Issue of Equity (0870Y)

TIDMHAT

RNS Number : 0870Y

H&T Group PLC

24 February 2012

24(th) February 2012

H&T GROUP PLC

ISSUE OF SHARES

H&T Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has issued today 3,150 ordinary shares of 5p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") following the fulfillment of performance criteria allowing the exercise of options awarded under the 2007 and 2008 share option schemes. None of the options being exercised are held by directors of the Company.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares, ranking pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in issue, to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 1(st) March 2012. Following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 36,097,035 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue, with each share having one voting right.

The Company's ISIN code is GB00B12RQD06.

For further information, please contact:

 
 H&T Group plc 
  John Nichols, Chief Executive 
  Alex Maby, Finance Director        0870 9022 600 
 
  Hawkpoint Partners Limited 
  Lawrence Guthrie / Sunil Duggal     020 7665 4500 
 
  Numis Securities Limited 
  Mark Lander                         020 7260 1000 
 
  Pelham Bell Pottinger 
  Damian Beeley                       020 7861 3923 
 

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