Issue of Equity

Driver Group plc
31 March 2006

                                Driver Group plc



                                (the 'Company')



                                Issue of equity



The Company announces that it has raised approximately £750,000 via a placing of
1,027,397 new ordinary shares of 0.4p each ('Ordinary Shares') at 73p per share.
This placing will be used to support the development of the Company.



Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading
on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 5 April 2006. The new Ordinary
Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue and
increase the number of Ordinary Shares in issue to 24,232,874.



Following this placing, Unicorn AIM VCT I Series 2 and Unicorn AIM VCT II, funds
under the management of Unicorn Asset Management Limited, will hold in aggregate
1,027,397 Ordinary Shares, which represents 4.24% of the Company's enlarged
issued Ordinary Share capital.



For further information, please contact:



Steve Driver, Driver Group plc               Tel: [phone]

David Youngman, WH Ireland Limited           Tel: [phone]






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