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Quintain Estates & Development PLC 14 September 2005 14 September 2005 Quintain Estates and Development PLC ('Quintain'/ the'Company') QUINTAIN SELLS ANGLIA SQUARE SHOPPING CENTRE, NORWICH FOR £23.75M Quintain Estates and Development announces that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of the freehold interest in Anglia Square Shopping Centre to LagMar Properties, a private property company, for £23.75m. The sale price reflects a net initial yield of 6%. Anglia Square provides 300,000 sq ft of accommodation across 37 retail units together with a nightclub, cinema and 750 space multi-storey car park. Current tenants include Boots, Budgens, Iceland, Baker's Oven and NCP. The property also includes two vacant office buildings and two potential redevelopment sites that are currently used for surface car parking. The current rental income on the centre is £1.5m per annum. The sale will show a profit over valuation in Quintain's books of about £2.4m and a profit over cost of around £13m. Commenting on the disposal, James Hamilton Stubber, Quintain's Business Development Director, said: 'This transaction continues our strategy of recycling our capital out of assets which do not have the short to medium prospects we are looking for. In the last 18 months we have sold in excess of £300m of investments, two thirds of which were retail and with an average yield below 6%.' GVA Grimley acted on behalf of Quintain. BTW Shiells acted on behalf of LagMar. - Ends- For further information, please contact: Quintain Rebecca Worthington/James Hamilton Stubber Tel: 020 7495 8968 Financial Dynamics Stephanie Highett/ Dido Laurimore Tel: 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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