Grant of Options

10 January 2013

Escher Group Holdings plc

Grant of Options

A block listing application for 30,000 Escher Group Holdings plc shares has been made to the AIM market, to be issued under the Escher Group Holdings plc Share Option Scheme and it is expected that admission will take place on 15 January 2013. When issued, these Escher Group Holdings plc shares will rank pari passu with all existing Escher Group Holdings plc shares.

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Notes to Editors

Escher is a world leading developer and provider of outsourced, point of service software for use in the postal industry worldwide. Its core software, RiposteEssential, enables post offices to expand upon their traditional offering, providing additional new services, reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Riposte is a messaging middleware that enables applications operating on different computers to communicate with each other. The Riposte software manages data, monitors the system status and communicates across the network. Escher operates across two divisions - its Retail Software Division and its Message Based Communications Division.

The Retail Software Solution (RiposteEssential) serves the postal and courier markets. Transactions include mail and financial services and the system is integrated with utilities and financial services companies, banks and central and local governments.

Escher's Message Based Communications Division (RiposteTrEx) is based on a digital post office box model and is designed to provide a national digital infrastructure linking governments, businesses and citizens via a secure platform.