  We have begun a metal-rich planet search project using the HARPS instrument
in La Silla, Chile to target planets with a high potential to transit their
host star and add to the number of bright benchmark transiting planets. The
sample currently consists of 100, bright (7.5 </= V </= 9.5) solar-type stars
(0.5 </= B-V </= 0.9) in the southern hemisphere which are both inactive
(logR'HK </= -4.5) and metal-rich ([Fe/H] >/= 0.1 dex). We determined the
chromospheric activity and metallicity status of our sample using high
resolution FEROS spectra. We also introduce the first result from our HARPS
planet search and show that the radial-velocity amplitude of this star is
consistent with an orbiting planetary-mass companion (i.e. Msini < 0.5MJ) with
a period of ~5 days. We are currently engaged in follow-up to confirm this
signal as a bonafide orbiting planet.
