Portfolio Update Conditional sales of Liverpool...

GRESHAM HOUSE PLC ('Gresham' or 'the Company') Conditional sales of Liverpool properties Gresham House plc ("the Company) has received a request from a representative of a shareholder for clarification regarding its announcement dated 25th September 2007 insofar as it relates to the proposed sale of the Group's interests in property in Speke Boulevard (the "Speke interests").. In order to clarify the position the Board provides the following information. The Speke interests are held in two subsidiary companies, one of which is a wholly owned subsidiary of an intermediate holding company in the the Company has a 75% shareholding, the other being a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company confirms that the price to be paid by the prospective purchaser for the Speke interests remains correct. If the proposed sale proceeds to completion within five years the net sale proceeds received are likely to be utilised in repayment of external and intra- group loans and any surplus (after taxation) would be available for working capital. So far as the the accounting treatment is concerned the resultant effect in the consolidated balance sheet in the next set of accounts following successful completion would appear as an improvement to the equity attributable to equity shareholders and to the minority interest in their relevant proportions. More details of the proposed sale of the Speke interests will be included in a circular which the Board will post to shareholders, seeking their approval, as soon as a conditional contract for the sale of Speke has been signed. The draft contract is in solicitors' hands, however it should be appreciated by shareholders that the contract will be complex and will take some time to finalise. Further information: A P Stirling (Chairman Gresham House) 020 7456 9600
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