RNS Number:6555S
Charteris PLC
01 December 2003


                                 CHARTERIS PLC
                                 ("Charteris")

                                 AGM STATEMENT

The following statement will be made by the chairman of Charteris plc, David
Mann, at the company's Annual General Meeting, which is due to be held at 11.00
am today.

"I am pleased to report that trading to date in the current financial year
ending 31 July 2004 has been in line with the Directors' expectations at the
time of the preliminary announcement of results on 9 October 2003.

In our preliminary announcement, I referred to a contract that we expected to
sign shortly. I am delighted to announce that this business has now been won
with Microsoft and that it is worth #1m in revenue this financial year. The
contract is for a team of Charteris business and technical experts to assist in
delivering a project using the latest generation of Microsoft's technology known
as .NET."

Press enquiries:

David Pickering, Chief Executive                           Tel: 020 7600 9199

Zoe Biddick, Biddicks                                      Tel: 020 7448 1000


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