Response to Press Article

For immediate release: 12 January 2007 CLS Holdings plc Response to Press Comment The Board of CLS Holdings plc (CLS) wishes to point out some inaccuracies in the article entitled "Row breaks out over the Shard of Glass," published in the Financial Times this morning. Firstly it is not correct that CLS and Sellar Property Group (SPG) wish to charge Simon Halabi £28m for `development and project management' fees on the Shard and the adjacent 600,000 sq ft redevelopment of New London Bridge House project, for which planning consent was recently obtained. This figure covers a significantly wider brief and represents the combined development fees to be charged to the consortium by SPG and CLS in their roles as developers of the Shard and New London Bridge House, of which Halabi's Trust, SPG and CLS will each bear a one third share. Secondly the article implies that CLS and SPG paid Halabi £12m in an out of court settlement. That is not the case. In fact Halabi's Family Trust paid £ 3.2m to CLS and SPG to purchase a one third interest in New London Bridge House. It is believed that Halabi's Trust may have been paid a substantial sum by his trustees' insurers, however neither CLS nor SPG had any involvement in that arrangement and can therefore not confirm that this substantial payment has been made. Thirdly, the evidence of Mr Hussey on behalf of the Halabi Family Trust has been rejected by the London based expert. Independent experts whose evidence has been submitted have fully substantiated the proposed development fees. The consortium remains committed to delivering two world class buildings in conjunction with a modern infrastructure for the London Bridge Quarter. -End- Contacts: Sten Mortstedt, Executive Chairman CLS Holdings plc Tel. +44 (0)20 7582 7766 Adam Reynolds/Ben Simons Hansard Group Tel. +44 (0)20 7245 1100

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