Trading Update

Delling Group PLC 20 October 2005 For Release 20 October 2005 DELLING GROUP PLC Trading update and brand development 'Delling benefits from rebranding to grow customer numbers and sales' Customer and sales growth Delling Group PLC ('Delling' or 'the Group' or 'the Company'), the AIM-listed marketing support services group, announces that following the gradual integration of various brands, as detailed below, the Group has seen a recent increase in the number of new customers and an upturn in sales, to the extent that turnover during the months of August and September 2005 was 180 per cent ahead of the prior period last year both in terms of organic and acquisition growth. The directors are confident that the Group is on the track to meet the current market expectations for 2005. Since August 2005, Delling Group has won 20 new customers across a range of sectors and these include among others, Ogilvy, Norway, the large international advertising agency; Eurobet, a European on-line poker company and Schering Plough, the global, research-based pharmaceutical company. Integrated branding Delling's recent acquisition of three companies and their respective brands has required a brand rationalisation exercise in order to bring the trading companies - Butler Systems, Azzets and Depicta - under the one Group brand. Accordingly, Delling's subsidiaries will now trade, with immediate effect, under the 'Delling' brand. This exercise supports Delling's strategy of being an integrated marketing support services Group. With the benefit of only one trading name, Delling expects its own marketing work to be considerably simplified, which in itself should generate various cost related benefits. Geir Lolleng, Chief Executive of Delling Group, commented: 'On the back of our strong sales force and with a firm conviction that the Delling offering represents the best value for the customer, I am pleased to announce an increase in both the Group's turnover and our client base. I am also pleased that we are now marketing our services under one brand. I am confident that these developments will further accelerate our growth as we continue to build the size and scope of the Company.' ENDS Delling Group Plc Tel: 020 7484 6160 Aksel Bratvedt, Executive Chairman Geir Lolleng, Chief Executive Binns & Co PR Ltd Peter Binns/Tarquin Edwards Tel: 020 7786 9600 Notes to Editors: Re: Contracts As far as contracts are concerned in Delling's market, it is usual for customers to work on a non-contractual basis and with new orders being placed for each individual assignment. Customer loyalty however, tends towards the client relationship being maintained across a number of years. Delling has placed considerable emphasis on changing this non-contractual way of doing business and it sees good opportunities for the conversion of un-contracted customers on to contracts, on a two to five year basis. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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