Re Contract

Worthington Nicholls Group plc
15 June 2007


                                       
RNS Release


15 June 2007


            Worthington Nicholls Group plc secures contract with IHG

           First customer contract to comply with new EU legislation


Worthington Nicholls Group plc (AIM: WNG) ('Worthington Nicholls'), one of the
UK's largest installers of air conditioning, heating, ventilation and chilled
water systems, has signed a multi million pound contract for nine years through
to June 2016 with IHG Managed Services, part of the Intercontinental Hotels
Group ('IHG'). In the context of recent Company contract announcements, this is
one of the most significant.


The maintenance contract secured by Worthington Nicholls will cover the
maintenance and extended warranty of the air conditioning units in guest
bedrooms, public areas, back of house and Spirit Health Clubs across the UK and
Ireland estate.


The agreement follows an initial extended warranty and maintenance contract
awarded to WNG in 2003 for four years as part of the UK and Ireland air
conditioning installation roll-out.


The contract Worthington Nicholls has secured will ensure IHG has regulatory
compliance with new F Gas legislation, part of wider EU environmental
legislation, which comes into force on 4 July 2007 and will involve the
monitoring of all HCFC refrigerant compliance systems.


As part of the legislation, R22 refrigerants will be banned from 1 January 2015
and the new contract will take IHG through the R22 phase out period.


Mark Worthington, Chief Executive of Worthington Nicholls, said:


'We are very pleased to have secured a large contract and at a significant stage
in our growing relationship with IHG. The current EU legislation will ensure
that companies have to make major changes to their air conditioning systems over
the next seven years. We estimate that there are currently approximately one
million units still in use in the UK alone, with a replacement and installation
cost of over £7 billion.'


Notes to editors


European legislation introduced in 2000, banned the use of R22 as an ozone
depleting substance and introduced a phase-out programme. As a result, the
manufacture of new air conditioning equipment using R22 was discontinued in
stages between 2001 and 2004 as manufacturers released equipment to operate on
non-ozone depleting substances. The legislation decreed that existing installed
systems may be serviced using new R22 until January 2010, after which time only
recycled R22 could be used but not beyond 2015.


Enquiries:


Worthington Nicholls                         0870 609 1829

Mark Worthington, Chief Executive

David Levis, Corporate Director


Blue Oar Securities                          020 7448 4400

Romil Patel/Rhod Cruwys


Gresham PR Ltd                               020 7404 9000

Neil Boom/Laura Black


Information on Worthington Nicholls can be accessed via the Group's website:
www.worthington-nicholls.co.uk



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