Disposal

13 July 2007

                              M.P. Evans Group PLC
                                  ("MP Evans")

                            Sale of Malaysian estate


MP  Evans,  a  producer of Indonesian palm oil and Australian  beef  cattle,  is
pleased   to   announce  that  the  divestment  from  Malaysia   is   continuing
successfully.

Following  the  agreement in 2006 to sell 181 hectares of the Perhentian  Tinggi
estate  (located  South of Kuala Lumpur), raising RM 17.9m (£2.6  million),  the
Board is delighted to announce that contracts have been exchanged with regard to
the  sale  of  the remaining 745 hectares for a total price of RM 66.30  million
(£9.47 million).

The  sale  is  conditional,  inter  alia, upon  the  approvals  of  the  Foreign
Investment Committee and Estate Land Board of Malaysia, which are expected to be
obtained  within  approximately nine months, whereupon settlement  will  be  due
within  a  further three months. The price achieved is regarded by the board  as
satisfactory  in the light of the fact that, as referred to in the  2006  annual
report, a substantial municipal landfill site is likely to be constructed on the
estate  by the local government authorities which, as a consequence, has  had  a
modest downward impact on the development value of the estate as a whole.

Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Joint Managing Director, commented: "This sale represents
another  significant step forward in the implementation of the Group's  strategy
of  capitalising on the high real-estate value that has accrued to its Malaysian
estates and of using the proceeds to fund its substantial programme of expansion
of  both  its  palm-oil interests in Indonesia and its beef-cattle interests  in
Australia."

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC
Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, joint managing director    Telephone:  [phone]
Philip Fletcher, joint managing director

Hudson Sandler
Andrew Hayes                                      Telephone: [phone]
James White