AGM Statement

ITIS Holdings PLC 14 September 2004 ITIS Holdings plc ('ITIS' or the 'Company') AGM Statement The following statement will be read by Sir Trevor Chinn, Chairman of ITIS, at today's AGM to be held at Station House, Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Cheshire at 10.00am. 'Trading has been very strong in the first half of this financial year and we expect the high demand for our services will continue into the second half. Our interim results for the six months ended 30th September 2004 will be substantially better than those achieved in the same period last year as a result of significantly increased revenues and tight cost controls which have led to a substantial reduction in loss and reduced cash outflow. Our business is split between into two main operating areas. ITIS collects traffic information using Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) and our new Estimotion technology (which anonymously samples the position of mobile phones in moving vehicles) and distributes it to the automotive sector, (through RDS-TMC, cellular networks and via short dial premium line numbers) and to both local and central Government. NavTrak is our stolen vehicle tracking service and is sold directly to OEM's and fitted to high value vehicles. ITIS continues to be the market leader in RDS-TMC services and now has contracts with Bentley Motors, BMW, Ferrari & Maserati, Ford Motor Company, Land Rover, Lexus, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, Renault, Saab, Subaru Europe, Toyota, Vauxhall Motors and Volkswagen and in the aftermarket with Alpine, Becker, Panasonic, Pioneer and Siemens VDO. We expect to announce further contracts during the remaining part of this year ensuring that we remain the major provider of RDS-TMC in the UK. As RDS-TMC is an international standard we are investigating how we can use our knowledge together with the Estimotion technology to support services outside the UK. In February this year we announced a three year contract to supply historic FVD to the Department for Transport and we are pleased to report that the DfT is now starting to use and distribute our data widely. Both national and local Government are key areas for ITIS and we will build on this contract from the DfT to maximise revenues from this important sector. The acquisition of Estimotion in December 2003 has exceeded our expectations. We have secured O2 as a network partner in the UK and will shortly be taking our first deployment in Scotland and expect other cities will follow shortly after. We are working with the Flemish Government and Proximus, the largest network in Belgium and last week we announced our entry into the US market with a strategically significant contract to provide real time traffic information in the Baltimore region. There is considerable interest from Government and cellular networks around the world for our technology and we will find a balance between taking advantage of this interest whilst ensuring that we do not over commit in terms of resources. We will prioritise contracts where there are immediate revenue streams and where we do not need to invest heavily in people or infrastructure. Our preference is for licensing or partnerships with either the cellular networks who can use the data which we produce to provide services back to their customers or alternatively, those organisations who have access to other markets where traffic data can be sold. Next month, under the terms of the acquisition we will pay the next tranche payment of £816,000. We believe that there is a huge market for real time traffic information using our technology and we have proven that we can work outside the UK without the need to use our own delivery channel. We are therefore focussed on using our understanding of traffic and congestion combined with our knowledge of specific applications, like RDS-TMC to support customers with the data they need on a stand alone basis. NavTrak is performing well as a result of our focus on manufacturer customers who include Land Rover, Bentley Motors and Ferrari/ Maserati and is now cash flow positive on a monthly basis. The Board are extremely satisfied with the financial performance to date and are pleased to report that with continued strong demand for our services and greatly reducing losses our cash balances remain strong.' Contact: Stuart Marks, Chief Executive, ITIS Holdings plc - 0161 929 5788 Ginny Pulbrook, Citigate Dewe Rogerson - 0207 282 2945 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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