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reduces debt

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    Sydney - Tuesday - July 14: (RWE Australian Business News) -
    Dexion Ltd (ASX:DEX), "Australia's leading storage systems group", today
    announced that improved cashflows from better performance in the second
    quarter, combined with improvements to working capital, had allowed the
    company to close the six months to June 30 with net debt of $44m.
    This compares with forecast net debt of $49m at June 30, as
    anticipated in the company's equity raising announcement of June 24.
    As a result, after completion of the entitlement offer (the
    institutional component has already completed), Dexion's net debt will
    be reduced to $32m, based on the minimum net proceeds of the
    underwritten amount of the entitlement offer of $12m.
    In addition, at June 30, the company's pro forma gearing
    position (net debt/equity) will be reduced from 83pc at December 31 2008
    to about 53pc and pro forma equity will increase to more than $60m.
    The size of Dexion's order book at June 30 2009 was a "healthy"
    $64m, a similar level to June 30 2008. This includes a rebound in orders
    from SMEs, reflecting improved confidence in the economy.
    Directors say this is encouraging and supports the anticipated
    earnings improvement in the second half of calendar 2009.
    The company expects to announce its results for the half-year
    ended June 30 on August 11.
 
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