Offer Document Posted

Fuller,Smith&Turner PLC
09 November 2005


                    Offers for GEORGE GALE & COMPANY LIMITED
                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in or into the
              United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan


                                                                 9 November 2005
                   

                   Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. ("Fuller's")
     Recommended cash offers for George Gale and Company Limited ("Gales")
                           Posting of Offer Document

Fuller's announces that the Offer Document in relation to the recommended cash
offers made by McQueen Limited on behalf of Fuller's for the entire issued and
to be issued ordinary and preference share capital of Gales is being posted to
Gales Shareholders today, together with the Forms of Acceptance.

Forms of Acceptance should be completed, signed and returned in accordance with
the instructions set out in the Offer Document and in the Forms of Acceptance so
as to be received as soon as possible, and, in any event, by not later than 3.00
p.m. (London time) on 2 December 2005.

Gales Shareholders may obtain copies of the Offer Document and Forms of
Acceptance from the Receiving Agent, Computershare Investor Services PLC (PO Box
859, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 1XZ) during normal business
hours.

Enquiries
McQueen                                                          020 7667 6861
Jim Fallon
George Fleet

Merlin                                                           020 7653 6620
Paul Downes
Vanessa Maydon

Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as those in the
Offer Document.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase any
securities. The Offers will be made solely by means of the Offer Document and
the acceptance forms accompanying the Offer Document, which will contain the
full terms and conditions of the Offers, including details of how the Offers may
be accepted. Gales Shareholders are advised to read the Offer Document and
accompanying acceptance forms when they are sent to them because they will
contain important information.

McQueen Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Fuller's and no-one else
in connection with the Offers and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Fuller's for providing the protections afforded to clients of McQueen nor for
providing advice in relation to the Offers or in relation to the content of this
announcement.

The Offers, including the Loan Note Alternative, will not be made directly or
indirectly, in or into and will not be capable of acceptance in or from Canada,
Australia or Japan. The Offers including the Loan Notes, will not be made,
directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of mails or any means or
instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission,
telephone or internet) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities
of a national securities exchange of, the United States and the Offers will not
be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or
from within the United States. Accordingly, copies of this document, the form(s)
of acceptance and also any other document relating to the Offers are not being,
and must not be, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into
or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Custodians, nominees and
trustees should observe these restrictions and should not send or distribute the
document in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Doing so may
render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offers.

The Loan Notes have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US
Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or transferred,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States.

The Loan Notes have not obtained, and will not obtain the relevant clearances
from the securities commission of any province of Canada and no prospectus has
been lodged with, or registered by, the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the Loan Notes may
not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly,
in or into Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so
would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of, or require registration
thereof in, such jurisdiction or to, or for the account or benefit of, a person
located in Canada, Australia or Japan.



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