Compulsory Acqn of Shares

HMV Group plc

For immediate release

16 April 2010

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RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

BY

HMV GROUP PLC

FOR

MAMA GROUP PLC

Completion of Compulsory Acquisition of Outstanding MAMA Group Plc Shares

and

Closing of the Offer

Completion of compulsory acquisition

Further to the announcement on 3 March 2010 regarding the despatch of compulsory acquisition notices to Mama Shareholders who have not accepted the Offer, HMV announces that it has today compulsorily acquired the remaining MAMA Shares for which it has not received acceptances (being 5,784,552 MAMA Shares) in accordance with the compulsory acquisition notices. Accordingly, HMV now owns 100 per cent of MAMA's issued share capital.

Closing of the Offer

The Offer will close at 3.00 p.m. fourteen days following this announcement.

Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning given to them in the offer document dated 15 January 2010.

Enquiries

HMV Group plc Telephone: 01628 818 300

Paul Barker