AGM Statement and Notice of Results

5 May 2016

Empresaria Group plc ("Empresaria" or the "Group")

AGM Statement and notice of results

At the Annual General Meeting of Empresaria, the international specialist staffing group, to be held at 12.30 pm today, 5 May 2016, Tony Martin, Chairman of Empresaria, will make the following statement:

"The Group has made a good start to the year, with growth in net fee income compared with this period in 2015.  We have seen particularly good trading in our Continental Europe and Rest of the World regions, especially in Germany, Japan, India and Chile. The investment we made in October 2015 in US based Pharmaceutical Strategies is performing well and recent new client wins give us confidence it will deliver full year profits in line with our expectations. 

As part of our stated strategy to develop leading brands with sector expertise we continue to look for further investment opportunities.

The Group remains on course to meet market expectations for the full year."

The Group will issue a trading update on 21 July 2016 and will publish its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016 on 18 August 2016.

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Notes for editors:

·      Empresaria Group plc is an international specialist staffing group with 19 brands operating in 18 countries across the globe including UK, Germany, Japan, India, UAE, Indonesia, Chile, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Finland, USA and the Philippines.

·      The Group offers temporary and permanent staffing solutions as well as Offshore Recruitment Services in six key sectors including Technical & Industrial, IT & Design, Professional Services, Healthcare and Retail.

·      Empresaria applies a multi brand, management equity philosophy and business model, with Group company management teams holding significant equity in their own business.

·      The Group is listed on AIM under ticker EMR. For more information: empresaria.com