Allotment of Shares

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HELPHIRE GROUP PLC ("HELPHIRE" OR THE "COMPANY")

ALLOTMENT AND ISSUE OF B SHARES UNDER LTIP

The Company announced on 27 March 2013 that under the terms of its B Share incentive scheme, Martin Ward and Stephen Oakley had conditionally been issued at par value 69,406,060 B Shares and 34,703,031 B Shares respectively. These awards were accepted by Martin Ward and Stephen Oakley on 12 April 2013 and, following satisfaction of the pre-conditions to the awards, the relevant B Shares were allotted and issued on 12 April 2013.

The allotment and issue of the B Shares does not affect the total number of voting rights in the Company, which remains 1,561,636,364.

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