Joint Venture Agreement

TEG Group (The) PLC 27 July 2007 For release The TEG GROUP PLC (TEG) ('TEG' or 'the Company') TEG and Glendale Announce Horticultural Joint Venture First Two Plants Confirmed for Horticultural Product Manufacture The TEG Group Plc ('TEG' or 'the Company'), the AIM-listed cutting edge green technology company, which converts organic wastes into natural organic fertiliser, announces it has formed a Joint Venture company with Glendale Managed Services Limited ('Glendale') - the 'green services' division of Parkwood Holdings plc - to build and operate TEG Silo Cage In-Vessel Composting plants to produce horticultural compost products. The Joint Venture ('JV') is a progression from the collaboration between the companies that was announced on 8th February 2006. The JV will be called Verdia Horticulture Limited ('Verdia') and its focus will be on building and operating medium scale facilities, typically 10-15,000 tonnes feed per annum to produce horticultural grade products for sale to Glendale and to regional horticultural markets. It is anticipated that Verdia will build between 6 and 8 facilities over the next 2 to 3 years, geographically spread throughout the UK. It is anticipated that the capital required will be funded largely by bank finance. TEG will supply TEG Silo Cage plants to Verdia and will provide technical expertise and support, as well as marketing services for waste supply to the plants. Glendale will provide compost product expertise and knowledge of the horticultural product market, together with analytical and compost product services from its composting subsidiary, Eco Sci. Verdia will bid for medium scale waste contracts to both Local Authorities and the private sector, sufficient to support the scale of facilities it will operate. The first two facilities are expected to be Clayland's Corner in Somerset and Hill Barton in Exeter. Both sites have planning permission in place for TEG Silo Cage technology. It is anticipated that construction at the sites will commence in Quarter 3 of 2007. Commenting for TEG, Chief Executive Mick Fishwick said 'we see the formation of a joint venture as a natural step forward with Glendale. Verdia offers TEG the opportunity to develop plants in a niche of the sector that we are not targeting elsewhere. The plant model is different from the traditional waste management model in that there will be a greater level of value for the end product than is typical for a pure waste management facility. We have worked closely with Glendale for the last 16 months and it has become clear that our technology and expertise fits well with Glendale's product expertise and presence in the Local Authority and horticultural sectors.' 'We have previously announced that the site we are developing at Clayland's Corner was to produce horticultural grade products and the site fits naturally with Verdia. It is however also pleasing that the JV immediately brings an additional opportunity to develop a TEG plant at the Glendale site in Exeter.' Commenting for Glendale, Managing Director Nick Temple-Heald said 'This move is part of Glendale's strategic plan to develop its diverse suite of green services to Local Authorities and the Commercial sectors.' 'Verdia offers Glendale a new and exciting opportunity to expand its recycling activities within the rapidly developing UK composting market and also provides the ideal complementary activity to the Company's Devon based 'EcoSci' green waste recycling operations.' 'Together, Verdia and Glendale will 'close-the-loop' of biodegradable waste management by developing unique, bespoke horticultural products from the new facilities in conjunction with EcoSci's research team and returning the new products to high-quality end-use on local parks and gardens. ' Each company will hold 50% of the equity in Verdia. The JV agreement contains the normal change of control provisions should a third party take a 75% interest in either parent company. ENDS Contact The TEG Group Plc Tel: 01772 314100 Michael Fishwick, Chief Executive Glendale Managed Services Tel: 01257 460461 Ian Stephenson, Director of Recycling Adventis Financial PR Tel: 020 7034 4758/9 Tarquin Edwards 07879 458 364 Chris Steele 07979 604 687 Cannacord Adams (Nomad) Tel: 020 7050 6742 Chris Bowman Editor's Notes: TEG TEG provides an in-vessel composting technology, which is one of the few approved technologies capable of treating animal by-product (ABP) waste. Plant economics are predominantly driven by the gate fees charged, rather than the value of the end product (compost). The TEG process is an economic alternative to landfill. The Silo Cage system, one of the few technologies in Europe capable of treating this waste, is a natural process producing compost as an end product, used as an excellent soil conditioner that fertilises, retains moisture, provides structure and reduces the incidence of plant disease. TEG's Silo-Cages are housed in self-contained buildings, are not unsightly and are environmentally friendly. Customers include local authorities, waste management companies, food processors, farmers and landowners. TEG's expanding market is driven by increasingly stringent EU and UK legislation regulating the treatment and disposal of organic waste. Statutory targets for the diversion of waste from landfill increase annually through to 2020, increasing TEG's market opportunity year on year. The Waste Resource Action Programme estimates that 450 composting plants will be needed by 2020 to satisfy local authority requirements alone, and there is increasing demand from the private sector driven by ABP legislation. NOFCO is a marketing company specialising in the development of end markets for compost products, an important aspect of all plant developments and key to local authority development. The company has an expertise in the development of agricultural and horticultural markets and this capability is to be provided to customers to enhance TEG's overall service offering. Glendale Glendale is the leading provider of specialist green service solutions and the largest operating division within Parkwood Holdings plc. Its portfolio of green services is led by Managing Director, Nick Temple-Heald (picture available) and includes: • Glendale Countryside - incorporating Civic Trees Ltd • Glendale Grounds Management • Glendale Recycling • Glendale Golf • Glendale Horticulture - incorporating Coblands Nurseries Ltd • Glendale Environmental Glendale, formed in 1988, has a strong relationship with clients in both the public and private sector and operates more than 45 contracts, largely on behalf of local authorities, the Ministry of Defence and corporate clients. Glendale is a national company with a local presence. Offices are located across the UK and its headquarters are at The Coach House, Chorley, Lancashire. Glendale Golf are the management company at Duxbury Park Golf Course. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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