Amsterdam, 4 November 2008

Brunel International noted a YTD Q3 2008 turnover of ? 520 million,
up 24.% compared to the same period in 2007. The gross profit
amounted to ? 127 million from ? 100.0 million over last year.
The gross margin further improved from 23.8% to 24.3%.
The EBIT reached an amount of ? 48.5million, an increase of 38 %
against the first 9 months of 2007. Average headcount increased by
13.5% from 7,066 up to and including September 2007 to 8,020 in 2008.



+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Brunel International   |       |        |        |       |        |
|------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| X ? 1 million | YTD Q3 |   YTD | Change |     Q3 |    Q3 | Change |
|               |   2008 |    Q3 |      % |   2008 |  2007 |      % |
|               |        |  2007 |        |        |       |        |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
|               |        |       |        |        |       |        |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| Turnover      | 519.8* | 419.5 |    24% | 183.3* | 145.4 |    26% |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| Gross Profit  |  126.3 | 100.0 |    26% |   44.7 |  35.1 |    27% |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| Gross margin  |  24.3% | 23.8% |    0.5 |  24.4% | 24.1% |    0.7 |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| EBIT          |   48.5 |  35.0 |    38% |   17.3 |  12.9 |    34% |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| EBIT %        |   9.3% |  8.3% |    1.0 |    9.4 |  8.9% |    0.5 |
|---------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-------+--------|
| (unaudited)   |        |       |        |        |       |        |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

*including ? 2.7 million other income

Brunel Netherlands realised a turnover of ? 111.8 million, an
increase of 12 % compared to the same period in 2007. In addition the
gross margin remained at the same level as in 2007.

Brunel Germany realised a turnover of ? 106.7 million, an increase of
13% compared to the same period in 2007. The German gross margin
improved further.

The Energy division realised a turnover of ? 278.4 million, an
increase of 35% compared to the same period in 2007, while the gross
margin improved to 12.2% from 11.6%.

Jan Arie van Barneveld, CEO of Brunel International: "The results in
the third quarter have met our expectations, both in turnover and
profitability growth.  We were able to achieve an overall growth
figure of 24% with profitability increasing by 38%. We succeed in
executing the strategy of improving the profitability while
continuing growth.

Brunel has a strong balance sheet and a healthy cash position which
are two key elements in achieving our set targets of significant
growth in 2008. We are pleased to confirm our Ebit estimation for the
full year of over Euro 62 million."



For further
information:
Jan Arie van           CEO Brunel                  Tel.: +31(0)20 312
Barneveld              International               50 00
Erik Meinders          CFO Brunel                  Tel.: +31(0)20 312
                       International               50 00


Brunel International N.V. is an international service provider
specialized in the flexible deployment of knowledge and capacity in
the fields of ICT, engineering, legal, finance and insurance &
banking. Services are provided in the form of Project Management,
Secondment and Consultancy. Incorporated in 1975, Brunel has since
become a global company with over 7,000 employees and an annual
turnover over ? 600 million. The company is listed at Euronext
Amsterdam N.V.

Certain statements in this document concern prognoses about the
future financial condition and the results of operations of Brunel
International NV as well as plans and objectives. Obviously, such
prognoses involve risks and a degree of uncertainty since they
concern future events and depend on circumstances that will apply
then. Many factors may contribute to the actual results and
developments differing from the prognoses made in this document.
These factors include general economic conditions, a shortage on the
job market, changes in the demand for (flexible) personnel, changes
in employment legislation, future currency and interest fluctuations,
future takeovers, acquisitions and disposals and the rate of
technological developments. These prognoses therefore apply only on
the date on which the document was compiled.


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