HRO H.R.Owen

                          H.R. Owen Plc (the "Group")

          Trading Update following a strong third quarter performance

                  H. R Owen to exceed management expectations

The Board of H.R. Owen Plc issues the following trading update for the period
from 30 June 2013 to 3 October 2013.

The Board is pleased to report that the positive momentum generated during an
encouraging first half performance has continued into the third quarter of
2013, with the Company continuing to trade ahead of management's expectations.
In particular, used car trading performance throughout the period has been very
promising with volumes up by almost a third on the prior year at improved unit
margins. In addition, receipts of new cars from manufacturers have been
accelerated ahead of expectations with a resulting higher than anticipated
percentage of our available 2013 allocations being delivered to customers in
the first nine months of the year.

Accordingly, as a result of the particularly strong performance during the
first nine months of the year and the outlook for the remainder of the year,
the Group now expects the results for the year ended 31 December 2013 to be
ahead of management's previous expectations.

The mandatory cash offer for the Group by Berjaya Philippines Inc of 170 pence
per share, announced on 12 September 2013, has been declared wholly
unconditional and will remain open for acceptance until 11 October 2013. The
Board reiterates its recommendation that shareholders should accept the
mandatory cash offer, as the directors have already done so in respect of their
own beneficial holdings.

Information:

H.R. Owen (020 7245 1122)

Joe Doyle, Mike Warren

Charles Stanley Securities (020 7149 6000)

Marc Milmo, Carl Holmes

Halkin Communications (07904 680 547)

Sara Batchelor

About H.R. Owen

H.R. Owen has evolved into the business it is today over a period of nearly 70
years. We operate a number of vehicle franchises in the prestige and specialist
car market for both sales and aftersales, predominantly in the London area.
These cover fourteen sales franchises and seventeen aftersales franchises for
Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus,
Maserati, MINI, Pagani and Rolls-Royce. We have a long and prestigious history
and can trace our foundations back to the formation by Harold Rolfe Owen of a
dealership selling Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars in 1932.

More information about the H.R. Owen Group can be found on our website

http://www.hrowen.co.uk.