ACP Capital ("ACP")
Indicative Offer for Davenham Group plc ("Davenham" or the "Company") withdrawn

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSISTUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

For immediate release

14 January 2008

On 2 November 2007 ACP confirmed that it had approached the Board of Davenham with an indicative offer for the Company which had been rejected by the Board of Davenham.

Davenham has not been willing to provide ACP with any information relating to its business which is not already in the public domain. ACP believes that funding and property market conditions have tightened and are likely to be challenging to Davenham's business model.

ACP does not believe that, based solely on public information relating to Davenham, it would be in the interests of its shareholders to continue with or revise its indicative offer and has therefore withdrawn its indicative offer and confirms that it has no current intention of making any offer for Davenham.

ACP continues to be a strategic investor in Davenham and intends to continue its efforts to influence the strategic direction of Davenham in ways it believes will enhance value and reduce risks for all Davenham shareholders.

At the close of business on 11 January 2008, ACP had an interest in approximately 29.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of Davenham.

Important Notice

For the purposes of Rule 2.8 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), ACP or any person who acted in concert with it reserves the right to make or participate in an offer or possible offer for Davenham and/or take any action which would otherwise be restricted under Rule 2.8 of the Code within the next six months if there is a material change in
circumstances or if any of the following events occur:

  1. the agreement or recommendation of the Davenham Board is forthcoming;
  2. if any announcement is made by or on behalf of Davenham that it is in discussions which may or may not lead to an offer (or partial offer), or formally or informally invites an offer (or partial offer) for Davenham;
  3. if any announcement is made by or on behalf of a third party relating to an offer or possible offer (whether full or partial) for Davenham or for a merger with Davenham;
  4. if any announcement is made by or on behalf of Davenham of a "whitewash" proposal (as defined in the Code) or of any other proposal to implement a scheme of arrangement, reverse takeover, demerger or any other business combination with a third party; or
  5. Davenham undertakes or announces an intention to undertake any material recapitalisation or security issue (where material is defined as 10 per cent. of the equity market capitalisation on the date of this announcement) or any acquisition, merger, joint venture or other business combination transaction, or any disposal, of or involving a material amount (where "material amount" is as defined in Note 2 of Rule 21.1 of the Code).

Contact

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