Issue of Equity

NATURE GROUP PLC

("Nature Group" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

The Board of Nature Group, the AIM quoted provider of port reception facilities and waste treatment solutions for the oil, marine and process industries, announces that, pursuant to the exercise of options by employees of the Company, 500,000 new Ordinary Shares ("New Ordinary Shares") have been issued.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission will be effective and that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will take place on 4 May 2012.

Following the issue of these new Ordinary Shares there will be 79,280,655 Ordinary Shares in issue. 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 the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The New Ordinary Shares will rank in full for all dividends and otherwise pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares from the date of Admission.

For further information please visit www.ngrp.com

or contact one of the following:

 Nature Group

Bernard Muller, Chairman Tel 0031 6533 057 75

Andreas Drenthen, CEO Tel 0031 1812 911 44

Kieron Becerra, FD Tel 0035 0200 444 68

WH Ireland

James Joyce / Nick Field, Nominated Adviser Tel 0044 2072 201 666

Seb Wykeham / Ruari McGirr, Broking Tel 0044 2072 201 666

Hermes Financial PR

Chris Steele Tel 0044 7979 604 687

Trevor Phillips Tel 0044 7889 153 628