of the management team particularly for his long experience in tanker chartering. He played a key role in the flotation of Seascope in 1997 and in the mergers with Braemar Shipbrokers and Braemar Tankers in 2001. We wish him every success in the future. Ends For further information, contact: Braemar Seascope Group plc Alan Marsh Tel 020 7535 2650 James Kidwell Tel 020 7535 2881 Aquila Financial Peter Reilly Tel 020 7202 2601 Charles Stanley Securities Philip Davies Tel 020 7953 2000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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