Related Party Loan

4 February 2009 Talent Group plc ("Talent" or the "Company") Related Party Loan Terence Bate, Chairman of the Company, has committed to advance an additional unsecured loan of £100,000 to the Company to enhance the working capital of the Company and its subsidiaries. The loan is for an indefinite period and will be repaid as and when the Company has sufficient working capital to do so. Interest on the loan will be charged at 6 per cent. per annum. In addition, the Company has agreed to a change in the interest rate that applies to the £600,000 loan provided by Mr Bate in 2008. The new interest rate, which will apply from 21 January 2009, will also be 6 per cent. per annum. (previously 1.75 per cent. over Barclays Base Rate). Under the AIM Rules, the additional loan to be provided by Mr Bate and the change to the interest rate to be applied to the existing loan is classified as a related party transaction. The Directors, other than Mr Bate who is interested in the transaction (the "Independent Directors"), who have consulted with John East & Partners Limited, consider the terms of the transaction to be fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Group are concerned. In advising the Independent Directors, John East & Partners Limited has relied upon their commercial assessment. ENQUIRIES: Talent Group plc Tony Humphreys Tel: 020 7421 7800 John East & Partners Limited John East / Simon Clements Tel: 020 7628 2200
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