Deferred Consideration Payment

Lavendon Group Plc ("the Company")

Deferred Consideration Payment

Lavendon Group plc announces that it has issued (conditionally upon admission as set out below) 1,303,567 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company. This issue has been made to satisfy the requirement to issue ordinary shares as part of the deferred consideration obligations on the second anniversary of completion of the acquisition of The Platform Company (Holdings) Limited.

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for admission to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the ordinary shares which is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 1 April 2010.

Following admission, the Company will have 164,257,924 ordinary shares in issue.

For further information please contact:

Lavendon Group plc T: +44(0)1455 558874

Kevin Appleton, Chief Executive

Alan Merrell, Group Finance Director

Financial Dynamics T: +44(0)207 831 3113

Jonathon Brill/Billy

Clegg/Caroline Stewart