HNT.L Regulatory News (HNT)

Huntsworth plc ("Huntsworth" or "the Company")

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Awards under Performance Share Plan (PSP)

Huntsworth plc announces that on 3 April 2012, awards under the Huntsworth PSP were made as follows in respect of ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company:

Recipient Number of shares

Lord Chadlington 897,000

Sally Withey 600,000

No payment is due for the receipt or vesting of the awards, which are granted as nil cost options.

The vesting of the above awards is subject to meeting performance conditions relating to earnings per share and to absolute share price and relative total shareholder return. Subject to those performance conditions being met, the awards will normally vest on the third anniversary of their acquisition.

Awards under Deferred Share Bonus Plan

On 23 March 2009 awards were made to Lord Chadlington and Sally Withey under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan. The final tranche of these awards, which are structured as nil cost options, vested on 3 April 2012. The terms of these awards entitled participants to an increase in the award shares equal in value to dividends paid over the vesting period on the underlying shares.

As such, the Company announces that the awards have been augmented by the following number of additional shares in respect of the relevant dividends. These increase the number of shares over which the award is held as follows:

Recipient Number of additional Shares

Lord Chadlington 158,460

Sally Withey 79,362

These awards are to be satisfied by the trustees of the Huntsworth Employee Benefit Trust (EBT). No payment is due for the receipt or vesting of the awards or the additional dividend shares.

Repurchase of interests in shares by Huntsworth Employee Benefit Trust

In connection with the grant of awards under the PSP in June 2009 to executive directors, the following directors acquired interests in the underlying shares. These are now forfeited due to the lapse of those awards and have no economic value. The relevant interests in shares reverted to the trustees of the EBT on 3 April 2012:

Holder Underlying shares

Lord Chadlington 1,000,000

Sally Withey 600,000

Following the repurchase of the above interests in shares, the total number of Huntsworth ordinary shares held by each of the affected directors (all of which are held outright and not subject to any further vesting conditions) is:

No. of ordinary shares of 1p each

 Lord Chadlington 3,595,832

 Sally Withey 23,778

This announcement has been made for the purposes of DTR 3.1.2R.

Enquiries to:

Huntsworth PLC +44 (0)207 224 8778

William James, Company Secretary

Date of Notification: 4 April 2012