Award of shares under the SIP

7 November 2011

Cyril Sweett Group plc (the "Company")

Award of shares under the Share Incentive Plan

The Company announces that it received notification on 17 October 2011 that, following payroll contributions made on 30 September 2011, Cyril Sweett Trustee Company Limited, trustee of the HMRC approved Cyril Sweett All Employee Share Ownership Plan ("SIP'), awarded 34,149 ordinary shares of 10 pence each respectively in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to participants in the SIP. All of the 34,149 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 10,874,105 Ordinary shares representing 16.40% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Under the SIP, Mr Dean Webster, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Mr Derek Pitcher, a Director of the Company, each purchased 490 ordinary shares at a price of 25.5 pence per share via contributions made on 30 September 2011.

Therefore the following director's beneficial holdings in the Company have changed following these appropriations:

At the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 66,311,199 Ordinary shares with voting rights and the Company holds no Ordinary shares in Treasury.

For further information, call:

Cyril Sweett Group plc 020 7061 9053

Danielle Pass, Company Secretary

Arbuthnot Securities Limited 020 7012 2000

Andrew Kitchingman

Paul Gillam

ENDS