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Severfield-Rowen PLC 05 October 2007 5 October 2007 Severfield-Rowen Plc ('Severfield-Rowen' or the 'Company') Result of Extraordinary General Meeting Expected timetable for completion of acquisition of Fisher Engineering Limited and acquisition of Dalton Airfield Estate Limited Admission of Consideration Shares Awards made under the new Performance Share Plan Subdivision and Admission of New Ordinary Shares On 22 August 2007, Severfield-Rowen Plc, the market leading structural steel group, announced that it had agreed to acquire Action Merchants Limited ('AML'), the holding company of Fisher Engineering Limited, a constructional steel fabricator (the 'Fisher Acquisition'), and Dalton Airfield Estate Limited which owns the long leasehold title to the Group's headquarters and the freehold title to a little over half of Severfield-Reeve Structures Limited's fabrication facility, both at Dalton Airfield Industrial Estate (the 'Property Acquisition'). Both the Fisher Acquisition and the Property Acquisition were conditional on, inter alia, shareholder approval. Accordingly, an extraordinary general meeting of the Company was convened for today to consider resolutions in respect of the Fisher Acquisition and the Property Acquisition. In addition, the extraordinary general meeting considered the adoption of a new performance share plan ('Performance Share Plan') and a resolution in relation to the subdivision of the Company's ordinary share capital on the basis of 4 new ordinary shares ('New Ordinary Shares') for each existing ordinary share held ('Subdivision'). The Board of Severfield-Rowen is pleased to announce that at today's Extraordinary General Meeting all resolutions put to shareholders were duly approved. In connection with the Fisher Acquisition, the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire 90.2 per cent. of the 'A' shares, and all of the 'B' shares and Preference Shares in AML ('Fisher Acquisition Agreement'). On completion of the Fisher Acquisition Agreement, the Company will enter into call option agreements ('Fisher Option Agreements') pursuant to which it will have the right to acquire the balance of the 'A' Shares not acquired pursuant to the Fisher Acquisition Agreement. The Company intends to exercise the call options under the Fisher Option Agreements following completion of the Fisher Acquisition Agreement to thereby acquire 100 per cent. of the share capital of AML. Part of the consideration under the Fisher Acquisition Agreement will be satisfied by the issue of 1,750,000 existing ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ('Consideration Shares') at approximately 2089 pence each to the sellers of AML. Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the listing of, and to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of, the Consideration Shares which is expected to take place on 8 October 2007 ('Admission'). Following Admission, completion of the Fisher Acquisition Agreement will occur. With effect from completion of the Fisher Acquisition, Ian Cochrane will be appointed to the Board of Severfield-Rowen. The conditions under the Property Acquisition have been satisfied and completion of the Property Acquisition is expected to occur on 9 October 2007. The Company's remuneration committee has today approved and granted conditional awards under the Company's new Performance Share Plan to the following executive directors as follows: Director Position Number of Total number of Ordinary Ordinary Shares over Shares which share incentive under award awards held following notification Tom Haughey Chief Executive Officer 27,736 36,626 Peter Emerson Chief Operations Officer 22,189 30,635 Peter Ellison Managing Director, Steelcraft 18,491 26,710 Erection Services Peter Davison Finance Director 15,902 22,881 Brian Hick Managing Director, Severfield-Reeve 12,943 19,318 Structures Nigel Pickard Managing Director, Atlas Ward 12,943 15,134 Structures The awards will normally vest on the third anniversary of grant subject to continued employment and the satisfaction of an earnings per share growth performance condition. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards and no consideration is due on the vesting of the awards. The notification of the above grants is made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a). Pursuant to the Subdivision, application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the listing of, and to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of, the New Ordinary Shares on 9 October 2007. At 4.30 p.m. on 8 October 2007, trading in Severfield-Rowen's 22,151,969 (including the Consideration Shares) existing ordinary shares (of 10p nominal value) will be cancelled. It is expected that admission to trading of the 88,607,876 New Ordinary Shares (of 2.5p nominal value) arising following the Subdivision will become effective and dealings, for normal settlement, will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 9 October 2007. Expected timetable 8 October 2007 Admission of the Consideration Shares 8 October 2007 Completion of Fisher Acquisition Agreement 4:30 p.m. on 8 October 2007 Record date for Subdivision of share capital 8.00 a.m. on 9 October 2007 CREST accounts credited with New Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each and commencement of dealings in New Ordinary Shares 9 October 2007 Completion of the Fisher Option Agreements 9 October 2007 Completion of the Property Acquisition by 16 October 2007 Share certificates in respect of New Ordinary Shares to be despatched to shareholders Enquiries: Severfield-Rowen Plc Peter Levine 0207 493 7888 Tom Haughey 01845 577 896 Keith Elliott 01845 577 896 Hoare Govett Limited Ranald McGregor-Smith 020 7678 8000 John MacGowan Stephen Bowler Financial Dynamics Richard Mountain 020 7269 7291 Susanne Yule This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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