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Terrace Hill Group PLC 10 March 2006 Terrace Hill Group plc ('THG') Proposed Acquisition of Property Assets Undernoted is an announcement released today to the press and media by Nationwide Building Society regarding the proposed sale of residential property assets to Terrace Hill Residential plc, a joint venture vehicle to between THG and Electra Private Equity plc. A further announcement will be made in due course. Contact: Miranda Kelly, Residential Investment Director: Tel 0141 332 2014 Alasdair Robinson, Noble & Company, Tel 0131 225 9677 Undernote: ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY ON SALE OF AT.HOME NATIONWIDE LIMITED Nationwide Building Society is in exclusive negotiations with Terrace Hill Residential PLC over the sale of the property portfolio of at.home nationwide limited, the Society's property rental subsidiary. Nationwide has decided to sell in order to concentrate on its core business activities. It has been advised by Allsop LLP in the sale. Terrace Hill has been selected as exclusive bidder following a bidding process which attracted several other bidders at the first stage. Terrace Hill's bid is a joint venture with Electra Private Equity plc. The bid, if progressed to contract, could lead to completion around May/June. Under the proposed deal, at.home employees will be taken on by a new management company set up by ARIM specifically to manage this portfolio and other property owned by Terrace Hill. - -ends- Notes to editors at.home nationwide limited is the property rental subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society. It has 2,243 properties in a number of British cities including Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. It employs 122 people, mainly in Scotland. Terrace Hill Group PLC is an AIM traded Property Group with NAV £76 million and market capital over £100 million. It has two divisions, Commercial Development throughout the UK and Residential Investment and Development in Scotland and the North of England, with a development programme of around £900 million with £335 million underway. Terrace Hill reported an increase of over 20% in pro- forma Triple NAV to 48.06p per share in the year to 31 October 2005 and a 40% increase in final dividend from 0.5p per share to 0.7p per share. Electra Private Equity is a £550m listed investment trust which focuses on unquoted companies, selected and managed by Electra Partners, the fund management specialist. In the year to September 2005 Electra reported NAV growth of 31% and over the 12 months to March 2006 a share price rise of over 40%, one of the highest in the investment trust sector. ARIM (Allsop Residential Investment Management Ltd) is a residential management business based in Leeds and Brighton and currently manages over 6,000 units across the UK. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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