Grant of Options

Tangent Communications plc

("Tangent" or the "Company")

Grant of options

Tangent Communications plc, a leading provider of Intelligent Marketing and Technology, announces that today it made conditional awards to its executive directors under a Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") in accordance with the principles set out in the Remuneration Report contained within Tangent's last Annual Report.

The LTIP operates through Tangent's unapproved options scheme by granting options where possible, or where regulatory restrictions apply to individual directors, by awarding phantom options that give an equivalent cash bonus, which is not directly convertible into shares.

Today Kevin Cameron was granted options over 655,234 ordinary shares. The options have an exercise price of 1 pence per ordinary share and will vest equally over three years from 1st March 2010, conditional upon Tangent generating a minimum total shareholder return of 10% per annum above the total shareholder return of the AIM Index excluding certain unrelated sectors. Partial vesting is conditional upon Tangent generating a minimum total shareholder return in excess of the total shareholder return of the AIM Index excluding certain unrelated sectors.

Nicholas Green and Timothy Green were each awarded 1,018,491 phantom options. The phantom options will vest equally over three years from 1 March 2010, conditional upon Tangent generating a minimum total shareholder return of 10% per annum above the total shareholder return of the AIM Index excluding certain unrelated sectors. Partial vesting is conditional upon Tangent generating a minimum total shareholder return in excess of the total shareholder return of the AIM Index excluding certain unrelated sectors.

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