National Express Group PLC Market purchase of shares (9503Y)

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RNS Number : 9503Y

National Express Group PLC

11 December 2017

National Express Group PLC

Market purchase of shares

to be held in the Company's employee benefit trust

National Express Group PLC ("Company") today confirms it has been notified that on 8 December 2017, First Names Corporate Services Limited, acting as Trustee of the National Express Group Employee Benefit Trust ("Trust"), purchased 1,000,000 (one million) ordinary shares of nominal value 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") at an average price of 369.2 pence per share.

The Trust holds Shares for the benefit of the Company's employees, in particular for satisfying the future vesting of outstanding awards made under the Company's various employee share incentive plans. As such, Dean Finch, Chris Davies and Matt Ashley, as Executive Directors and PDMRs, are amongst the potential beneficiaries of the Shares held in Trust.

Immediately following the above transaction, the Trust holds 1,643,746 Shares for the above purpose, representing 0.3% of the Company's issued share capital with voting rights.

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Enquiries to National Express Group PLC:

Michael Arnaouti, Company Secretary 020 7805 3807

Notes

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800A8IQEMY8PA5X34

Classification: 2.4 (with reference to DTR6 Annex 1R)

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December 11, 2017 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT)