Acquisition

M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC ("THE GROUP")

Sennah Estate

M.P.  Evans  Group PLC is pleased to announce that the long-running  legal  case
brought  by  DR  H Rahmat Shah against the Group involving Sennah Estate  (1,813
hectares) in North Sumatra, Indonesia has been withdrawn.

This  legal case was in relation to the purchase in March 2002 by the  Group  of
80%  of PT Sembada Sennah Maju, the owner of Sennah Estate.  As announced on  14
August  2007,  DR  H  Rahmat Shah's appeal to the Supreme Court  in  Jakarta  to
overturn  the  ruling, in the Group's favour, of the Medan High Court  had  been
unsuccessful  but  he subsequently filed a request to the Supreme  Court  for  a
judicial review which was waiting to be heard.

Following the withdrawal of DR H Rahmat's case, the Group has purchased his  20%
holding  in PT Sembada Sennah Maju for US$3.2 million (US$8,870 per hectare)  in
cash.


For further information:

M.P. Evans Group PLC                       01892 516333
Philip Fletcher, Joint Managing Director
Peter   Hadsley-Chaplin,  Joint   Managing
Director

Panmure Gordon                              020 7459 3600
Edward Farmer
Rakesh Sharma


10 February 2009