AGM Statement

Morgan Sindall PLC 19 April 2007 Morgan Sindall plc ('the Group') AGM statement John Morgan, Executive Chairman of Morgan Sindall plc, will make the following comments at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at 12pm today. 'I am pleased to report that the Group has made an encouraging start to the year and the conditions in all our key markets continue to be positive. The office fit out market remains buoyant with levels of activity akin to last year, which is reflected by the forward order book being maintained at a level similar to the start of the year. Construction's chosen sectors of health, education, light industrial and property services are all seeing favourable trading conditions, which have resulted in the division's order book strengthening over the first quarter of the year. Infrastructure Services has continued to make progress on the major projects it secured last year and has secured further contracts in the water sector including a £38m water main tunnel for Thames Water and a £32m treatment works for Severn Trent. Affordable Housing has been successful in securing its first social housing PFI at Miles Platting in Manchester, which will be worth £200m over the next fourteen years. In addition, the division has secured further refurbishment frameworks in Haringey and in Northfield, Birmingham. Overall the Group is trading in line with expectations. We look forward to reporting on further progress in our pre-close update in June.' 19 April 2007 Enquiries: Morgan Sindall plc Tel: 020 7307 9200 John Morgan, Executive Chairman Paul Smith, Chief Executive David Mulligan, Finance Director College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Matthew Smallwood Kate Pope This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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