Issue of Equity

EXOVA GROUP PLC

ISSUE OF EQUITY

Exova Group plc (the "Company") announces that application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for a listing of 372,727 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each (the "Shares") in the Company for admission on 9 September 2014 to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange and to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority. The Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

The Shares were issued and allotted on 4 September 2014 to the Exova Group Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy the exercise by Anne Thorburn, a director and person discharging managerial responsibilities of the Company, of her fully-vested special award under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan as set out in the Company's RNS announcement dated 3 September 2014.

Following the issue of the Shares, the number of ordinary shares in issue will increase to 250,372,727. For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following this allotment consists of 250,372,727 Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per Share). There are no Shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the DTRs.

For and on behalf of Exova Group plc

Date: 4 September 2014

Neil MacLennan

Company SecretaryTelephone: 0131 333 8053