Further re tender offer

Pathfinder Properties PLC 11 November 2002 Pathfinder Properties PLC ('the Company' or 'Pathfinder') Tender Offer ('Offer') by Hichens Harrison & Co. plc ('Hichens Harrison') on behalf of Sunnyview Limited ('Sunnyview') for up to 25% of the issued share capital of the Company The Board of Pathfinder announces that it is today despatching a letter to Pathfinder shareholders ('Shareholders') explaining why it believes, after careful consideration, that Shareholders should ignore the Offer, describing it as unsolicited, opportunistic and inadequate. The main reasons behind the Board's recommendation to Shareholders are as follows: • Pathfinder's published Net Asset Value at 30 June 2002 was 19p per share. The Offer is at 12p per share - a 36.8% discount to net asset value. • The published Net Asset Value of 19p per share does not fully reflect - planning permission at River Quarter, Manchester; or - the sale of Merchant Village, Glasgow for £15.3 million cash. • Following the sale of Merchant Village, Glasgow, the Group has cash amounting to approximately 9p per share. Thus the Offer values the remaining net assets and development potential of the Group at only 3p per share. • The residential property market, in which the Group is significantly involved, continues to be buoyant, with the latest quarterly survey carried out by the Land Registry reporting an 18% rise in house prices in the last year. • The Board understands that Mr Edward and Mr Jeffrey Azouz, the ultimate owners of Sunnyview, are experienced property investors and therefore recognise the potential value in the Company's development sites. Shareholders should not allow them to realise this potential for their benefit, not the benefit of Shareholders. Copies of the letter to Shareholders will be available for one month from today's date from the Company's head office at Capital House, Michael Road, London SW6 2YH and from the Company's website at www.pathfinderplc.com. The Directors of Pathfinder accept responsibility for the information contained in this document which has been issued by Pathfinder Properties PLC, Capital House, Michael Road, London SW6 2YH. To the best of the knowledge and belief of such Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this document is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. This announcement has been approved for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited, which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Enquiries: John Parry, Robert Lo Peter Trevelyan-Clark Jeremy Carey Malcolm Bacchus Pathfinder Properties Nabarro Wells & Teather & Greenwood Tavistock PLC Co. Limited Communications 020 7736 9669 020 7710 7407 020 7426 9081 020 7600 2288 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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