LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

H&T GROUP PLC

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

H&T Group plc announces that on 5 April 2011 an award was confirmed to the Executive Director's of the Group, under the H&T Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") of 153,928 nil cost ordinary share awards granted by the H&T Employee Benefit Trust. The allocation by director is as follows:

Mr J Nichols 77,174

Mr A Maby 42,781

Mr S Fenerty 33,973

In addition, an award of 79,524 nil cost ordinary shares was made to other senior executives of the Group, again under the LTIP.

In accordance with the rules of the LTIP, the shares subject to the LTIP awards will be released on 5 April 2014 subject to continued employment and the satisfaction of certain specific performance conditions based on the Group's Total Shareholder Return performance.

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