Placing & Issue of Shares

Mercury Group PLC
28 September 2005



                               MERCURY GROUP PLC

                Placing for cash and issue of shares to Advisors

Mercury Group is pleased to announce that it has today raised £200,000 from an
existing shareholder of the Company by the issue of 2,285,714 new Ordinary
Shares at a price of 8.75p per share.

The Company has today also issued 1,088,000 shares to certain consultants in
lieu of cash for services rendered, authority for which was obtained at the
Company's recent EGM.

These new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing
share capital in the Company. Application has been made for the new ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is anticipated that Admission will
become effective on 4 October 2005.

Enquiries :

David Williams Chairman     Mercury Group Plc     020 7422 6566
Sophie Lane/Zoe Biddick     Biddicks              020 7448 1000





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