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Gladstone PLC
28 May 2009
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Press Release
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28 May 2009
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Gladstone plc
('Gladstone' or 'the Company')
Gladstone to exhibit at the UK's top investor show
Gladstone plc (AIM:GLD), a leading provider of software solutions and services to the Health & Leisure and Education markets, is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the Growth Company Investor Show 2009, the UK's fastest-growing companies investment exhibition on Wednesday, June 10th at the Barbican Centre in London.
With substantial cash balances, no borrowings, year-on-year underlying profit growth (before exceptional costs), and a healthy pipeline of possible orders, Dr. Said Ziai (Chairman and CEO) and Nick Montgomery (Head of Group Finance) will be present throughout the day at Stand 52 to present an overview of the Company, its strategy and its compelling and enduring investment case.
Gladstone plc has set out to become recognised as the leading international provider of innovative software solutions and services to different vertical markets where intelligent management of membership activities, bookings, facilities management and service requirements are mission critical to the financial success and efficiency of its clients' operations. Gladstone currently operates in two fast growing international sectors, Health & Leisure and Education.
Gladstone Health & Leisure is a leading supplier of membership management and bookings systems to major Health & Fitness groups, local authority leisure centres, trusts, universities and a large number of private and single site clubs. It also provides central database solutions for multi-site operators, facilitating central and cross-site on-line bookings, central administration, CRM, marketing and reporting.
Gladstone Education provides a wide range of Educational Facilities and Activities Management systems and software-based solutions, such as e-registration, cashless catering and cashless payments; and facilitates access control via biometric recognition and card identity management for schools, academies and colleges.
As the market leader in the provision of Health & Leisure membership management software,
a vision was created over three years ago to refine the current market offering. Having the solid infrastructure and the financial capability to invest in a strategic new product development path, Gladstone is now delighted to showcase its newly launched technology platform Gladstone OrbitTM, which has already established a new benchmark for clients' expectations of membership management solutions.
Dr. Said Ziai commented: 'Gladstone is delighted to have been invited to the Growth Company Investor show for 2009. The show provides a solid opportunity to demonstrate our vision and transformational business model, accomplished technological capabilities and the group's management outlook to both private and professional investors. Gladstone plc is a well-managed, well-funded and a highly-focused AIM-listed company. The Board believes that our current market leadership and our robust business plans for the future should prove to be a solid investment opportunity for all shareholders over the coming years'.
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For further information:
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Gladstone plc
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Dr. Said Ziai, Chairman and CEO
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Tel: +44 (0) 1491 201 010
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Nick Montgomery, Head of Group Finance
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www.gladstoneplc.com
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Nominated Adviser
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Grant Thornton UK LLP
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Gerry Beaney
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7728 2589
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Broker
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Fairfax I.S. PLC
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Adam Hart / Laura Littley
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 5368
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Media enquiries:
Notes to Editors
Gladstone plc
Gladstone plc's innovative software products and services, currently targeted at the global health and leisure and education markets, are used daily by thousands of front line staff, managers, end users and students.
Gladstone is a market leader in the provision of member relationship management solutions for a wide range of health and leisure organisations including trusts, leisure centres, and major private leisure chains and is established as the de facto standard for UK local authorities. The Company enables all its clients in both public and private sectors to utilise central database facilities for central and cross-site on-line bookings, Customer Relationship Management ('CRM') and membership management, centralisation of administration, marketing and reporting.
The Company also provides a wide range of integrated systems and software-based solutions for the rapidly expanding Education Facilities Management Solutions ('EFMS') market across the entire spectrum of educational establishments and is a key supplier to the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future ('BSF') initiative.
Gladstone is focused on extending its solutions capabilities, which enable its clients to maximise resource usage, retain customers and improve operational performance, thereby making cost efficiencies, into new vertical and geographic markets aligned with its growth strategy.
The Company's current solutions include the comprehensive Plus2TM product suite which incorporates advanced functionality including web-based remote booking, advanced analysis and the use of kiosks, as well as Gladstone OnRecordTM which serves the education industry with e-registration, biometric and smart card recognition, cashless payment systems, extensive information portals, libraries usage and access control.
Based in Oxfordshire, the Company has sales offices in Glasgow, Dublin (Ireland) and Sydney (Australia), in addition to development facilities in Sonderborg (Denmark) and Karachi (Pakistan).
For further information, visit www.gladstoneplc.com
The 2009 Growth Company Investor Show
The Growth Company Investor Show provides an opportunity for investors and companies to meet face to face. Senior management teams from some of the country's most ambitious small-to-medium sized companies showcase their businesses, allowing investors to ask the questions that really matter.
Running alongside the show, there will be a conference of seminars and speakers where the audience can learn the secrets of successful investing from industry experts. The show is free to attend and this year has new features
For more information on this show, then please visit: www.growthcompanyinvestorshow.co.uk
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