SANDERSON GROUP PLC
Exercise of Options
Sanderson Group plc ('Sanderson' or the 'Group'), the software and IT services business specialising in multi-channel retail and manufacturing markets in the UK and Ireland, announces that 125,000 ordinary shares ('New Ordinary Shares') have been issued as a result of the exercise of options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. Application has been made for the new shares to be admitted to AIM and admission is expected to take place on 12 April 2013.
The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Sanderson ordinary shares. Following allotment of the New Ordinary Shares, Sanderson will have in issue 43,800,946 ordinary shares. This figure 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 share capital of Sanderson under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Sanderson Group plc 0333 123 1400
Christopher Winn, Chairman
Adrian Frost, Finance Director
Charles Stanley Securities 020 7149 6000
Nominated Advisor
Mark Taylor