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Delling Group PLC 09 February 2005 DELLING GROUP RAISES £1.3 MILLION Delling Group plc ('Delling Group' or 'the Group'), the marketing support services group, has raised £1.3 million before expenses from new and existing institutional investors by placing 8,666,667 new ordinary shares of 1p each at 15p per share, conducted by Seymour Pierce Limited. The funds raised will be used to fund potential acquisitions. Application has been made for the admission of 8,666,667 new ordinary shares to be traded on the AIM market. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. Dealings in the new ordinary shares are expected to commence on 15 February 2005. The Group is pursuing a growth strategy through organic development and through the purchase of suitable acquisitions. The Board expects to announce its preliminary results in April 2005. The directors continue to be confident about the Group's trading performance. Separately, the Group has published details today about a number of agreements which are for two to five years and which the Board believes have a combined value of over £3.7 million per annum in revenue terms. Aksel Bratvedt, Delling Chief Executive Officer, commented: 'The continued institutional support for our strategy is very encouraging and we are looking to continue our aggressive growth plans.' 9 February 2005 Enquiries: Delling Group 020 7010 8210 Aksel Bratvedt, Chief Executive Officer Geir Lolleng, Chief Operating Officer Seymour Pierce Limited 020 7107 8000 Dru Edmonstone College Hill 020 7457 2020 Adrian Duffield/Clare Warren This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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