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Pre-Close Statement Date

Dundee, Scotland, 4 December, 2009: Axis-Shield plc (LSE:ASD, OSE:ASD), the international in-vitro diagnostics company, will be issuing a pre-close trading statement for the period ending 31, December 2009 on Friday 18 December 2009. This will be followed by an analysts' conference call at 9:30am (UK time). Dial in details will be distributed in due course.

Enquiries:

Financial Dynamics                                       Tel: +44 (0)207 831 3113
Mo Noonan

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About Axis-Shield

Axis-Shield is an international in vitro diagnostics company, headquartered in Dundee with R&D and manufacturing bases in Dundee and Oslo. The Group specialises in the supply of instruments and tests for the rapidly growing physician's office testing market and the development, manufacture and marketing of innovative proprietary diagnostics kits in areas of clinical need, including cardiovascular and neurological diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes.

For more information on Axis-Shield, please refer to www.axis-shield.com