H&t Group Plc Regulatory News (HAT)

27 APRIL 2012

H&T GROUP PLC

LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN & SHARE ISSUE

H&T Group plc announces that on 17 April 2012 an award was confirmed to the Executive Director's of the Group, under the H&T Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") of 171,829 nil cost ordinary share awards granted by the H&T Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust"). The allocation by director is as follows:

Mr J Nichols 80,778

Mr A Maby 50,750

Mr S Fenerty 40,301

In addition, an award of 100,377 nil cost ordinary shares was made to other senior executives of the Group, again under the LTIP.

In accordance with the rules of the LTIP, the shares subject to the LTIP awards will be released on 17 April 2015 subject to continued employment and the satisfaction of certain specific performance conditions based on the Group's Total Shareholder Return performance.

Accordingly, the Company has issued 272,206 ordinary shares of 5p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") to satisfy the award. The New Ordinary Shares are held by Kleinwort Benson (Jersey) Trustees Limited (the "Trustee") on behalf of the Trust.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares, ranking pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in issue, to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 30th April 2012. Following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 36,392,979 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue, with each share having one voting right.

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