Pre-Close Trading Update

28 May 2015

Nakama Group plc (AIM: NAK)

("Nakama" or "the Company")

"The AIM quoted recruitment consultancy working across UK, Europe, Asia and Australia providing staff for the Web, Interactive, Digital media, IT and Business Change sectors"

Pre-Close Trading Update

Nakama Group plc (AIM: NAK), the AIM quoted recruitment consultancy working across UK, Europe, Asia and Australia providing staff for the Web, Interactive, Digital media, IT and Business Change sectors, today provides a trading update following its financial year end on 31 March 2015.

Nakama is pleased to announce that its full year results will be in line with management expectations, with profitable trading in the second half and with Group headcount further expanding across the international network.

The digital recruitment market continues to be buoyant and interest and requirements from our corporate and agency clients remains strong.

The Company expects to release its preliminary results during the week commencing Monday, 27 July 2015.

Ken Ford, Non-Exec Chairman of Nakama, commented:

"The Group has delivered another encouraging trading performance, in line with expectations and it closes the year with an upbeat outlook. I look forward to continued good progress."

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About Nakama Group plc

Nakama Group plc is a recruitment group of two branded solutions placing people into specialist and management positions:

· Nakama operates in the digital, creative, media, marketing and technology sectors all over the world from offices in the UK, Asia and Australia.

· The Highams brand specialises in the Financial Services sector, specifically Business Change and IT in Insurance and Wealth Management currently in the UK and Europe.

Nakama Group plc was created in October 2011 through the merging of Nakama Ltd UK and its subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne and Highams Recruitment Limited (formerly Highams Systems Services Group plc).

Since forming in 2011, the Group has opened an office in Singapore for Digital, Creative, Media and Marketing.

Our aim is to offer all our services from both our brands in all our locations.