Issue of Equity

TMT Group PLC 26 April 2006 TMT Group Plc Issue of Equity TMT Group Plc ('TMT' or the 'Company'), the AIM listed provider of next generation instant messaging solutions, which serve the market of mobile data services in the mobile communication industry, today announces the placing of 14,551,333 ordinary shares (the 'Placing Shares') at 16 pence per ordinary share ('the Placing Price'), to raise approximately £2.33 million. The funds will allow the Company to accelerate global marketing and develop extensions of its fixed-mobile convergence products. 12,251,333 of the Placing Shares were placed with Jorge Pinievsky, a director of the Company, with the remainder being placed with an existing institutional investor. The Placing Price represents a discount of 5.88 per cent. to the closing mid market price of 17p on AIM as at 25 April 2006, the date prior to the publication of this announcement. The Placing Shares will, when issued and fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company. Application has been made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading in the Placing Shares is expected to commence on 2 May 2006. Following the placing, Jorge Pinievsky's holding in the Company is 21,419,957 ordinary shares, representing 20.51 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital. Under the AIM Rules, the issue of the Placing Shares to Jorge Pinievsky is deemed to be a related party transaction. The directors of the Company (other than Jorge Pinievsky), having consulted with Corporate Synergy Plc, are of the opinion that the terms of the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company are concerned. Contacts: John Swingewood, Executive Chairman, TMT Group plc: 020 8104 1992 John Prior / Romil Patel, Corporate Synergy Plc: 020 7448 4400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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