Dubai Presentation 06.11.08

RNS Number : 4699H

Carillion PLC

05 November 2008

 



5 November 2008

Carillion hosts visit for investors and analysts 

Carillion will be hosting a visit for investors and analysts to its operations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from 6 November to 7 November.   The visit will include a presentation on Carillion's activities in the Middle East and North Africa that will be available on Carillion's website on 6 November at

http://www.carillionplc.com/investors/investors_presentations.asp

The presentation will contain no new material information, financial or strategic.  

Carillion will confirm its previous guidance that it remains firmly on track to broadly double the revenue of its businesses in the Middle East and North Africa from £584 million in 2007 to a run rate of over £1.0 billion by the end of 2009, of which Carillion's share will be over £600 million, at a margin of some 6 per cent. 

Carillion will also re-confirm that the Group continues to expect to make strong progress in 2008 and to deliver materially enhanced earnings in 2009. 

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc [phone]

Notes to editors 

Carillion is the UK's leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and an extensive construction business. The Group has annual revenue of around £5 billion, employs some 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean. 

In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services. 

In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion's portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

In the inaugural 2008 Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards, Carillion secured first place in category for large and medium-sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall.  

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com 

 

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