Acquisition

M.P. Evans Group PLC

Purchase of Australian beef-cattle property, Springmount


The  board is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement made  on  22
September  2006,  the  acquisition  of the 7,581-hectare  beef-cattle  property,
Springmount, for a total of A$9.27 million (approximately £3.7 million), has now
been completed. The purchase has been financed by debt. Springmount adjoins  the
Group's  existing  beef-cattle  and arable properties,  Woodlands,  Flinton  and
Baquabah.  With the addition of Springmount, the aggregation now comprises  some
31,000  hectares which will enable important economies of scale to be  achieved.
Australian beef-cattle prices have risen sharply in the past fortnight following
some significant rainfall.


By order of the board
J F Elliott
Company secretary

19 March 2007