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Date: 18 May 2010
On behalf of: First Property Group plc ("First Property" or the "Group")
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First Property Group plc
Notice of Preliminary Results and Board Change
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the AIM-listed property fund management group, will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2010 on Wednesday 9 June, 2010.
An analysts' briefing will be held at 0930hrs at the offices of Redleaf Communications, 11-33 St John Street, London EC1M 4AA. A facility to join by conference call will also be available on +44-20-8515-2302, a recorded copy of which will be posted on the company website, www.fprop.com.
Board Change
First Property announced on 30 November 2009 that it was appointing Peter Moon as a Non-Executive Director. The Company is pleased to confirm that this appointment has now become effective and that Mr Moon formally joined the Board on 1 May 2010.
The additional information set out below is provided in accordance with the AIM Rules for new board appointments.
Peter Geoffrey Moon (aged 60) holds or has held the following directorships during the past five years:
| Current Directorships | Past Directorships |
| | |
| The Scottish American Investment Co. PLC | USS Asset Management Limited |
| | USS Investment Management Limited |
| | Universities Investment Management Limited |
| | MBNA Europe Bank Limited |
| | First Property General Partner Limited |
| | |
Mr Moon does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.
The Company has been informed by Mr Moon that there are no other matters required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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Enquiries to:
| Ben Habib, Chief Executive, First Property Group plc Jeremy Barkes, Director, FJB Capital Advisers | jeremy.barkes@fprop.com Tel: 020 7731 2844 |
| Chris Hardie, Corporate Finance Director Arden Partners | chris.hardie@ardenpartners.com Tel: 020 7614 5917 |
| Emma Kane / Adam Leviton / Lucy Salaman Redleaf Communications Ltd | firstproperty@redleafpr.com Tel: 020 7566 6700 |
Notes to editors:
About First Property Group plc
§ First Property Group plc is a commercial property fund manager with operations in the United Kingdom and Central Europe. The performance of its funds under management is ranked #1 versus both IPD CEE Benchmark and IPD Polish Benchmark, over the 4 year period to 31 December 2009. It also has a 60% shareholding in an Electrical & Mechanical installation and maintenance contractor, First Property Services Limited.
§ Further information about the Company and its products can be found at: www.fprop.com