Northern Electric PLC 27 June 2005 Northern Electric plc announces that it wishes to take advantage of the relaxation of the 90 day reporting requirement to 120 days in respect of its interim statement for the six months to 30 June 2005, due to the additional work involved in producing that statement in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards, and may, therefore, publish its interim statement later than the 90 days specified in the Listing Rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange