Acquisition

5 November 2008 M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC ("M.P. EVANS" or the "Company") Completion of acquisition On 3 October 2008 it was announced that a conditional agreement had been reached with Mr J D Shaw, a director of M.P. Evans, to acquire Sandlark Pty Limited ("Sandlark"), an Australian company owned by Mr Shaw and his wife, whose principal asset is its holding of 302,607 shares in The North Australian Pastoral Company Pty. Limited. The purchase price for Sandlark was A$2,467,297 which was to be settled by way of the issue to Mr and Mrs Shaw of 389,577 new M.P. Evans shares. The transaction was subject to the approval of the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board, which has now been granted. Accordingly, application will be made to the London Stock Exchange plc for the admission of 389,577 new shares to trading on AIM which is expected on 12 November 2008. Following the issue of the new shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 52,101,585 shares of 10p each with voting rights. For further information: M.P. Evans Group PLC 01892 516333 Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Joint Managing Director Philip Fletcher, Joint Managing Director Panmure Gordon 020 7459 3600 Edward Farmer Rakesh Sharma
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