Result of EGM

Hansom Group PLC
21 December 2000


The Hansom Group PLC ('the Company')

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM')

The Company announces that at its EGM held today the resolutions to approve,
inter alia, the acquisition of the issued share capital of First Property
Online Limited ('fprop') and the waiver by the Panel of Takeovers and Mergers
of the requirement under Rule 9 of the City Code for each of Mr. Benyamin
Naeem Habib and/or Mr. John Charles Kottler and/or Lord Pearson of Rannoch and
his associated trusts and/or the Enlarged Concert Group (as defined in the AIM
admission document dated 28 November 2000) to make a general offer to
shareholders of the Company were duly passed.

Following Admission, the shareholdings of the fprop Concert Group, the Initial
Partners Concert Group and the Enlarged Concert Group (all as defined in the
AIM admission document dated 28 November 2000) will be as follows:


(i) The fprop Concert Group       New Ordinary Shares    Percentage holdings
    
    Mr. B.N. Habib                     12,486,783                14.69
    Mr. J.C. Kottler                   12,486,783                14.69
    Lord Pearson of Rannoch             2,774,841                 3.27
    and associated trusts
    
    Total                              27,748,407                32.65
              
(ii) The Initial Partners Concert Group
              
    FPDSavills                          6,403,481                 7.54
    CLS                                 1,707,594                 2.01
    Delancey                            1,707,594                 2.01
    Donaldsons                          1,707,594                 2.01
    Fletcher King                       1,707,594                 2.01
    Moorfield                           1,707,594                 2.01
    
    Total                              14,941,451                17.59
              
(iii)  The Enlarged Concert Group      42,689,858                50.24 


Completion of the acquisition of fprop has taken place today and will become
effective on Admission, which is expected to occur on 22 December 2000.  The
Company will continue to be quoted on AIM under the name of Hansom Group for a
short period of time until the Company obtains its change of name certificate;
shareholders having approved at the EGM the change of the Company's name to
First Property Online plc.

BOARD CHANGES

As a result of shareholders approving the acquisition of fprop, John Warwick
and Adrian Palmer have resigned from the Board and, subject to Admission, Ben
Habib and Jeremy Phillips have today been appointed to the Board as Chief
Executive and Finance Director respectively.

UPDATE ON FPROP

Since the publication of the AIM admission document, fprop has seen a
significant increase in the number of hits it has received on its web site -
www.fprop.com.  In addition, from today, FPDSavills has started to list
properties on the web site which is expected to increase further the numbers
accessing the site. 

At the conclusion of the EGM, Alasdair Locke, the Chairman of Hansom said 'I
am very pleased that shareholders have approved the acquisition of fprop. 
fprop's online transaction service and its marketing agreements with the
Initial Partners are expected to be instrumental in increasing the profile and
content of fprop's web site and, I believe, will enhance fprop's significant
growth potential.  I am encouraged by the growing acceptance of fprop.com in
the market place and I am confident that its use will increase substantially
over the coming months.  I am also happy to report that we are receiving
significant interest from other potential industry partners.'


ENQUIRIES

Alasdair Locke              The Hansom Group PLC        01224 299 600
Ben Habib                   First Property Online plc   020 7828 2080
Jeremy Carey/Peter Willetts Tavistock Communications    020 7600 2288