Award of Shares under the Share Incentive Scheme

Cyril Sweett Group plc (the "Company")

21 February 2011

Award of shares under the Share Incentive Plan

The Company announces that it received notification on Tuesday 15 February 2011 that, following payroll contributions made on 31 January 2011, Cyril Sweett Trustee Company Limited, trustee of the HMRC approved Cyril Sweett All Employee Share Ownership Plan ("SIP'), awarded 5,804 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to participants in the SIP. All of the 5,804 shares were unallocated shares already held in the SIP.

The SIP is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and participating subsidiaries, which holds Ordinary Shares acquired and/or awarded under the partnership, matching, free and dividend shares sections of the plan. Following a change to the SIP Trust Deed and Rules on 1 January 2011, eligible participating employees now contribute funds to purchase partnership shares on a monthly basis. Dividends in respect of shares held by the SIP are re-invested to purchase dividend shares.

Following the appropriation Cyril Sweett Trustee Company Limited holds 11,254,700 Ordinary Shares representing 17.32% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The following director's beneficial holdings in the Company have changed following the quarterly appropriation:

At the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 64,993,146 Ordinary Shares with voting rights and the Company holds no Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

For further information, call:

Cyril Sweett Group plc 0207 061 9053

Francesca Wilson, Company Secretary

Arbuthnot Securities Limited 020 7012 2123

Andrew Kitchingman

ENDS