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Statement regarding press speculation The Board of Goals notes the recent press speculation regarding a possible offer for the Company by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The Company confirms that it has received a preliminary approach from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan that may or may not lead to an offer being made for the Company. There can be no certainty that an offer will be made for Goals, nor as to the terms on which an offer may be made. A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate. In accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, the publication of this announcement sets the initial deadline as 5pm on Monday 30th April 2012.

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Scotland's largest whisky distiller appears to be on the verge of buying a stake in Mexican tequila brand Jose Cuervo, valuing the business at about £1.9bn. Investment bankers from Goldman Sachs have been drafted in by Diageo – which makes Bell’s, J&B and Johnnie Walker – to complete negotiations with the Beckmann family, which owns the 217-year-old Mexican firm," according to the Scotsman.

Commenting on the appointment, Jill Kennedy, Sweett Group's Project Director said: "We are very pleased to be involved in this one of a kind scheme. What sets this project apart from others is its pricing structure, which takes into account a resident's age and requirements to provide a high level of standard and service - all in one convenient location and at a fixed cost." C.F. Wong, Director at Sweett Group in Hong Kong said: "The Tanner Hill and Tin Shui Wan developments are setting a standard for the provision of retirement living in Hong Kong, a city that is expected to see significant demographic shift over the next 20 years." Sweett Group has a long track-record of working with the Hong Kong Housing Society, including Kai Tak Estate Phase 1 and 2 and the Three City Revitalisation Projects at Cheung Chau, Peng Chau and North Point. With 12 offices across mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong, Sweett Group has been operating in the region since 1977 (previously under the 'Widnell Sweett' name) and is a leader in the provision of cost management services for high-rise residential developments, with a current portfolio of over 300 commissions.

Sweett Group appointed on high-end retirement home development in Hong Kong Sweett Group, the property and infrastructure professional services consultancy, is pleased to announce its appointment by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) to provide cost management services on the first dedicated high-end retirement home development of its kind in Hong Kong. The development, which comprises over 1,500 dwellings, has an estimated construction cost of over HKD 1bn (£81m) and will offer long-term leases for apartments ranging from 50m2 to 80m2 at a fixed, up-front price. The development is being delivered in two stages in the North Point area of Hong Kong Island, the first at Tanner Hill, comprising three 30-storey high-rise towers with a total of over 500 dwellings to be completed during 2015. The second stage, at Tin Shui Wan, will deliver a further 1,000 dwellings by 2016. The development is intended to provide residents with the freedom of independent living with the comfort of high-end services and amenities. Each site will include health centres, recreational facilities including indoor swimming pools and a range of retail and service outlets.

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Tony Stiff, Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Energy, said, "We are very pleased to achieve this first important milestone and we are on track for delivery of a functioning energy supply business in the fourth quarter of this year as planned." Tim Jackson-Smith, CEO of Bglobal PLC commented: "We are delighted to be working with Energetix to enable them to enter the energy supply market. We are excited to be associated with this opportunity due to the unique proposition that Energetix will be offering to energy consumers and to be working with their management team which has proven operational experience within the energy market. "One of the core aims of Bglobal's "making energy count" strategy is to help the energy supply market become more efficient, competitive and agile by enabling new entrants, such as Energetix, to start up and operate more efficiently. Ultimately, we believe that by having more competitive energy suppliers in the market, the benefits will be felt most by energy consumers."

Electricity Supply Licence & Software Licence Agreement with Utilisoft Limited Energetix Group plc, (AIM: EGX), which develops and commercialises alternative and efficient energy products, announces that, as part of the process of creating a new energy supply company, it has acquired from Utiligroup Limited, part of Bglobal plc, the entire issued share capital of Circuit Energy Supply Limited, a company which has a pre-accredited electricity supply licence which will enable Energetix to trade electricity in the UK. Circuit Energy Supply Limited has the benefit of the accreditation from Elexon, which demonstrates that it accedes to the Balancing and Settlement Code, the rules that govern electricity trading. Energetix also announces that Circuit Energy Supply Limited has signed a software licence agreement with Utilisoft Limited (a subsidiary of Utiligroup Limited), whereby Utilisoft will supply the Group with its energy data management software. As announced on 29 February 2012 Energetix will create a new energy supply company, provisionally called Kingston Energy, which will provide free Kingston microCHP boilers to its customers in return for a commitment to purchase gas and electricity for a fixed period. Obtaining the electricity supply licence and the installation of the software is the first step in the plan to create a successful dual fuel energy business and Energetix will seek to acquire an additional licence to supply gas.

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Tim Jackson-Smith, CEO of Bglobal, said: "We are very pleased to be working on this exciting project to bring another company into the energy supply market. Utiligroup has seen growing interest from a number of domestic and SME focused businesses looking to become energy suppliers who want to use our 'Supplier in a Box' ™ solution." Tony Stiff, commercial director of Energetix, said: "We are very pleased to achieve this important milestone and are on track for delivery of an energy supply business in the fourth quarter of this year as planned. Acquiring the 'Supplier in a Box'™ from Utiligroup has accelerated the speed with which we are able to enter the market."

Bglobal announces agreement with Energetix Bglobal plc (AIM:BGBL), the leading provider of smart energy solutions and services to the UK energy market, today announces that it has signed a deal with Energetix, a developer ofalternative energy products, to assist them in the process of creating a new energy supply company. Energetix has acquired a pre-accredited electricity supply licence which will enable them to trade electricity in the UK and has signed a software licence agreement for the provision of energy data management software with Utilisoft, the subsidiary of Utiligroup which is owned by Bglobal. The acquisition of the electricity supply licence is a result of the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Circuit Energy Supply Limited from Utiligroup. The acquisition and installation of the software is the first step in a plan to create a dual fuel energy business. Energetix will seek to acquire an additional licence to supply gas.

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Craig Brown, Managing Director of Kryso, commented: “We are delighted to report these excellent drilling results which once again demonstrate the huge potential for expanding the resource at Pakrut. We are also encouraged by the continuing eastward extension of the lower levels of Ore Zone 1 and by the consistency of thickness and grade which supports all of the previous drilling results from all of the Pakrut ore zones. The results further support our belief that Pakrut will develop into a significant underground gold mining operation and give us added confidence for the future. Kryso is also encouraged by the potential resources at both the Rufigar prospects and at Eastern Pakrut.”

The main objectives of the 2011 diamond drill programme were two-fold: 1. Beginning in April, exploration drilling was continued at Eastern Pakrut, and preliminary exploration drilling commenced in the Rufigar area with Kryso’s three existing drill rigs. 2. Beginning in August, after the commissioning of two new more powerful drilling rigs, drilling commenced at Pakrut to improve the definition of the Pakrut resources and verify their continuation at depth. At Eastern Pakrut, Central Rufigar and Upper Rufigar, while only moderate gold grades were intersected, Kryso is encouraged that every drill hole intersected mineralisation. It is anticipated that grades and thickness will increase at deeper levels as they did at Pakrut. In addition, Eastern Pakrut is 650m geologically higher than the main Pakrut ores zones which are over two kilometres to the west down the Pakrut River valley. At Pakrut, Ore Zone 1, which from previous drilling indicated a strike length of approximately 100m from west to east, was found to be continuing eastwards at deeper levels in 2010. Two deeper holes in 2011 now show that mineralisation is still plunging downwards and to the east, and the intersections highlighted above are 650m below adit level. The intersections in Ore Zone 3 and 6 are very encouraging, where nearly 19m @ 7.47g/t Au is the best intersection to date for Ore Zone 3. The total metrage drilled in 2011 was 8,895m of which 5,240m was at Pakrut. Kryso has drilled 36,256m in total since 2005. The 2011 assay results were received from the Intertek Group in Beijing, China, an independent assay laboratory. Kryso intends to report an updated resource estimate to the market in the second quarter of 2012. Kryso has recently purchased two additional powerful diamond drilling rigs – making a total of seven diamond drill rigs and one RC rig on site. During 2012 it is planned to drill approximately 10,000m at Pakrut of which 8,000m will be at the deeper levels and approximately 2,500m each at Eastern Pakrut and in the Rufigar area.

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Exane BNP Paribas initiates neutral on Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, target price 540p.