Resignation from Board

QUINTAIN ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT PLC
19 October 1999


                   QUINTAIN ESTATES AND DEVELOPMENT PLC:
                          RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

Quintain Estates and Development plc ('Quintain') today announces that David
Kirkpatrick has resigned from the Board with effect from 31st October 1999.


Contact:    Nigel Ellis, Chairman, Quintain.             Tel: [phone]
            Baron Phillips, Baron Phillips Associates.   Tel: [phone]