Issue of Equity

13 September 2013

InterQuest Group plc

("InterQuest" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

InterQuest Group plc (AIM: ITQ.L), the specialist recruitment group, announces that, following the exercise of options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, 70,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Group have been issued and allotted.

Accordingly, application will be made for the 70,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will take place on 20 September 2013.

The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of InterQuest will be 33,495,773 ordinary shares. The Company currently holds 4,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 33,491,773.

For further information please contact:

InterQuest Group plc 020 7025 0100

Gary Ashworth, Executive Chairman

Michael Joyce, Finance Director

Charles Stanley Securities 020 7149 6000

Marc Milmo

Karri Vuori