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First Property Group PLC 07 July 2004 First Property Group plc ('First Property' or 'the Company') First Property raises £2.9 million for business expansion First Property, the AIM-listed online commercial property transaction platform and property asset manager, announces that it has conditionally raised approximately £2.9 million before expenses through a placing for cash of 18,125,000 new First Property ordinary shares ('the Placing Shares') at 16 pence per share ('the Placing Price') ('the Placing'). The Company plans to continue its rapid development and to invest the net proceeds of the Placing in acquisitions and in supporting the development of its core businesses. The Placing Shares, which represent approximately 19.5 per cent of the Company's issued share capital prior to the Placing, have been conditionally placed with both existing and new institutional investors by the Company's broker Arden Partners. Alasdair Locke, Chairman of First Property, has acquired 156,250 Placing Shares and Ben Habib, Chief Executive, has acquired 312,500 Placing Shares. The Placing Price is the same as the closing middle market price on 5 July 2004. Application is being made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange ('Admission'). The Placing is conditional on Admission, which is expected to become effective on 26 July 2004. The Placing Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares. Following the Placing the Company will have a total of 111,279,448 ordinary shares in issue. Announcing the Placing, First Property's Chief Executive, Ben Habib, said: 'During the last 18 months our business has established itself and grown at a tremendous pace. These funds will further underpin our growth and allow us to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.' Arden Partners acted as Nominated Adviser and broker to First Property in respect of the Placing. For further information please contact: Ben Habib - Chief Executive First Property Group PLC Telephone - 020 7731 2844 www.fprop.com Andrew Raca - Corporate Finance Director Arden Partners Limited Telephone - 0121 423 8941 Peter Willetts/Marylene Guernier Tavistock Communications Telephone - 020 7920 3150 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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