RESULTS OF EGM/OPEN OFFER

Millfield Group PLC 18 July 2002 Date: 18 July 2002 On behalf of: Millfield Group plc For immediate release Millfield Group plc RESULTS OF EGM AND OPEN OFFER The Board of Millfield Group plc, the financial services group, announces that the resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed. The Extraordinary General Meeting was convened to approve the issue of 12,674,734 new Ordinary Shares to raise £16.0 million net of expenses under the Firm Placing and the Placing and Open Offer and approve the joint venture with AM Corporation of Australia. As announced on 25 June 2002, the Firm Placing and the Placing and Open Offer were undertaken to fund the Group's proposed programme of strategic acquisitions of IFA businesses and its joint venture with AM Corporation to create a portfolio services business. Under the Open Offer 3,851,204 new Ordinary Shares were made available for take up by qualifying shareholders. By 3.00p.m. on 16 July 2002, being the latest time and date for receipt of application forms and payment in full under the Open Offer, valid applications had been received from qualifying shareholders for 773,591 new Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 20 per cent. of the new Ordinary Shares which were made available for take up by qualifying shareholders under the Open Offer. The balance of 3,077,613 new Ordinary Shares will be taken up by institutional and other investors with whom they were placed subject to recall to satisfy valid applications by qualifying shareholders under the Open Offer. The new Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM at 0800hrs on 19 July 2002. - ends - For further information or photographs, please contact: Emma Kane/Scott Convoy, Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7955 1410 Paul Tebbutt, Chief Executive, Millfield Group plc Tel: 020 8680 5200 Richard Clarke, KPMG Corporate Finance Tel: 020 7311 8455 Kripa Radhakrishnan, Collins Stewart Limited Tel: 020 7523 8350 Barry Egan, AM Corp Tel: +61 418 262 097 KPMG Corporate Finance, a division of KPMG LLP which is authorised by the Financial Services Authority for investment business activities, is acting as Nominated Adviser to the Company in relation to the Firm Placing and the Placing and Open Offer and for no other person, and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of KPMG Corporate Finance or for providing advice in relation to the Firm Placing and the Placing and Open Offer or any other matter referred to in this document. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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