RPS GROUP PLC
("RPS" or "the Group")


Advance Notice of Interim Results for the Six Months ended 30 June 2007

The Board of RPS announces that the Interim Results for the first half of 2007 will be published on 7th August 2007 at 7.00am.

At the time of its Annual General Meeting (24th May 2007) RPS provided a trading update. Trading since then has continued to be encouraging and the Board, therefore, still expects that the Interim Results will be good.

When published, the Interim Results will show certain changes in the segmentation of the Group’s business. These changes will not affect the overall Group results and have been made to reflect the way our activities are organised and the markets they serve. The environmental sciences activities, which in prior years were included within Planning and Development, will be included in Environmental Management. The nuclear safety business which, in prior years, was included within Energy, will also be included within Environmental Management. In order to provide appropriate year on year comparisons when the 2007 results are published business segment information will be revised for prior periods as shown in notes 1 & 2 to this announcement.


ENQUIRIES
RPS Group plc
Dr Alan Hearne, Chief Executive
Gary Young, Group Finance Director
Tel: 01235 438009

College Hill
Justine Warren
Tel: 020 7457 2020

Note 1:
Revised business segment results for the six months ended 30  June 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

Planning &
Development

Environmental
Management

Energy

Eliminations

 

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

Segment
revenue
as
previously
reported

143,022

68,677

27,227

48,261

(1,143)

Re-allocation

0

(5,681)

8,460

(1,783)

(996)

Revised
segment
revenue

143,022

62,996

35,687

46,478

(2,139)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee
income as
previously
reported

117,438

56,503

23,101

38,977

(1,143)

Re-allocation

0

(3,886)

6,347

(1,465)

(996)

Revised
fee income

117,438

52,617

29,448

37,512

(2,139)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment
result as
reported

19,105

10,851

2,432

5,822

0

Re-allocation

0

(1,072)

1,223

(151)

0

Revised
segment
result

19,105

9,779

3,655

5,671

0

 

Note 2:
Revised business segment results for the year ended 31 December 2006

 

Consolidated

Planning &
Development

Environmental
Management

Energy

Eliminations

 

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

Segment
revenue
as previously
reported

296,843

145,832

56,134

97,392

(2,515)

Re-allocation

0

(11,455)

17,009

(3,585)

(1,969)

Revised
segment
revenue

296,843

134,377

73,143

93,807

(4,484)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee income
as previously
reported

246,011

121,460

48,031

79,035

(2,515)

Re-allocation

0

(8,230)

13,238

(3,039)

(1,969)

Revised fee
income

246,011

113,230

61,269

75,996

(4,484)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment
result as
previously
reported

41,176

22,805

5,332

13,039

0

Re-allocation

0

(1,906)

2,218

(312)

0

Revised
segment
result

41,176

20,899

7,550

12,727

0