AGM Statement

Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC 03 May 2007 03 May 2007 Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc AGM Statement Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc ('Michelmersh' or 'the Group') (AIM: MBH) the UK's largest producer of handmade specification bricks and clay paviors, announces that at its Annual General Meeting to be held later today, Thursday, 3 May 2007, Eric Gadsden, chairman of Michelmersh, will make the following statement: 'I am pleased to report that we are continuing to make excellent progress this year. We see a marked improvement in the high quality end of the market and are experiencing strong demand for our products across all the Group companies. This has translated into sales for the first four months of the year being 17% ahead of last year's figures for the same period. Additionally, energy costs have stabilised at significantly lower levels than last year and we are also now benefiting from the production efficiencies that have been gained as a result of the recently completed capital investment programme we made in our plant. We continue to run our plants at full output and sales are now starting to match these production levels. Progress on the planning application for residential development of 60 acres of land at Telford in partnership with Persimmon Homes continues. We anticipate this will be submitted in the near future and that, as detailed at the time of our 2006 results, will result in the Group receiving significant cash income from the project in 2008 and 2009. In early April the Competition Commission provisionally cleared the proposed acquisition of Baggeridge Brick by Wienerberger. We subsequently acquired a 17.4% interest in Baggeridge Brick and are currently considering our options in this regard. Following approval at the AGM, the Company's maintained dividend of 1.1 pence per share will be paid to shareholders on the register as at 5 October 2007, on 31 October, reflecting our continued confidence in the Group's performance going forward.' For further information: Martin Warner, Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc: 01442 870 227 Russell Cook, Charles Stanley Securities: 020 7149 6000 Richard Sunderland/Jeremy Carey, Tavistock Communications: 020 7920 3150 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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