Howden Joinery Group Plc announced interim management statement results for the first four periods ended April 20, 2013. In the first four periods of 2013, Howden Joinery UK revenue was up 9.3% on the corresponding periods last year, increasing by 7.6% on a same depot basis. Sales in the first period of the year benefited from an additional week of trading. Excluding the first period, total revenue in the three periods since then increased by 4.1%, there being no distorting factors. The gross profit margin performance is in line with market expectations for the full year.

Howden Joinery Group Plc is currently planning to open around 20 to 30 new depots in 2013. With one new depot having been opened so far, Howden Joinery is now trading from 530 depots in the UK.

Howden Joinery Group Plc, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2013., at 11:00 GMT Standard Time. Location: UBS Investment Bank. Agenda: To consider the reappointment of directors; to consider the directors' remuneration report and policy; to approve the dividend; to consider the reappointment and remuneration of auditors; to consider the authority to purchase own shares; to consider the authority to allot shares; and to consider the disapplication of pre-emption rights.