Exercise of Options

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

16 DECEMBER 2014

SANDERSON GROUP PLC

Exercise of Options

Sanderson Group plc ('Sanderson' or 'the Group'), the software and IT services business specialising in multi-channel retail and manufacturing markets in the UK and Ireland, announces that Adrian Frost has exercised options over 100,000 ordinary shares under the Group's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') at an exercise price of £1.

Following the exercise of these options, Adrian Frost is interested in 241,000 ordinary shares representing 0.45% of the issued share capital of the Group.

An ex-employee has also exercised an LTIP option over 120,000 shares and a current employee has exercised options over 50,000 shares under the Group's EMI scheme. There are now no further LTIP options outstanding. Application shall be made for the combined total of 270,000 new shares ('New Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to AIM and admission is expected to take place on 19 December 2014.

The New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options will rank pari passu with the existing Sanderson ordinary shares. Following allotment of the New Ordinary Shares, Sanderson will have in issue 54,333,808 ordinary shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of Sanderson, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Sanderson Group plc 0333 123 1400

Christopher Winn, Chairman

Adrian Frost, Finance Director

Ian Newcombe, Director

Charles Stanley Securities 020 7149 6000

Nominated Advisor

Mark Taylor

Winningtons Financial 0117 985 8989

Paul Vann or 07768 807631