Proposed Disposal of the Italian Branch

21 December 2012

Proposed Disposal of the Italian Branch of Darty plcInformation required by section 311A Companies Act 2006

A general meeting of Darty plc (the "Company")is to be held on 17 January 2013 at 10.00 am  at the Hilton London Euston Hotel, 17-18 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0HT(the "General Meeting") in connection with the proposed disposal of the Italian branch of Kesa Sourcing Limited (the "Disposal"). At the General Meeting, an ordinary resolution will be proposed to approve the Disposal.

In accordance with S311A of the Companies Act 2006, the following information relating to the General Meeting is set out below:

As at 20 December 2012 (the latest practicable time before notice of the General Meeting was given) the total number of ordinary shares in the Company in respect of which members were entitled to exercise voting rights at the General meeting was 529,552,216 . There is no other class of shares in the Company.

For further information please contact:

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Anne-France Malrieu +33 1 53 70 74 66/+33 6 89 87 61 18

Caroline Simon +33 1 53 70 74 65/+33 6 89 87 61 24

About Darty plc

Darty group is a leading cross channel service led electrical retailer operating nearly 500 stores in nine European countries and achieving 11% of its products sales on the web. With more than 16,500 people, it generated an annual turnover of over €4 billion in 2011/12 through three operating segments: Darty (France), Other established businesses (which consists of Vanden Borre in Belgium, BCC in the Netherlands, and Datart in the Czech Republic and Slovakia), and Developing businesses (which consist of Darty Italy, Darty Spain and Darty Turkey). Its ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the market for listed securities on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol DRTY.L. It is also listed on the Premier Marche of the Paris Stock Exchange.

For further information, please visit the company's website, www.dartygroup.com.