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Stobart Group Limited

23 September 2013

23 September 2013

STOBART GROUP LIMITED

('Stobart' or 'the Group')

Property Disposal

Stobart announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of its investment property at Admiral Retail Park in Eastbourne to Clerical Medical Managed Funds Limited for GBP25.0 million in cash.

The property was valued at GBP24.05m on 28 February 2013, the Group's year end, and generated annual rental income of GBP1.6m. The disposal price represents a yield of 6.125% and a gain of GBP2.1m since the acquisition of the Property by the Group in 2012.

Completion is expected to occur on 27 September 2013. The proceeds will be held in cash pending reinvestment in the property portfolio or repayment of debt.

Enquiries:

 
 Stobart Group                        +44 1925 605 400 
 Andrew Tinkler, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
  Ben Whawell, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 
 
 
 Lansons Communications 
                                      +44 20 7294 3617 
 Tony Langham (tonyl@lansons.com)      +44 7979 692287 
 Anna Schirmer (annas@lansons.com)    +44 20 7294 3605 
 i-nfluence Associates                +44 20 7287 9610 
 Stuart Dyble/James Andrew 
 

About Stobart Group

With over 5,900 employees operating from more than 50 sites across the UK and Europe, Stobart is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics, warehousing, civil engineering, rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors. At the core of the Group is the Transport and Distribution division, incorporating Eddie Stobart - the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2,400 vehicles, over 3,000 trailers and over seven million square feet of warehousing. Stobart Estates, Stobart Infrastructure and Civils, Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group's business structure.

www.stobartgroup.co.uk

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