Issue of Equity

Worthington Nicholls Group plc 02 November 2007 This announcement replaces the announcement released this morning at 07.01 under RNS number 8829G. Paragraph 2 has been replaced. Worthington Nicholls Group plc ('Worthington Nicholls' or the 'Company') Issue of equity Worthington Nicholls announces that on 1 November 2007 it issued 3,201,898 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to vendors (the 'Vendors') of Euro Property Services (London) Limited ('EPS'). As announced on 1 May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of EPS on that date. The first tranche of deferred consideration, calculated by reference to historic financial performance, was payable to the Vendors on 1 November 2007 ('First Deferred Consideration'). The First Deferred Consideration is made up of such number of new Ordinary Shares as is equal to £674,800 ('Deferred Consideration Shares') and loan notes in the sum of £674,800. Pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement made between Worthington Nicholls and the Vendors on 1 May 2007, each of the Vendors has undertaken to the Company and Blue Oar Securities Plc for a period of twelve months from the issue of the Deferred Consideration Shares not to sell nor to dispose of any of their such Deferred Consideration Shares other than with the consent of the Company and thereafter for a further period of twelve months to dispose of the same only through the Company's broker so as to preserve an orderly market in the Ordinary Shares. Application has been made for admission of the 3,201,898 Deferred Consideration Shares to trading on AIM. Following the issue of the Deferred Consideration Shares, the Company will have 90,203,976 Ordinary Shares in issue. Enquiries please contact: Worthington Nicholls Group 0870 609 1829 Alastair Stoddart, Chairman Chris Neilson, Finance Director Smithfield Group 020 7360 4900 Reg Hoare / Will Henderson Blue Oar Securities 020 7448 4400 Rhod Cruwys / Romil Patel This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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