Director/PDMR Shareholding

For immediate release: 6 December 2012

Cape plc

("Cape" or the "Company")

Director/ PDMR Shareholding

Cape plc, the international provider of essential, non-mechanical support services to the energy and mineral resources sectors, was informed on 6 December 2012 of the following purchase of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence ("Ordinary Shares") by a Director:

Mr Michael Speakman, who was today appointed Chief Financial Officer, purchased 24,906 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.008 pence per share on 6 December 2012, following which Michael Speakman has a beneficial interest in 24,906 Ordinary Shares representing 0.02 per cent of the issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company.

Enquiries:

Cape plc

Christopher Judd

Group Company Secretary: Tel. +65 6681 0542

M:Communications

Patrick d'Ancona: Tel. +44 (0)20 7920 2347

Ben Simons: Tel. +44 (0)20 7920 2340

About Cape:

Cape plc (www.capeplc.com), which is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, provides a range of non-mechanical industrial services including access systems, insulation, painting, coatings, blasting, industrial cleaning, training and assessment to both industrial plant operators and major international engineering and construction companies.

As a single source provider, Cape is able to provide a range of specialist multi-disciplinary services specifically tailored to meet the needs of the client providing the most intelligent and cost efficient solutions for our customers' non-mechanical in-plant maintenance and capital needs.

In the year ended 31 December 2011, Cape reported revenues of £722.5 million. With scale and leading market positions across its international footprint, Cape employs over 19,000 people around the world.