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Commissioning of the site is expected to take place in Q4 2013. This wind farm will become the second onshore wind farm in Good Energy's portfolio alongside the 9.2MW Delabole wind farm in North Cornwall, which was originally the UK's first commercial onshore wind farm. The Company will complete the development phase in-house and expects to reach financial close with debt-funders during H1 2013. The acquisition has been funded from the Company's existing cash reserves. The site will be eligible for Good Energy's new Local Tariff, which gives local residents living near wind farms the opportunity to benefit from a 20% discount off Good Energy's standard electricity tariff. Good Energy will also explore with key stakeholders others ways in which the wind farm could benefit the community and local households, as part of its comprehensive approach to community engagement around new renewable energy developments. Juliet Davenport OBE, CEO and founder of Good Energy, said: "As our customer numbers increase, we see the development of our own generation assets as an important way in which we can keep wholesale costs down and deliver more stable retail prices. "Acquiring sites like this one, that have already received planning permission, brings a welcome balance to the portfolio so that we can have this site in development in 2013. We also plan to bring online some of the sites we are currently developing from scratch in 2014/2015. With that in mind, we are pleased to have reached this agreement.

11 January 2013  Good Energy Group plc Good Energy acquires consented onshore wind farm site Good Energy Group plc ("Good Energy" or the "Company"), owner of Good Energy Limited, the UK's leading 100% renewable electricity supplier, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of an onshore wind farm site from RWE Npower Renewables Limited, for a consideration of up to £3.0 million. The site, located by Hampole, near Doncaster, has planning permission for the construction of four turbines. It is Good Energy's intention to construct a wind farm with a generation capacity of approximately 8.2MW. The proposed wind farm is expected to generate around 20,000 MWh a year, nearly doubling the amount of electricity that Good Energy generates. The project represents an important step forward in Good Energy's target to develop 110MW of new generating capacity by 2016. Owning and operating its own generation capacity will help the Company to more easily manage its wholesale power costs to deliver more stable retail prices, particularly as customer numbers increase.

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("VANE" or the "Company") Trading Update VANE is pleased to announce the following update on its activities: URANIUM PROGRAMME Wate Project Wate Mining Company LLC has submitted the application to obtain a Mineral Lease on the Wate project to the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD). The Wate project is held in Wate Mining Company LLC which is owned 50:50 by VANE Minerals (US) LLC and Uranium One Exploration, U.S.A. Inc. VANE is the operator of Wate Mining Company LLC. A Mineral Lease gives authority to develop the project contingent on obtaining environmental compliance permits from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). VANE has concluded pre-application conferences with ADEQ and is making arrangements with environmental consulting firms to handle the permit application and permitting process with a goal of submitting the ADEQ applications by April 2013. According to ASLD and ADEQ, the timing for approval is 12-18 months from application for both processes, which can run simultaneously. VANE therefore anticipates that Wate Mining Company LLC will receive approval to commence development of the Wate project between April and October 2014. The Wate Project has a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 1.118m lbs eU3O8 at an average grade of 0.79% eU3O8.

Hardy Oil and Gas, an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in India, has confirmed media reports that it is in negotiations with the operator of the GS-01 exploration block located offshore the west coast of India. In a statement the group said: "Hardy confirms that it is in negotiations with the block operator, but no agreement has been made. Any such agreement would be subject to Government of India approval. The company will make a further announcement, if appropriate, in due course."

Positive Points: Management's current full year gross profit margin forecast remained unchanged (at towards the top end of the 0 to +0.25% range). Management noted that "we have continued with our strong focus on cost control, and now expect cost growth to be around 2% partly offsetting the General Merchandise performance." The board continues to pursue a plan to transform M&S from a traditional UK retailer to an international multi-channel retailer. Management noted that "we are pleased with our Multi-channel and International performance." Sales from mobile devices were up over 90% and Christmas Food to Order was up 5%. The new e-commerce distribution centre and the new web platform are on track to launch in April 2013 and Spring 2014 respectively. Key International markets in India and China continued to trade well. A number of senior management changes have been announced in recent months, including the hiring of Belinda Earl, who is considered important in the recent success of rival Debenhams. Actions taken, including product buying decisions taken are expected to become visible in mid to late 2013. For the food business, the company highlighted that over the two key Christmas trading weeks it generated record sales of nearly £330 million, outperforming the market by 4%. A policy of innovation continues. Over 700 new products were launched during the quarter. During the last financial year, gross profit margin for food increased by 0.5% to 31.4%. A store revamp programme continues to be pursued. Sales at revamped stores have previously been reported as outperforming those which have not been upgraded. The company has on occasion been subject to takeover speculation. The dividend payment remains attractive in the current low interest rate environment. A yield of over 4.5% is currently payable (as of 10Jan2013). Dividend cover (earnings per share divided by the dividend per share) of two times was reported over the last financial year.

Negative Points: Like-for-like, or same store, UK sales disappointed. General Merchandise sales, including the important clothing category, declined by 3.8%, against expectations for a fall of nearer to 1%. The Chief Executive noted "our General Merchandise performance is not yet satisfactory." Food sales rose by 0.3%, below analyst forecasts of nearer 0.5%. Accompanying management outlook comments noted that "we expect the pressure on consumers' disposable incomes to continue in 2013. As a result we remain cautious about the outlook for the year ahead." Multi-channel sales grew by 10.8% in the period, down from the 21.6% reported in the previous second quarter. International sales rose by 4.1% during the period, down from +6.1% in the second quarter. Both currency movements and tough economic conditions in Ireland, Greece and Central Europe dragged on performance. The record for UK retailers expanding overseas is mixed. M&S has tried previously, whilst Tesco is now reviewing its US operations. Recent senior management changes carry an element of disruption. The M&S brand is considered to have relied on an ageing customer base for some time. The group is attempting to excite younger fashion orientated consumers, a move which could impact its more traditional customer base. The dividend payment over the course of the last financial year was only maintained compared to the year before. Rival retailer Next for example, increased its full year dividend by 15%. At the more recent half year results, M&S maintained an interim dividend payment of 6.2p per share.

Key figures: Total group sales rose by 0.6% Total UK sales increased by 0.3% Like for like or same store UK sales declined by 1.8%. Food sales rose by 0.3% whilst General Merchandise sales, including the important clothing category, fell be 3.8%. Multi-channel sales expanded by 10.8% International sales rose by 4.1%

January interim management statement: The M&S share price fell 4% in early trading as the group's recovery strategy continued to test investors' faith. General Merchandise sales disappointed, with a move to protect profits via reduced promotional activity impacting sales. Chief Executive, Marc Bolland has reshuffled the Group's management, by appointing John Dixon, head of food, to take control of clothing and homewares, assisted by style director Belinda Earl. The group also recently promoted Frances Russell to lead womenswear, and appointed Janie Schaffer from Victoria’s Secret as head of lingerie and beauty. These appointments have yet to take effect, whilst a core drive to expand international sales has been constrained by currency movements and macro-economic weakness in Ireland, Greece and central Europe. On the upside, the result of new management buying actions should become clear during 2013, store refurbishments are due to complete mid-year, whilst the group's recent staff pension review proved to be highly favourable – raising speculation regarding a possible takeover. In all, Marc Bolland has yet to deliver since joining the firm in May 2010. The group's multichannel (online and mobile) business is now some way behind key rivals, whilst the success record for UK retailers expanding overseas is decidedly mixed. In addition, the recent dividends have only been maintained rather than grown, a stark contrast to arch rival Next. For now, despite the nation's love for the brand, M&S is yet to truly find its way...........

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Terms of the CVA In order to facilitate the proposed future activity of the Company and allow it to raise the required capital in order to substantially implement its investing policy, the Company proposes to enter into arrangements such that the Creditors will be offered, in aggregate, a total of 24,210,000 New Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares to be held by Creditors will represent approximately 92 per cent. of the Enlarged Ordinary Share Capital and will be held on trust in a nominee account until such time as the Creditors come forward to claim their New Ordinary Shares. A further 1,300,000 New Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5% of the Enlarged Ordinary Share Capital, will be issued in satisfaction of fees payable to Antony Batty & Company for services provided as insolvency practitioners to the Company with regard to the CVA. The Directors expect that the CVA will be approved at the Creditors' Meeting to be held at 11:00 a.m. on 28 January 2013. For the avoidance of any doubt, the CVA would not result in any distribution being made to Shareholders. The Directors have requested that Antony Batty of Antony Batty & Company act as Nominee in respect of the proposal of the Directors for the CVA. Antony Batty has provided his consent to act and his Nominee's Report will be filed at Court as required. A copy of the Directors' proposal incorporating the Nominee's Report, which provides further details on the CVA, will be available for download from the following website as of 10 January 2013:

Background to and reasons for the CVA Since becoming an investing company on 28 October 2011, the Board has been seeking to make acquisitions in line with its investing policy and has evaluated several potential acquisition targets. At the same time the Board has also been vigorously pursuing the VAT claim against HMRC currently at tribunal in order to seek to recover the amounts owed to it. Should the Company prove to be successful at the tribunal, and this success leads to the recovery of these amounts as well as the dismissal of HMRC's counter-claim against the Company, then the Board expects that the Company will be able to satisfy its short term liabilities and remove the contingent liability resulting from HMRC's claim against the Company. However, as a result of the length of time the claim has been running and the uncertainty that its outcome places on the Company's financial position, the Board believes that this has affected the Company's ability to implement its investing policy. In view of the fact that the Company had not implemented its investing policy within the time required by the AIM Rules, trading in the Company's Existing Ordinary Shares was suspended on AIM on 28 September 2012. The Company therefore has until 27 March 2013 to undertake a reverse takeover transaction (as defined in the AIM Rules) or otherwise substantially implement its investing policy in order to restore trading on AIM and avoid a cancellation of its listing altogether. Unfortunately, the latest legal advice that has been received by the Company is that the outcome of the HMRC tribunal is likely to be after 27 March 2013 with the result that the Board believes that this will continue to prevent the Company from implementing its investing policy until at least that date. At the same time, the Company is facing mounting pressure from its Creditors. In view of these timescales, as well as the mounting pressure from Creditors, the Directors have reluctantly concluded to call the General Meeting for the purpose of considering and voting on a proposal for the CVA, subject to the Creditors approving the CVA at the meeting of Creditors. The CVA will eliminate the Company's indebtedness and liabilities and provide it with the requisite solvency so that it may seek to raise further funds to enable it to implement its investing policy, as required by the AIM Rules, or otherwise undertake a reverse takeover transaction such that a return to trading on AIM can be sought and the associated working capital requirements of the Company can be funded. In this regard, the directors are in discussions with potential investors with a view to securing investment into the Company conditional on the CVA being approved. The objective of the CVA would be to enable Creditors and Shareholders to recover some value by holding shares in an AIM quoted investment company. Unless either the CVA is agreed or the VAT tribunal is settled in favour of the Company s

Introduction Tricor announced recently its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2012 and that it was evaluating strategies to ensure the continued survival of the Company. In order to achieve this, Tricor proposes to enter into a CVA and undertake the Capital Reorganisation. Consequently, the Company is issuing this Circular to Shareholders setting out the background to and the reasons for the Proposals and where appropriate seeking Shareholders' approval. Accordingly, a notice convening a General Meeting of the Company for 10:00 a.m. (Singapore time) on 29 January 2013 at 120 Robinson Road, #13-02, Singapore 068913, Singapore to consider the Resolutions is set out at the end of this Circular. For the purposes of section 656 of the Act, the Company has suffered a serious loss of capital. Therefore, this Circular also contains the proposals of the Directors to deal with the serious loss of capital and the consequences for the Company. In addition, Resolutions 4 to 7 that were not tabled at the Annual General Meeting on 31 October 2012 and the subsequent adjournments will be amended by the resolutions set out in the Notice.

TRICOR PLC ("Tricor" or the "Company") Proposed Company Voluntary Arrangement, Capital Reorganisation and Notice of general meeting Tricor will today post to shareholders a circular (the "Circular") convening a general meeting of the Company, to be held at 10.00 a.m. (Singapore time) on 29 January 2013 at 120 Robinson Road, #13-02, Singapore 068913, Singapore. The Circular contains details on, inter alia: · a proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA) for Tricor; and · a proposed capital reorganisation. An extract from the Circular is provided below and a full copy of the Circular is will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.tricor-plc.co.uk. Enquiries: Tricor Plc Chan Fook Meng Chairman/CEO +65 62362985 Allenby Capital Ltd (Nominated Adviser) Jeremy Porter Nick Naylor James Reeve +44 20 7328 5656 Extracts from the Circular All defined terms used in this announcement have the meaning set out at the end of this announcemen

Wolseley: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 3073p to 3197p reiterating its buy recommendation.

WPP Group: Morgan Stanley downgrades to equal-weight with a target price at 912p. Goldman Sachs raises target price from 1070p to 1105p still recommending to buy.

Persimmon: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 840p to 849p and keeps a hold rating.

Pearson: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 1550p to 1510p, while a buy rating is kept.