Admission of Placing Shares

23 March 2012

Tarsus Group plc

Admission of Placing Shares and Total Voting Rights

Tarsus Group plc (LSE: TRS, "Tarsus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, pursuant to the Placing announced on 20 March 2012, the admission of 8,086,228 Ordinary Shares to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

Subsequent to Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue as at the date of this announcement is 94,948,509 with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 94,948,509.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Tarsus, under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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Terms defined in the announcement by the Company on 20 March 2012 shall have the same meaning in this announcement.

This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company. No representation or warranty express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Investec or by any of its affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

Investec, which is authorised and regulated by the FSA, is acting exclusively for Tarsus solely in connection with the Placing and for no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Tarsus for providing the protections afforded to the customers of Investec or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan or South Africa or in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful and should not be relied upon in connection with any decision, or as any inducement, to subscribe for or acquire any new Ordinary Shares. In particular, this announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States. No public offer of securities is being made in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of any offer to purchase securities in the United States. Placing Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or an exemption therefrom. The Company has not and does not intend to register any securities under the US Securities Act and does not intend to offer any securities to the public in the United States. No money, securities or other consideration from any person inside the United States is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information contained in this announcement, will not be accepted. The Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered with any regulatory authority of any state within the United States.