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Premier Management Holdings PLC 02 October 2002 For release at 07:00 on 2 October 2002 PREMIER MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC (the 'Company') Expansion of European network Introduction The Company is pleased to announce the strengthening of its European network with the opening of an office in Turkey and the expansion of its operations in Hungary. The two transactions substantially widen the scope of the Company's European operations at little cost and are consistent with the Company's strategy of securing quality representation in growing markets. Turkey In Turkey an agreement has been entered with Ali Egesel, a Player's Agent licensed by the Turkish Football Federation and with Ogan Tarhan formerly with the Turkish Football Federation, and a leading Football TV broadcaster and journalist. Messrs Egesel and Tarhan are incorporating a new company in Turkey, which will be called Premier Management Turkey ('PMT'), through which to carry out the new venture and which will immediately benefit from representing several major players already contracted to Mr. Egesel. Following Turkey's strong performance in the last World Cup, and the impressive performances of its leading clubs in European competitions in recent years, the Company considers that the pool of talent now available in Turkey provides good opportunities for the future. The Company is confident that Messrs Egesel and Tarhan, who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the new Turkish operation, are well positioned and of such quality to maximise this opportunity. Under the terms of the agreement the Company will fund half the costs of the operation and share in its profits. The Company will retain an option to acquire a 50 per cent. interest in PMT for a nominal sum, which is exercisable at any time in the future. This structure has been devised to ensure maximum flexibility for the Company whilst the Turkish operation develops. Hungary In Hungary, Premier Management Hungary ('PMH') will acquire the business of Asher Hershkovitz, a Football Agent licensed by the Israel Football Association, who works in Hungary and Israel and who has been acting as a consultant to PMH since it was founded. The Company has worked with Mr Hershkovitz for a number of years and he was instrumental in the establishment of PMH. He will now be working full time for PMH and will assume primary responsibility for its day-to-day management. The acquisition will increase the scale of PMH's operations in Hungary, where a solid core group of quality players are already under contract. PMH will pay a deferred consideration of £175,000 for Mr Herskovitz's business, provided it makes a pre-tax profit of more than £50,000 for the period ended 31 October 2002. The consideration is payable in cash, shares or other valuable consideration at the sole discretion of the Company. Further enquiries: Barry Gold (Premier Management Holdings plc) - 020 7456 0490 Richard Evans (Brewin Dolphin Securities Ltd) - 0161 214 5553 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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