Completion of placing

R.E.A.Hldgs PLC
10 May 2007


R.E.A. Holdings plc ('REA')


It was announced by REA on 2 May 2007 that Mirabaud Securities Limited had
conditionally placed on behalf of REA a total of 1,500,000 new ordinary shares
of REA ('the placing shares') with a limited number of institutional investors
at a price of 450p per share. The placing was completed on 10 May 2007 with the
admission on 9 May 2007 of the placing shares to the Official List of the
Financial Services Authority and to dealings on the London Stock Exchange's
market for listed securities.


As a result of the issue of the placing shares, REA's issued share capital now
comprises 32,573,856 ordinary shares of 25p and 11,449,624 9 per cent cumulative
preference shares of £1 each. The number of votes that may ordinarily be cast on
a resolution at general meeting of REA that attach to the issued ordinary shares
is 32,573,856 and to the issued preference shares is nil. No shares in the
issued capital of REA are held in treasury.


The above figures may be used by REA shareholders for the calculations by which
they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in
their interest in, shares of REA, under the Financial Services Authority's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



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