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Guinness Peat Group PLC
09 August 2006




                            GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

                                  ANNOUNCEMENT




Further to the Announcement made on 1 August 2006 regarding the proposed issue
of Capital Notes by GPG Finance plc, Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG") announces
that copies of its circular to shareholders convening an Extraordinary General
Meeting are available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility of the UK
Listing Authority.


A copy of the circular is also available on GPG's website at www.gpgplc.com.





Enquiries:          Richard Russell
                    Tel: [phone]



Date:                9 August 2006






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