First Property Group PLC
07 September 2007
Date: 07 September 2007
Embargoed until: 0700hrs
On behalf of: First Property Group plc ('First Property' or the 'Company')
For immediate release
First Property Group plc
AGM Statement
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the AIM-listed property services group
specialising in property asset management, announces that it will hold its
Annual General Meeting today at 12 pm.
At the AGM, the Company's Chief Executive, Ben Habib, will make the following
statement:
'The Company has continued to make good progress in the current financial year.
The continued focusing of the Company's activities on asset management, where
the visibility of revenues is far greater, is progressing successfully.
'During the first five months of the current financial year, the Company has
successfully increased its assets under management by 43 per cent to £215
million (Eur 315 million) with a further pipeline of assets expected to come to
fruition over the coming months. The new properties acquired include a light
industrial and logistics centre in Baldowska, Tczew, Tri-City region in Poland,
the Oxford Tower office block in the Central Business District of Warsaw, a
mixed-use retail and office block in the Zoliborz area of Warsaw, an industrial
facility in Poznan and two logistics warehouses in Romania.
'The primary markets in which we operate continue to deliver exciting investment
prospects, particularly in Poland where there is a sustained level of high
economic growth and low inflation. The Group now manages 22 properties across
the length and breadth of Poland and a further 3 properties in Romania. We
employ a team of 13 people in our Polish office enabling the Company to react
quickly to all investment opportunities of interest.
'The facilities management business, in which we acquired a 60% shareholding in
February 2006, has performed well to date and we expect a good contribution from
the business this year.
'We look forward to updating the market with further news in due course.'
First Property will report its interim results to 30 September 2007 in November
2007.
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Enquiries to:
Ben Habib, Chief Executive www.fprop.com
First Property Group plc Tel: 020 7731 2844
Chris Hardie, Corporate Finance Director chris.hardie@arden-partners.com
Arden Partners Tel: 020 7398 1639
Emma Kane / Adam Leviton / Tom Newman al@redleafpr.com /
tn@redleafpr.com
Redleaf Communications Ltd Tel: 020 7822 0200
Notes to Editors:
•First Property Group plc was established in March 2000 by Chief Executive Ben
Habib, to provide a number of property services which include property asset
management, property transaction underwriting and trading, and facilities
management.
•The Company listed its shares on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in
December 2000 with a view to fuelling further growth.
•First Property Group plc is an integrated property services group which
consists of the following core services:
- Property asset management - established in August 2002 and provided by a
wholly owned subsidiary, First Property Asset Management Ltd (FPAM),
now with operations in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe;
- Property transaction underwriting and trading - established in August 2001
also provided by FPAM, now with operations in the UK, Central and Eastern
Europe;
- Facilities Management - acquired 60% of First Property Services Ltd in
February 2006, with operations in the UK and clients including: Credit Suisse,
Canary Wharf, the BBC, Coutts Bank and Exxon Mobil.
Further information about the company and its products can be found at:
www.fprop.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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