Disposal

Lawrence plc (the "Company") Disposal of Agil The Board of Lawrence plc is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement released on 13 October 2006, it has today granted Kiotech International plc ("Kiotech") an option to acquire the Company's animal feed additives division, Agil, for a consideration of, in aggregate, £5,500,000 (the "Disposal"). The Disposal is conditional upon, inter alia, the approval of Kiotech's shareholders of the acquisition of Agil by Kiotech at an extraordinary general meeting to be held on 27 November 2006. The consideration is being satisfied by way of £5,250,000 in cash and the issue of 8,333,334 new ordinary shares in Kiotech. Of the cash consideration approximately £555,000 will be retained by Kiotech pending receipt of certain book debts due to Agil. Unless the board of Kiotech determine otherwise, no payment of these sums received in respect of the relevant book debts shall be made until the expiry of 18 months from the date of completion of the Disposal, which is expected to be 28 November 2006. Lawrence plc has undertaken not to dispose of any its shareholding in Kiotech for a period of 12 months following completion of the Disposal and thereafter is subject to an orderly market agreement for a further 12 months. The Board intends to utilise the cash proceeds of the disposal to accelerate the growth of ECO Animal Health, including funding additional regulatory work relating to further Aivlosin registrations in Europe and Japan and also towards the outstanding work required to complete the applications in the USA. Peter Lawrence, Chairman of Lawrence plc, commented: "This Disposal demonstrates our clear strategy of concentrating our resources on our Eco animal health business, which we believe offers excellent growth opportunities. While Agil is a very good business it is no longer compatible with our strategy and will benefit from new opportunities offered by Kiotech." 3 November 2006 Enquiries: Lawrence plc Peter Lawrence 020 8336 6190 Charles Stanley Securities Philip Davies 020 7149 6457 Spiro Financial Anthony Spiro 020 8336 6196
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