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Guinness Peat Group PLC 13 April 2006 Guinness Peat Group plc COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SECONDARY TRADING NOTICE This announcement is not for release, distribution or publication, whether directly or indirectly and whether in whole or in part, into or in the United States, Canada and Japan, and it does not constitute an offer of securities for sale into any of those jurisdictions. It is a copy of an Announcement made by Guinness Peat Group plc on the Australian Stock Exchange in accordance with its obligations there and is released in London for information only. "In accordance with Guinness Peat Group plc's ("GPG") obligation as a listed issuer in Australia, in respect of the 51,000,000 ordinary shares of 5p each which GPG has announced that it has issued, GPG is providing the following Notice under the Australian Corporations Act 2001: Secondary Trading Notice In accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Australia) ("the Act"), GPG advises that: (a) GPG issued 51,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in GPG ("the Shares") and caused the issue of the CDIs on 13 April 2006 (in Australia) without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act; (b) this announcement constitutes a notice given under paragraph (5) (e) of section 708A of the Act; (c) as at the date of this notice GPG has complied with section 674 of the Act; (d) as at the date of this notice GPG has complied with the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Act as they apply to GPG; and (e) as at the date of this notice, there is no information that has been excluded from a continuous disclosure notice in accordance with the listing rules of the Australian Stock Exchange and that investors and their professional advisers would reasonably require for the purpose of making an informed assessment of: a. the assets and liabilities, financial position and performance, profits and losses and prospects of GPG; or b. the rights and liabilities attaching to the Shares Goldman Sachs JBWere (NZ) Limited is the lead manager and sole book runner for the Placement." JR Russell Company Secretary 13 April 2006 For queries please contact: New Zealand: Tony Gibbs (Director) Tel: 0064 9 379 8888 Australia: Gary Weiss (Director) Tel: 00 612 8298 4300 London: Blake Nixon: (Director) Tel: 020 7484 3370 The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or exemption from registration under the US Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the Shares (or any other securities) in the United States. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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