smartFOCUS Group plc (“the Company”, AIM: STF), a leading international marketing software group, today announces a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2007.
 
The Directors expect profit before tax, excluding exceptional costs, to have more than doubled compared to 2006 (adjusted for IFRS). Results for the year are expected to be slightly below market expectations.

Significant new client wins for the Company include Champion, Next, Rabobank, Lego, AXA, Aegon and ASOS, alongside a growing International community of  marketing service partners, adding more partners in North America and establishing new partners and territories in Singapore, India, Spain and Scandinavia. 

Chris Underhill, Chief Executive, said: "We have delivered a significant increase in profitability and continued to grow, investing more in our distribution channels and further developing our high quality long term recurring revenues.  We remain confident that the Company is well positioned to deliver continued growth focused on the International multi-channel marketing software market.”

The Company looks forward to providing further details of its trading performance at the time of its preliminary results announcement, which is expected to be released in late March 2008.


Enquiries:

smartFOCUS Group plc  
Chris Underhill, Chief Executive  
Neil Thomas, Finance Director 
Tel No: 0117 943 5800 
www.smartfocus.com

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Robin Haddrill
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