Directorate Change

HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Directorate Change

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") confirms, as previously outlined in the Interim Results announcement of 28 August 2015, that Dr Michael Richardson, the former finance director of the company, has stepped down from the Board of the Company with immediate effect, following the publication of the preliminary announcement of results on 24 February 2016.

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Harworth Group Plc Tel +44 (0) 114 30 30 880

Owen Michaelson, Chief Executive

Andrew Kirkman, Finance Director

Cardew Group Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 0777

Anthony Cardew / Emma Crawshaw

Notes to Editors:

Harworth Group Plc is a leading property investment and development company which owns and manages a portfolio of some 27,000 acres of land across approximately 200 sites located throughout the Midlands and North of England. The Company specialises in the regeneration of former coalfield sites and other brownfield land into employment areas, new residential properties and low carbon energy projects.

http://www.harworthgroup.com