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Glen Group PLC 01 December 2004 Glen Group plc Admission to AIM following a successful placing Glen Group plc ('Glen') announces that its shares will begin trading on AIM this morning under the symbol GLN following a placing of 25,000,000 new ordinary shares at 3p each by Seymour Pierce. In total, the issue is raising £750,000 of new money before expenses, and Glen will have a total of 50,000,000 shares in issue, giving it an initial market capitalisation of £1,500,000. Glen is an IT and communications integration business, focussed on providing a wide range of communications and IT services to SMEs throughout the United Kingdom. Glen is positioned at the customer end of the supply chain and manages customers across these services. Commenting on today's AIM admission, Graham J Duncan, who founded Glen at the beginning of 2002, said: 'I am delighted to be returning to the public market with a young, innovative and ambitious company. Glen will be using the funds raised to develop a national sales team, set-up IT sales and support offices and market our products and services throughout the United Kingdom. Being on AIM will also give Glen a higher profile, which will assist us in the development of the business, both organically and by acquisition. I am delighted that our initial flotation has been a success, as this is a real vote of confidence in the Group and our plans for the future. Joining me on the Board as Non-Executive Chairman is Eric Hagman, formerly of Andersen, whose knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we build the business' Eric Hagman said: 'When Graham approached me to get involved with Glen I was delighted to accept. We have identified a very obvious gap in the market for a one-stop-shop supplier of IT and communications and with Graham's drive, enthusiasm and experience Glen will be well placed to capitalise on this growing market.' For further information please contact: Glen Graham J Duncan, Chief Executive 0131 654 9479 Seymour Pierce Ellis 01293 517744 Neil Badger Seymour Pierce John Depasquale 0207 107 8010 Halogen Communications 0131 550 3794 John Crawford This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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