AGM Statement

Sutton Harbour Holdings PLC 25 July 2006 Sutton Harbour Holdings plc ('the Company') AGM Statement Your company has made significant progress in the last two financial years as Air Southwest was established and grew, and activity in the regeneration and property sector expanded. We have seen group profits grow quickly over this period. This year will be one of consolidation as we bring forward new projects, particularly in the regeneration and property sector, to provide profits growth over the medium term. In Plymouth the DWP office building is now complete and with the ground floors of new harbourside developments let or nearly let to commercial tenants, we are pushing on with the next phase of development to the East of the harbour. Again, we aim to bring a mix of uses to the area including residential, office and commercial. We are also working on a major canalside scheme in Exeter and we continue to bid for a number of public-private partnership initiatives including LIFT schemes elsewhere in the country. The first phase of the Plymouth LIFT schemes is now complete and we hope to have the next phase in the ground early in 2007. Air Southwest started new routes on 10 April from Newquay to Cardiff and Manchester and from Bristol to Norwich and these are showing a normal pattern of sales growth for new routes. After accounting for extra costs in connection with the launches and marketing spend we would not expect these new routes to be profitable in their first year of operation. Other routes continue to be popular although we have had to contend with a number of factors over the last few months, not least being the continuing high cost of fuel. We noticed a waning in demand for tickets during the World Cup and we experienced poor weather during May. Although the withdrawal of Air Wales from Plymouth City Airport has reduced passenger-related revenues, the airport has been active in promoting its facilities to light aircraft pilots and continues to boost income by renting land for parking. Our Marine Activities have again made a satisfactory start to the year. Fishing continues to perform steadily with the summer scallop season coming onstream and marina incomes have been swelled following the near capacity letting of berths on the new West Pier Marina. We are continuing our strategy of balancing our different activities to reduce risks. At the interim stage last year the reported results showed a large increase due to the exceptional performance by Air Southwest. This half year, we expect to report a more modest performance from our transport sector given the trading factors that I have already outlined but a stronger performance from the regeneration sector. Your company has no shortage of opportunities and is working to progress these. We are pleased with the company's achievements and look forward to bringing the next phase of regeneration projects to fruition to provide stable returns in the future. Enquiries: Nigel Godefroy Tel: 01752 204186 Managing Director This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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