Acquisition

M. P. EVANS GROUP PLC ("MPE" or `'the Group''))


                   Purchase of Australian beef-cattle property



The  MPE  board  is pleased to announce that contracts have been exchanged  with
regard to the Group's acquisition of Flinton Station ("Flinton") for a total  of
A$7.5 million (approximately £3.2 million at the current rate of exchange), with
settlement scheduled for 31 March 2006.  The acquisition will be financed by way
of debt.

Flinton  comprises  7,012 hectares and is contiguous with the  Group's  existing
beef-cattle  "growing'' property, Woodlands, which is some 120 kilometres  north
west  of Goondiwindi in Southern Queensland.  It will be run in conjunction with
Woodlands, with the cattle being fed on a combination of grass and forage crops.
The aggregation will comprise 19,412 hectares.

Pasture  and  arable improvements on Flinton have, by and large, been  completed
and  minor  improvements to the infrastructure will be  required.   The  pasture
improvements  on Woodlands too have been completed, but only more recently,  and
will  not  be  fully  mature for another one to two years,  depending  upon  the
weather.  By that time, it is expected that a minimum of 10,000 head  of  cattle
will  be  able  to be turned off each year from the aggregation.  The  increased
area, which will be managed by the present manager of Woodlands, Michael Wright,
will permit additional economies of scale to be achieved.

The  aggregation has recently been valued at A$17.0 million (approximately  £7.2
million  at the current rate of exchange) and it is likely that this value  will
increase  as  the  benefits  are received from the recent  pasture  improvements
referred to above .

The  Group's other investment in Australia comprises its 27.92% interest in  The
North  Australian  Pastoral Company which owns close to 200,000  head  of   beef
cattle. This shareholding has been acquired over the past eighteen months  at  a
cost of A$34.0 million (approximately £14.5 million).

Peter  Hadsley-Chaplin, Joint Managing Director, said, "This acquisition  is  an
excellent  extension of Woodlands and represents a further step in our  strategy
of  developing our Australian beef-cattle interests alongside our investment  in
Indonesian  oil-palm plantations."

Enquiries:


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Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Joint Managing Director

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Andrew Hayes