AGM Statement

Ten Alps Communications PLC 18 July 2003 TEN ALPS COMMUNICATIONS PLC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 July 2003 Ten Alps achieves increased revenues and obtains right to buyback its shares at AGM Ten Alps Communications PLC ('Ten Alps'), the AiM-listed media company, announced increased revenues for the first three months of the 2003/4 at its Annual General Meeting, held this morning. Revenues (unaudited) for April to June 2003 were more than 15% higher than for the same period last year There was a strong performance in advertising, with a number of new client wins and increased spending from some existing clients. The events department, which underperformed in 2002, was showing signs of improvement, with work carried out for existing and new clients. In TV, several productions took place in this period. But the bulk of the group's productions with UK broadcasters should occur in the second half of this financial year (to March 2004) and beyond. These programmes include three high-profile political series. Commenting on the progress, Finance Director Nitil Patel said: 'The start to the year has been encouraging, and particularly so since most of our TV business for the year has not yet gone into production, so has not yet shown a financial effect. However we generally remain prudent about the economy and make no projection for the rest of the year.' Resolutions passed At the Annual General Meeting held today shareholders passed all the resolutions proposed, including the company's right to buy up to 14.9% of its issued share capital in the market for cancellation. That equates to 6,621,390 of the 44,172,080 shares in issue. Further details of the resolutions are contained in the Annual Report which is available on the company's website - www.tenalps.com. Strategy Commenting at the AGM on the strategy going forward for the Ten Alps, Chief Executive Alex Connock said: 'We have three key areas of focus for this year: First - we are investing in rights-owned content. In practical terms, this means taking elements of rights in our own documentaries through part-financing them, putting in seed money to our 'Scuba Jim' animation, and backing (in part) our event concept 'Firedance.' Second - in view of the favourable environment set to be created by the imminent Communications Bill for the independent TV production sector, we are actively seeking to add to the two production companies that we acquired last year. There is a lot of interest in this area from venture capital and private equity, and valuations have been rising. So we plan to tread carefully before buying. Third - since we will continue to see large annual goodwill charges reducing net profit, we will include profits before goodwill, cash and revenue growth as key measures of Ten Alps' prosperity.' Contact: Alex Connock - Chief Executive - 0207 428 3100 Nitil Patel - Finance Director - 0207 089 3686 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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