Trading Statement

OneMonday Group PLC 29 May 2001 29th May 2001 ONEMONDAY GROUP PLC TRADING UPDATE OneMonday Group plc, which owns an international portfolio of largely technology-focused public relations consultancies, has reported a further sharp deterioration in trading conditions since it announced its interim results in April. As a result profit before tax in the current financial year is likely to fall significantly short of last year's figure of £2.7m before flotation expenses. The most difficult trading conditions within the Group continue to be experienced in the USA, where over the past four weeks a number of large and well-funded corporate clients have substantially and unexpectedly reduced expenditure on public relations. These reductions represent a scaling back of previously committed expenditure and were wholly unanticipated by the Group. Furthermore, whilst trading in markets such as South Africa, India and Singapore remains satisfactory, the slowdown that has been causing difficulties in the USA for the past five months is now starting to make itself felt within certain parts of the Group's European client base. The Group is responding to these difficulties by further restructuring its operations. This has principally involved redundancies at all levels throughout the Group in the USA and Europe, and this will in turn give rise to exceptional restructuring costs in the full-year figures. Looking forward, the Group believes that once the restructuring has been completed, satisfactory margins should again be achieved. For further information: Hogarth Partnership Limited Tel: 020 7357 9477 Nick Denton
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