Further re Open Offer

Mercury Group PLC
15 December 2006


                                                                15 December 2006

                               Mercury Group plc
                          ('Mercury' or the 'Company')

                      Proposed Capital Reorganisation and
   Placing and Open Offer of 20,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at 7.5p per share
                                      and
                    Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

Further to the announcement made at 7.02am, the full timetable of principle
events for the Proposed Capital Reorganisation and Placing and Open Offer is as
follows:

                         Expected timetable of events

Record Date for the Open Offer                                 12 December 2006

Despatch of the circular to Shareholders                       15 December 2006

Latest time and date for splitting Application Forms   3.00pm on 5 January 2007
                                                                  

Latest time and date for receipt of Application Forms and          3.00 pm on 9
payment in full                                                    January 2007

Latest time and date for receipt of Proxy Forms      10.00 am on 9 January 2007

EGM                                                 10.00 am on 11 January 2007
                                                                
Record Date for the Capital Reorganisation                      11 January 2007

Admission effective and dealings commence on AIM                12 January 2007

CREST accounts credited                                         12 January 2007

Share certificates despatched                                   19 January 2007



Enquires:

Mercury Group plc
Simon Michaels, Finance Director                           Tel: [phone]
                                                                          
Walter Goldsmith, Non-Executive Chairman

John East & Partners Limited
John East/Simon Clements                                   Tel: [phone]
                                                                          

College Hill
Matthew Smallwood                                          Tel: [phone]
                                                                          




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