EGM Statement

RNS Number:9177P
Mouchel plc
18 September 2003

Mouchel plc



18 September 2003



Not for release, distribution or publication in or into the United States of
America, Canada, Japan or Australia



                                  Mouchel plc



                    Recommended Offer for Parkman Group plc



            ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING



Mouchel announces that all resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General
Meeting of the Company held earlier today, including resolutions to approve the
Offer and to change the Company's name to Mouchel Parkman plc were passed by the
Mouchel Shareholders.


The Offer remains open for acceptance and Parkman Shareholders who have not yet
accepted the Offer are urged, if their Parkman Shares are in certificated form
(that is, not in CREST) to complete and return their Forms of Acceptance as soon
as possible or, if their Parkman Shares are held in uncertificated form (that
is, in CREST) to ensure that an Electronic Acceptance is made by them, or on
their behalf, which settles as soon as possible.



Copies of the resolutions passed at the EGM have been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at the Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
(telephone number 020 7676 1000), during normal business hours on any weekday
(public holidays excepted).



Terms defined in the Listing Particulars dated 26 August 2003 have the same
meaning in this announcement unless the context otherwise requires.



Enquiries:


Mouchel plc                        Kevin Young                         01932 337118


Cazenove                           Nick Garrett                        020 7588 2828
                                   Malcolm Moir





Cazenove, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services
Authority, is acting for Mouchel and for no one else in connection with the
Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Mouchel for providing the
protections afforded to clients of Cazenove, nor for providing advice in
relation to the Offer or any matter referred to herein or in the Offer Document,
Listing Particulars or Circular.



The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of
the mails, or by any means or instrumentality (including, but not limited to,
facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission, telex or telephone) of
interstate or foreign commerce, or any facilities of a national, state or other
securities exchange, of the United States, nor is it being made, directly or
indirectly, in or into Canada, Australia or Japan and is not capable of
acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities or from within
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.  Accordingly, copies of this
announcement are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or
sent in or into or from, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.



This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States
and the New Mouchel Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the
US Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state, district or other
jurisdiction of the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and no regulatory
clearances in respect of the New Mouchel Shares have been, or will be, applied
for in any jurisdiction other than the UK.  Accordingly, unless an exemption
under the US Securities Act or other relevant securities laws is applicable, the
New Mouchel Shares are not being, and may not be, offered, sold, resold,
delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any US
person or any person resident in Canada, Australia or Japan.


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