AGM Statement

Petards Group PLC
26 July 2007


                               Petards Group plc
                          ('Petards' or 'the Group')

                        AGM Statement & Trading Update

Petards, the AIM listed developer of advanced surveillance systems, announces
that at its Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions laid before the
meeting were duly passed.

In his statement to shareholders, Tim Wightman, Chairman of Petards, said:

'Last year the Group reported a first half operating loss of £0.6m and the Board
expects that the 2007 interim results will show a significant improvement over
those results. The 2007 interim statement will be released in the latter part of
September. The Group is currently trading in line with market expectations for
the full year as previously described in the Preliminary Results announcement
made on the 28 June.'


For further information please contact:

Petards Group plc                                  Parkgreen Communications Ltd
Andy Wonnacott, Finance Director                   Paul McManus
Tel: [phone]                                 Tel: [phone]
www.petards.com                                    Mob: [phone]


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