Acquisition

Parkmead Group (The) PLC
12 December 2007

Wednesday December 12th


                      THE PARKMEAD GROUP PLC ('Parkmead')

             Acquisition of 1.0 % stake in PA Resources AB ('PAR').

The Parkmead Group plc (PMG) reports that it has acquired 0.16% of the listed
share capital of PAR (230,000 shares) for a consideration of £0.99 million.  PAR
is a fast growing oil and gas group which is acquiring and developing oil and
gas reserves in Tunisia, the Norwegian continental shelf, Equatorial Guinea and
the Republic of Congo.

Commenting on the investment, Niall Doran, Chief Executive of Parkmead, said:

'We are continuing to build our strategic portfolio of energy based investments.
We are also actively appraising opportunities across the energy sector and
hope to make further announcements in due course.'


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                            For further information:


The Parkmead Group plc                               020 7494 5770
Niall Doran CEO
Gordon Ashworth, CFO

Madano Partnership                                   0207 593 4000
Matthew Moth

Charles Stanley Securities                           0207 149 6482
Nominated Adviser
Rick Thompson




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