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Gladstone plc

("Gladstone" or "the Company")

Annual Report and Notice of General Meeting

Gladstone plc (AIM:GLD.L), the leading provider of software solutions and services to the heath & leisure and education markets, announces that copies of the Annual Report for year ending 31 August 2009 were today sent to shareholders. 

The Notice of the General Meeting ("AGM"), which is to be held at the offices of K&L Gates LLP, 110 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AR on Friday 26 February 2010 at 11.00 a.m. was also sent to shareholders. 

Both the Annual Report and Notice of AGM can also be viewed on the Company's website at www.gladstoneplc.com.

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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