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Mears Group PLC 09 March 2007 Not for release, distribution or publication in whole or in part in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction For immediate release 9 March 2007 Mears Group PLC Recommended offer for Careforce Group plc and Proposed Placing to raise approximately GBP25.2 million: posting of Offer Document, Equivalent Document and EGM Circular Board appointment Further to the announcement made on 5 March 2007 of a recommended offer by Mears Group PLC ('Mears') to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Careforce Group plc ('Careforce') ('the Offer'), Mears announces that the offer document containing the full terms and conditions of the Offer ('the Offer Document') together with an equivalent document relating to Mears approved by the UK Listing Authority is being posted to Careforce Shareholders today, together with the Form of Acceptance. If you hold Careforce Shares in certificated form, to accept the Offer you should complete, sign and return the Form of Acceptance as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by Lloyds TSB Registrars by no later than 1.00 p.m. on 30 March 2007. If you hold Careforce Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST), to accept the Offer you should accept the Offer electronically through CREST in accordance with the instructions set out in the Offer Document so that the TTE Instruction settles by no later than 1.00 p.m. on 30 March 2007. If you hold Careforce Shares as a CREST sponsored member, you should refer to your CREST sponsor as only your CREST sponsor will be able to send the necessary TTE Instruction to CRESTCo. Copies of the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance are available for inspection and collection (during normal business hours only) from Lloyds TSB Registrars at The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA until the Offer closes. The Equivalent Document, which comprises an AIM Admission Document under the AIM Rules, will be available free of charge from the offices of Investec, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP for a period of one month. Mears is today also posting to Mears Shareholders a circular containing a notice of Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, 2 April 2007 at the offices of Investec, 2 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP at which the approval of Mears Shareholders for the Placing will be sought. In the event that Mears Shareholders do not approve the issue of the Placing Shares to implement the Placing, the Offer will lapse. In the event that the Placing is approved but the Offer lapses, the Placing will proceed with the net proceeds being applied to finance expansion by Mears into the domiciliary care market. Admission of the Placing Shares is expected to occur on Wednesday, 4 April 2007 which may be before the Offer is declared unconditional as to acceptances. Board appointment Mears is pleased to announce that Andrew Smith has today been appointed to the Board of Mears. Andrew Smith (aged 34) qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994 and prior to joining Mears in December 1999 worked as an auditor with Grant Thornton. Prior to his appointment to the Board, Andrew was finance director covering the Mears Group's subsidiaries. Andrew Smith holds 130,000 options over Mears Shares. Andrew Smith is a director of Mears Limited and Mears Building Services Limited and has confirmed that there is no further information to be disclosed under Schedule 6(g) of the AIM Rules. Terms defined in the Offer Document and the Equivalent Document have the same meaning in this announcement. Enquiries Mears Group PLC Bob Holt / David Robertson 01453 511 518 Investec Keith Anderson Michael Ansell Daniel Adams 020 7597 5970 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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