Issue of Equity

InterQuest Group plc

("InterQuest" or "the Group")

Issue of Equity / Total Voting Rights

IT staffing specialist, InterQuest Group plc (AIM: ITQ.L), announces that, pursuant to the exercise of options under the The InterQuest Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2008 ("the Plan") by certain employees, 213,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the share capital of the Group ("New Ordinary Shares") have been issued and allotted.

 Application has been made for the admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission") and Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 13 January 2012.

Following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights will be 32,344,377.

The Group also has 75,500 Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of shares in issue is therefore 32,419,877.

The figure of 32,344,377 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interests in, InterQuest under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About InterQuest

The InterQuest Group is a specialist IT recruitment Group providing contract and permanent recruitment services within niche disciplines in the UK and Europe. The Group comprises sixteen separately branded specialist divisions covering a broad range of skill sets and industries including Public Sector, SAP, Oracle, CRM Testing, Banking, Insurance, Retailing, Pharmaceuticals, Media, Analytics, Infrastructure and Communications.