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Huntsworth plc Releases Interim Statement on First Quarter 2008

Saturday, May 17, 2008 General News
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LONDON, May 16 Huntsworth plc (LSE: HNT), "the Group", aleading international public relations and healthcare communications groupheadquartered in London, released its interim management report with respectto the Group's performance in the first quarter 2008 (the period ending March31, 2008).
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In the first quarter of 2008, the Group continued to trade verysatisfactorily with results well ahead of comparable 2007 record levels.

Net new business in the first quarter has been particularly encouragingbacked by a very strong new business pipeline. Some 80% of the Group's 2008forecast revenue is already committed. The Group continues successfully tomanage its margins both at operating company level and after central costs.
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Our consumer and corporate public relations businesses are performing welland we are seeing communications budgets being deployed behind reputationmanagement issues, digital public relations projects and corporate & socialresponsibility programmes.

New corporate & social responsibility mandates won in the first quarterinclude supporting the UK Environment Agency in its national Flood AwarenessCampaign, Global Renewables in relation to its waste recycling services,Smokefree North West (UK) to promote a tobacco free future for children andCoca-Cola Great Britain to raise awareness of the positive reasons to recycle.

Our financial public relations companies are building strong new businessin selected growth areas, particularly emerging markets, and in specialistwork such as litigation support. There has been a significant upturn in ourcorporate and public affairs divisions which now sit alongside our financialpublic relations businesses. New financial programmes won in the first quarterinclude advising Pernod Ricard on its acquisition of Absolut Vodka, IPOsupport for Czech mining group New World Resources and investor relationssupport for China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Inc. and Fortis Bank.

We have won a number of multi-country remits across the Group includingcoordinating and working on an eleven country programme for the navigationsystems company MyGuide and a campaign for Land Rover's sustainabilityprogramme across twelve markets.

Huntsworth Health

In the UK, Huntsworth Health showed strong growth and margins and wecontinue to focus on maintaining excellent margins in our newly acquiredcompanies in the USA. While Huntsworth Health's business covers a breadth ofdisciplines, the two areas showing greatest momentum are digital and medicalcommunications.

Our domestic franchises in the UK and in the US still generate thegreatest revenues. However we are seeing a significant strengthening of ourglobal and pan-European business.

Domestic new clients for Huntsworth Health include Animas, BaxterBioSurgery, Shire, Merck-Serono and Hospira with new projects from existingclients including Celgene, Idev Technologies, AstraZeneca, AbbottLaboratories, Allergan and Pfizer. The majority of wins have been for brandsin specialist therapeutic areas including diabetes, breast cancer,anti-infectives and hypertension.

New European clients for Huntsworth Health include Daiichi-Sankyo, Pfizerand Novartis Vaccines, and global accounts won include Roche, Novartis,Intercell and Iroko. Our multi-disciplinary business is also increasing, andwhilst most clients still offer new projects and pitches in one area(advertising or public relations, for example), we are regularly broadeningour franchise with both domestic and European clients to offer a range ofservices on specific brands.

Peter Chadlington, Huntsworth CEO, said, "The year has begun well with avery satisfactory first quarter which has continued into the beginning ofQuarter 2. The Group's financial position remains strong, further strengthenedin February by the disposal of CapitalBridge, a non-
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