Corporate developments

RNS Number:6413Q
Cater Barnard PLC
08 October 2003

7th October 2003

                               CATER BARNARD PLC
                       ("Cater Barnard" or "the Company")

                                   ANNOUNCES

                       SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS

Cater Barnard today announces a number of important corporate developments
including the substantial completion of its strategy to realise its remaining
investments and an option agreement over the entire issued share capital of
facilities maintenance business, Navitas Hemway Maintenance & Environmental
Limited.

Share agreement, debt conversion and proposed board appointment

The Company has been informed that Global Investments Limited ("Global") has
entered into an agreement to sell 190,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p each of
Cater Barnard to Hetmoor Limited at a price of 0.316p per share. Completion of
the sale is expected to take place no later than 30 days from today and is
conditional on repayment to the Company of an inter-company debt of US$181,392
owed by Cater Barnard (USA) plc. Global is the trustee of a trust in which the
Chairman of the Company, Stephen Dean, has a beneficial interest. At the same
time, Global has granted Hetmoor Limited an option to purchase a further
300,000,000 Cater Barnard ordinary shares, at any time during the next two
years, at a purchase price of 1p per share.

Global has also informed the Company of its intention, immediately prior to
completion of the share sale agreement, to convert #475,000 of debt owed to it
by Cater Barnard into ordinary shares at a conversion price of 0.316p per share.

On completion of the debt conversion and the share sale, Global will hold
490,491,668 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 52.69% of
the Company's issued share capital. Hetmoor Limited will hold 190,000,000
ordinary shares representing approximately 20.41% of the issued share capital.

In addition, at completion, Aidan Mills-Thomas will be appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Company as a non-executive director. Mr Mills-Thomas is the
sole director and the majority shareholder of Hetmoor Limited. Further
information on him is given below.

Divestment of investments

Cater Barnard (USA) plc

The Company also announces that it has today sold through the market 5,350,000
ordinary shares in Ofex-traded financial services company, Cater Barnard (USA)
plc ("CBU"). The purchasers include Global, which has purchased 5,000,000 CBU
shares at a purchase price of 2p per share. Cater Barnard now holds 3,005,280
CBU shares, representing approximately 11.56% of CBU's issued share capital. The
shares have been sold for #112,250 in cash.

Dialog Group, Inc

The Company has granted an option to Sterling Securities International Limited
to purchase the Company's remaining investment in Dialog Group, Inc, an American
information services business, quoted on the Nasdaq OTCBB. The option expires on
30 September 2005, and is exerciseable at a price of 171/2 cents per share during
the first year and 20 cents per share during the second year, plus 10% of any
net gain made by Sterling Securities International Limited on a short term
resale of the stock.

Sterling Securities International Limited is not connected with any director of
the Company.

The sale of shares in Cater Barnard (USA) plc, and the grant of the option over
Dialog Group, Inc stock substantially completes the Board's strategy of
realising the Company's past investments.

Loan agreement and acquisition option

The Company announces that it has agreed to lend up to #300,000 from its cash
resources to Navitas Hemway Maintenance & Environmental Limited ("Navitas"), a
Crewe-based company providing facilities maintenance services to businesses. A
sum of #90,000 has been advanced under the facility to Navitas today. Sums
advanced carry interest at 7.8% and are repayable 12 months from today.

Cater Barnard has also been granted an option over the entire issued share
capital of Navitas, exercisable at any time during the same period. The exercise
of this option would be subject to approval by the Company's shareholders.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Cater Barnard plc
Stephen Dean, chairman                                     Tel: [phone]

Biddicks                                                   Tel: [phone]
Zoe Biddick


Further information on Aidan Mills-Thomas

The following information is provided in accordance with the AIM Rules:

Mr Aidan Mills-Thomas (54) is a director of Hetmoor Limited. During the last
five years, he was a director of Loggys Computer Holdings Limited.

There is no further information required to be given under the AIM Rules.



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