Director/PDMR Shareholding & LTIS

23 August 2011

OPSEC SECURITY GROUP PLC

Awards under Long Term Incentive Scheme and Directors' shareholdings

OpSec Security Group plc (the "Company'), the supplier of anti-counterfeiting technologies, services and programmes announces that, on 23 August 2011, OpSec Security Group Employee Trustee Company Limited (the "Trustee"), as trustee of the OpSec Security Group Employee Trust (the 'Trust'), transferred a total of 2,795,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ('Shares') to certain employees. The Shares were transferred to the employees as a result of the exercise by them, following the satisfaction of the relevant performance conditions, of options granted to them under the OpSec Security Group 1995 Employee Share Option Scheme, the OpSec Security Group (1996) Employee Share Option Scheme and the OpSec Security Group Long Term Incentive Scheme 2007 (the "Schemes").

Employees granted options under the Schemes included Mark Turnage (Chief Executive) and Mike Angus (Finance Director). Both Mark Turnage and Mike Angus had previously accepted the offer by Orca Holdings Limited in respect of all of their options, which amounted to in aggregate 925,000 options, under the Schemes. Following these transactions Mark Turnage holds 411,359 Shares and Mike Angus holds 388,169 Shares. These holdings represent 0.54% and 0.51% of the Company's issued share capital respectively.

The Trust now holds 2,496,429 Shares, representing 3.28% of the Company's issued share capital.

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