Result of AGM

Inspace Plc 17 May 2007 Press Release 17 May 2007 Inspace plc ('Inspace' or 'the Company') Result of AGM Inspace plc (AIM:INSP), one of the UK's leading specialist service providers to the social housing market, confirms that all the resolutions put to shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed. Executive Chairman, Colin Enticknap, made the following statement at the meeting: 'My Executive Chairman's Statement in the Annual Report and Accounts described 2006 as a 'strategically important year'. Whilst that was certainly the case, it might be considered something of an understatement bearing in mind the transformation our business went through. 'Through the Widacre acquisition, we grew our business substantially to more than double its original size; we created a better structure and weighting to our portfolio; we established a much stronger and broader presence in the social housing market; and we improved earnings visibility through a workload platform that trebled in size. Alongside all that, we delivered overall growth ahead of expectation in most key areas. 'Looking forward, with the first quarter of this year now behind us, we are pleased to report that we remain on track to deliver 2007 results in line with market forecasts. We cannot, of course, be complacent; there is still more work to be done to secure the results and particularly to shape the business for the longer term. 'In Social Housing, our focus this year is upon migrating our pipeline of ' preconstruction orders', where we are going through the cost planning, design development or mobilisation stage, into contracts on the ground to unlock the balance of this year's turnover, and upon building the workload platform for 2008 ideally to include our first 'stand alone' Decent Homes contract. We are equally focused upon converting those maintenance contracts still invoiced on a 'schedule of rates' basis to a 'cost plus' partnering arrangement, where we have historically achieved an enviable track record, an important step both to improve customer service levels and to lift project margins to a satisfactory level. 'In Affordable Housing, our focus remains upon growing our portfolio of land for regeneration, preferably in joint venture with RSLs and with only modest capital outlay, and upon securing the planning consents needed to support our 2008 and 2009 targets. 'And in Corporate Assets, our focus is upon successfully implementing the final phase of a comprehensive change programme aimed at increasing the quality and visibility of workload and the efficiency of operational delivery, but without being distracted from delivering day to day business. 'There is much to do, but we are making encouraging progress across all divisions. Our markets remain robust and early signs from the Comprehensive Spending Review suggest that this will continue to be the case; our sales pipeline, which suffered a seasonal lull at the end of the local authority calendar, remains substantial with tender opportunities once again flowing well; and, most importantly, our management team, which is now even stronger with greater experience, breadth and depth, remains confident in our ability to deliver continued and sustained growth.' - Ends - For further information: Inspace plc Andrew Telfer, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +44 (0) 1462 678 910 andrew.telfer@inspace.co.uk www.inspace.co.uk Seymour Pierce Mark Percy, Corporate Finance Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000 markpercy@seymourpierce.com www.seymourpierce.com Media enquiries: Abchurch Henry Harrison-Topham Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7702 henry.ht@abchurch-group.com www.abchurch-group.com Notes to editors Inspace plc is a property based services group, and one of the UK's leading specialist service providers to the social housing market. Inspace has three complementary areas of activity: social housing, affordable housing and corporate assets. Social Housing - creating and maintaining sustainable homes The division is one of the UK's leading specialist service providers to social housing landlords through long term framework contracts. Its services comprise major 'repair and maintenance', 'stock reinvestment' and new build programmes for local authorities, Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMO) and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs). Total spending on social housing is currently around £14 billion per annum, of which around £10.3 billion is spent on repair, maintenance and improvement. Of this, £4 billion is spent on ongoing repair and maintenance, with the remaining £6 billion being spent on capital projects such as major refurbishment and improvement. This includes a contribution of between £1 billion and £2 billion a year from the Decent Homes initiative. The provision of new housing, which is currently running at around 35,000 units a year, adds a further £3.5 billion to this sum. Affordable Housing - developing integrated communities The affordable housing division specialises in the provision of low cost homes for sale in partnership with RSLs, usually alongside social housing built by the Social Housing division, as part of more extensive mixed tenure schemes. It has already established a number of joint venture companies with RSLs and through its involvement in the Key London Alliance consortium, has been appointed to provide mixed tenure developments under the Government's London Wide Initiative. Corporate Assets - improving and maintaining public and private real estate The corporate assets division provides a comprehensive repair, maintenance, capital works and interior design service across public and private sector non-residential real estate. It delivers 24/7 integrated maintenance services across England, Scotland and Wales through its national network of branches and 'home based' mobile engineers. Its specialist design-led service offers customers an integrated interior design, installation and furnishing 'one stop' solution. Further information on Inspace can be found at www.inspace.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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