This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in
or into any jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of
the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.
RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR CENTROM GROUP PLC BY MAYMASK (15) LIMITED:
Offer CLOSED
5 June 2009
Maymask announces that further to its announcement of 21 May 2009 the
Offer has now closed.
As at 1.00pm (London Time) on 5 June 2009, the time of closing of the
offer, valid acceptances had been received in respect of 175,228,984
Centrom shares, representing approximately 81.67 per cent. of the
entire issued share capital of Centrom.
As announced by Maymask on 13 March 2009, Maymask had received
irrevocable undertakings to accept (or to procure the acceptance of)
the Offer from certain Centrom Shareholders in respect of, in
aggregate, 82,843,961 Centrom Shares representing approximately 38.62
per cent. of Centrom's entire issued share capital. The level of
acceptances of the Offer referred to above includes acceptances
received pursuant to such irrevocable undertakings. None of the
acceptances of the Offer referred to above were received from persons
acting in concert with Maymask.
All terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meaning in this
announcement, unless the context otherwise requires.

Enquiries:

Maymask
Hugh Blair, Managing Director                   +44 (0)7801 522 311

Centrom
Doug Corbitt, Director                         +44 (0) 1252 365 000

Ryecroft Glenton, Financial adviser to Maymask
Nigel Wyrley-Birch                              +44 (0)191 281 1292


Ryecroft Glenton is regulated for a range of investment business
activities by the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and
Wales and is acting exclusively for Maymask and for no-one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any person
other than Maymask for providing the protections afforded to clients
of Ryecroft Glenton, nor for providing advice in relation to the
Offer, the contents of this document or any other matter referred to
herein. Ryecroft Glenton can be contacted at its principal office, 32
Portland Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1QP.
This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to
purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an
offer to purchase any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise.
The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the United
Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction.
Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any
applicable requirements of those jurisdictions.
The Offer is not made, directly or indirectly, in or into any
jurisdiction where to do so with constitute a violation of the laws
of such jurisdiction and, subject to certain exceptions, the Offer
will not be capable of acceptance in or from any such jurisdiction.
Custodians, nominees and trustees should observe the restrictions and
must not send or distribute this announcement in, into or from the
United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or Ireland or
any other jurisdiction where to do so with constitute of violation of
the laws of such jurisdiction.

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