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ANNREP

REL: 0830 HRS Guinness Peat Group Plc

ANNREP: GPG: Annual Report 2009

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

ANNOUNCEMENT

Guinness Peat Group plc releases to the New Zealand Stock Exchange a PDF copy
of the Company's full audited consolidated Annual Results for the year ended
31 December 2009. A copy of the document may also be accessed on the
Company's website, at www.gpgplc.com.

A copy of a circular dealing with the proposed 2010 Capitalisation Issue and
scrip dividend alternative in lieu of an interim cash dividend already
declared will be released separately.

Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 20 7484 3370

25 March 2010
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