Christie Group plc

Trading Update

The Directors of Christie Group plc are pleased to announce that they now
anticipate that the Group's profits for the year ended 31 December 2006 are
likely to be materially higher than market expectations.

13.4% gain in last five days.

StockMarketWire.com
First half revenues at Christie Group - a leading provider of professional business services and stock and inventory systems and services to the leisure, retail and care markets - rose by 14.4% to £29.4m.

And the group reports an operating profit before exceptional items to £0.8m against a £0.3m loss last time.

Basic earnings per share rose by 5p to 1.74p (2013: 3.26p negative eps) and the interim dividend increased by 50% to 0.75p per share (2013: 0.5p per share.

Chief executive David Rugg said: "Our first half performance and the activity we continue to see provides us with confidence that we will deliver a much improved result for the year as a whole, driven by a resurgent UK M&A market."