Acquisition

Wilmington Group Plc
27 November 2007


                                                                27 November 2007


                              WILMINGTON GROUP PLC
                                        
                          WILMINGTON ACQUIRES MATCHETT


Wilmington Group plc ('Wilmington') is pleased to announce the acquisition of a
majority stake in The Matchett Group Limited ('Matchett'), a professional
training business that was previously owned by Alastair Matchett and others.

Matchett provides training to professional markets, with a particular emphasis
on annual graduate induction courses for the major banks both in the UK and US.
Alastair Matchett, aged 38, the Managing Director who is highly regarded within
the financial sector will retain a significant equity interest in Matchett as he
leads its development within CLT Group.

The acquisition of Matchett has been effected by Wilmington's wholly owned
subsidiary CLT Group, which has acquired 80% of the fully diluted share capital
for an initial cash consideration of £5.7m and repayment of existing debt of
£3.9m. Wilmington will fund the consideration from existing debt facilities.
Further consideration is payable in respect of the 80% stake dependent on
profits during the year to 31 December 2008. The aggregate amount payable for
the 80% stake, comprising the further consideration together with the initial
consideration and repayment of debt, is capped at £15m. The transaction is
expected to be earnings enhancing in the first full year of ownership.

Put and call options have been entered into by CLT Group whereby the 20%
shareholders of Matchett can require CLT Group to acquire their shares for a
consideration based on a formula linked to future profits. Similarly from 2015,
CLT Group can require any remaining minority shareholders to sell their shares
to CLT Group, again based on a formula linked to profits. The amount payable
under the arrangements is capped at £21m (including the initial and deferred
consideration and debt repayments).

During the year ended 31 December 2006, the period of the latest audited
accounts, Matchett made profits before interest, tax and amortisation of £1.2m
on turnover of £7.1m. At 31 December 2006, it had audited gross assets of £8.3m.

Charles Brady, CEO of Wilmington, commented

'Matchett Group will provide a natural fit with both the market place and
products of CLT Group, thus allowing us to exploit direct synergies between the
existing CLT Group and Matchett.

We are already seeing the results of the substantial investments in regulatory
and compliance training that we have made, with major contracts being awarded to
CLT Group, most recently from the Singapore Government. The acquisition of
Matchett will enhance the product range of the group and enable us to provide a
wider range of support to existing and new clients, while creating opportunities
in a wider range of jurisdictions'.

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Enquiries:

Wilmington Group plc
Charles Brady, Chief Executive                                     020 7422 6800

Weber Shandwick Financial
Nick Oborne/Georgia Dempsey/Charlie Hooper                         020 7067 0700

Notes to Editors

Wilmington Group plc is one of the UK's leading providers of information and
training for professional business markets. The Group provides training,
arranges industry events and publishes magazines, directories, databases and
special reports focused primarily on its two principal sectors of Legal &
Regulatory, and Business Information which comprises Healthcare and Media
businesses. Capitalised at approximately £185 million, Wilmington floated on the
London Stock Exchange in 1995.


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