Notification of Transactions of Directors/Total...

Intermediate Capital Group plc (the "Company")

6 March 2015

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

EXERCISE OF SHARE OPTIONS BY DIRECTORS

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 Intermediate Capital Group PLC wishes to announce that it has been notified that the following option exercises have taken place pursuant to the rules of the Intermediate Capital group PLC 2001 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme:

Director: Christophe Evain

Date of exercise: 5 March 2015

Number of ordinary shares in the Company acquired on exercise 111,997

Number of ordinary shares sold to cover the option price, liabilities for income tax and national insurance contributions 105,491

Number of shares retained 6,506

This option exercise has been satisfied by the issue of new ordinary shares in the Company.

As a consequence of the above transaction, Christophe Evain and his connected persons have an interest in 1,097,977 ordinary shares in the Company.

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

Intermediate Capital Group plc (the "Company") has made applications for the admission of 111,997 Ordinary Shares of 20 pence each in the Company to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, in connection with the exercise of options by a number of employees of the Company under the Company's 2001 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme. Admission of the shares to the Official List is expected to occur on 11 March 2015.

The shares will be issued fully paid and will rank pari passu in all other respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares of the Company.

In addition, the Company wishes to notify the market (as per DTR 5.6.1R) that, as a result of the above allotment of shares, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 383,810,190 Ordinary Shares (excluding Treasury Shares).  Each Ordinary Share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company. The Company also holds 18,847,197 Ordinary Shares in Treasury

Accordingly the figure of 383,810,190 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

Investor Enquiries:

Ian Stanlake

Investor Relations, ICG plc

[phone]

Media Enquiries:

Helen Gustard

Corporate Communications, ICG plc

[phone]

Neil Bennett

Maitland

[phone]

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Source: Intermediate Capital Group plc via Globenewswire

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