Issue of Debt

R.E.A.Hldgs PLC
23 January 2007



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



                                                                 23 January 2007



                      R.E.A. Holdings plc (the 'company')

                        REA Finance B.V. (the 'issuer')



   Issue of 9.5 per cent guaranteed sterling notes 2015/17 ('sterling notes')



Further to the offering programme that was announced on 27 November 2006 it was
announced on 5 January 2007 that the issuer was proposing the issue of a second
and final tranche of up to £7,000,000 nominal of sterling notes to be issued by
the issuer and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the company for
cash at 99.6574 per cent of par.



The company and the issuer now announce that the entire tranche of £7,000,000
nominal of the sterling notes has been placed firm and that the conditions of
the placing have been satisfied save only for the admission of such sterling
notes to the Official List and to trading on the EEA Regulated Market of the
London Stock Exchange plc.  It is expected that admission will become effective
and that dealings in the new sterling notes will commence on Wednesday, 24
January 2007.




Enquiries


R.E.A Holdings plc                                             020 7419 0100
Richard Robinow





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