Announcement of Posting

Recommended Partial Cash Offer

by

JMH INVESTMENTS LIMITED ("JMHI"), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary

of JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED ("Jardine Matheson"),

so as to increase its shareholding in

JARDINE LLOYD THOMPSON GROUP PLC ("JLT")

by approximately 10 per cent

Publication of Offer Document

26 September 2011

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc ("JLT") announces that the offer document, which contains the terms and conditions of the Partial Offer and the procedures for approval and acceptance of the Partial Offer (the "Offer Document"), was posted to JLT Shareholders on 23 September 2011 together with the PINK Approval Form and BLUE Acceptance Form. 

The Offer Document will be available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on JLT's website at www.jltgroup.com from 12 noon (London time) on Monday 26 September 2011, up to and including the end of the Partial Offer.

Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set out in the Offer Document.

You may request a hard copy of this announcement by contacting the Company Secretary of JLT at 6 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2PH or on 020 7528 4444. You may also request that all future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you in relation to the Partial Offer should be in hard copy form.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, pursuant to the Partial Offer or otherwise. The Partial Offer will be made solely by means of the Offer Document, the PINK Approval Form and the BLUE Acceptance Form accompanying the Offer Document, which will contain the full terms and Conditions of the Partial Offer, including details of how the Partial Offer may be accepted.

This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom.

Disclosure requirements of the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of the offeree company. An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of the offeree company, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.