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RNS Number : 9879T 
Sinclair (William) Holdings PLC 
07 October 2010 
 

7 October 2010 
                         William Sinclair Holdings PLC 
                     ('William Sinclair' or 'the Company') 
                                 Trading Update 
 
William Sinclair is pleased to announce the following trading update ahead of 
its full year results which are due to be announced on 5 January 2011. 
Trading for the 12 months to 30 September 2010 is in line with the Board's 
forecasts.  After good early peat harvests in April to June the rain in July and 
August slowed harvest operations.  Nevertherless, the Company succeeded in 
building comfortable levels of peat stock for the season ahead.  The Company 
also achieved satisfactory margin improvements from its on-going efficiency 
programme. 
 
The peat-free market continued to expand during 2010 increasing a further 23% 
during the year. Our New Horizon compost, the clear brand leader in the market, 
benefited from this continued growth and built on its 44% like-for-like growth 
experienced during the first half of the year. 
 
Demand for Sincroboost Plus, our peat substitute made from renewable materials, 
outstripped supply. Production of Sincroboost Plus is not affected by climatic 
conditions and supply of this highly sought after product is being increased in 
anticipation of further increased demand. 
 
During the year the Company has developed drying technologies to reduce the 
impact of adverse weather on peat harvesting.  This has helped create reliable 
streams of this growing material and so ensure we are able to meet increasing 
future demand for our products. 
 
Discussions remain ongoing with Natural England over Bolton Fell compensation 
and we hope to be able to provide a further update in due course. 
 
The Board is encouraged by improvements throughout the year and believes the 
Company is the best placed supplier of peat and peat-free products in the 
market. 
 
 
For further information: 
 
William Sinclair Holdings Plc                    Tel:      01522 537561 
Bernard Burns, Chief Executive 
Peter Williams, Finance Director 
 
Arbuthnot Securities                                Tel:       020 7012 2000 
Andrew Kitchingman 
Ben Wells 
 
 
About William Sinclair 
William Sinclair Holdings PLC is one of the UK's leading producers of commercial 
horticulture and branded garden products.  Its well established brands include J 
Arthur Bower's, Silvaperl and New Horizon - the leading brand in the fast 
growing peat free garden compost and organic plant foods sector.  William 
Sinclair's customers include national accounts such as The Garden Centre Group 
(formerly Wyevale), Wilkinson, Homebase and B&Q as well as an extensive range of 
independent garden centres. 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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