Purchase of Own Shares

Paragon Group Of Companies PLC
19 August 2005


                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
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The Paragon Group of Companies PLC announces that it has purchased the following
number of its ordinary shares of 10p each on the London Stock Exchange via ABN
AMRO Bank N.V.

Ordinary shares:

Date of purchase:                         19 August 2005

Number of ordinary shares purchased:      100,000

Highest price paid per share:             480p

Lowest price paid per share:              480p

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC intends to hold the purchased shares in
treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, The Paragon Group of Companies PLC holds
500,000 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 120,259,545 ordinary shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Enquiries:

John Gemmell, Company Secretary
0121 712 2075




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