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ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")

COMPANY NAME:

Parity Group Plc

COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :

Wimbledon Bridge House

1 Hartfield Road

Wimbledon

London

SW19 3RU

COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:

England and Wales

COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:

www.parity.net

COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED:

Parity has been providing professional services in the information technology field for over twenty years. Over the time it has carried out successful projects in consultancy, training, systems integration and the provision of IT skills and project staff. The Company believes that its experience in the professional technology services field is highly applicable to the new internet-enabled digital marketing field which increasingly depends on the development of technology solutions. There is management and technology skill overlap, and the customers are both public service and large corporates in both fields.

Parity's main country of operation is the United Kingdom.

DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):

101,174,020 ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

No shares are held in treasury.

The shares are freely transferable and have no restrictions placed on them.

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:

New capital to be raised on admission to AIM: £7.0 million

Market capitalisation on admission to AIM: £27.32 million

PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:

35.80%

DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED:

None

FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

Philip Edgar Swinstead OBE (Non-Executive Chairman)

Paul Davies (Group Chief Executive)

Alastair John Lomond Woolley FCA (Finance Director)

Suzanne Gabrielle Chase (Executive Director and General Counsel)

Stephen Charles Whyte (Executive Director)

Lord Roger Norman Freeman (Non-Executive Director)

David John Courtley (Non-Executive Director)

Mike Phillips (Non-Executive Director)

FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

Before admission to AIM

Mr Philip Swinstead: 16.19%

Mr David Courtley: 8.67%

Dominion Holdings: 6.58%

Slater Investments: 6.01%

Killik & Co*: 5.71%

Artemis Investment Management: 5.17%

TD Waterhouse**: 4.42%

Hargreave Hale: 3.37%

Citrine Investments 3.75%

Barclays Stockbrokers**: 3.31%

After admission to AIM

Hargreave Hale: 15.13%

Mr Philip Swinstead: 12.95%

Mr David Courtley: 6.45%

Slater Investments: 5.81%

Killik & Co*: 5.77%

Dominion Holdings: 4.89%

Artemis Investment Management: 4.83%

Henderson Global Investors: 3.78%

TD Waterhouse**: 3.28%

* Non-discretionary

** Execution only

NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:

None

(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE

(ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information)

(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:

(i) 31 December

(ii) No admission document. Latest published financial information: audited financial results for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2012 (announced on 30 April 2013)

(iii) 30 September 2013 (half year report for six months' ended 30 June 2013); 30 June 2014 (annual accounts for year ended 31 December 2013); 30 September 2014 (half year report for six months' ended 30 June 2014)

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:

5 July 2013

NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:

N+1 Singer Advisory LLP

One Bartholomew Lane

London

EC2N 2AX

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:

N+1 Singer Advisory LLP

One Bartholomew Lane

London

EC2N 2AX

OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:

N/A

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

11 June 2013

NEW/ UPDATE:

Update

QUOTED APPLICANTS MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

THE NAME OF THE AIM DESIGNATED MARKET UPON WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN TRADED:

Premium Segment of the FCA's Official List / Main Market of the London Stock Exchange

THE DATE FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SO TRADED:

5 July 1999

CONFIRMATION THAT, FOLLOWING DUE AND CAREFUL ENQUIRY, THE APPLICANT HAS ADHERED TO ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN HAVING ITS SECURITIES TRADED UPON SUCH A MARKET OR DETAILS OF WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ANY BREACH:

The Company has adhered to the legal and regulatory requirements of the Official List / Main Market.

AN ADDRESS OR WEB-SITE ADDRESS WHERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MADE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS (IN CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING ITS SECURITIES SO TRADED) ARE AVAILABLE:

www.parity.net

DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT'S STRATEGY FOLLOWING ADMISSION INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING STRATEGY:

Parity is focussing on two key future growth areas - its established professional staff development, selection and placing business known as Parity Professionals; and the creation of a significant creative technology business in the digital media market, which is increasingly underpinned by the rapid pace of relevant digital technology. Parity's Systems and Inition businesses form the basis of the new business known as Parity Digital Solutions.

Parity is also progressing its acquisition strategy in the UK digital media market in a determined, and careful manner and believes that it has now, following a detailed review of the sector, identified a number of significant acquisition opportunities.

A DESCRIPTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FINANCIAL OR TRADING POSITION OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE END OF THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD FOR WHICH AUDITED STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED:

There have been no significant changes in the financial or trading position of Parity Group since 31 December 2012, being the end of the last financial period for which audited financial statements have been published.

A STATEMENT THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE APPLICANT HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO IT OR ITS GROUP WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION:

The Directors have no reason to believe that the working capital available to the Company or its Group will be insufficient for at least 12 months from the date of its admission.

DETAILS OF ANY LOCK-IN ARRANGEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULE 7 OF THE AIM RULES:

None

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLING THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:

Settlement will be through the CREST system for uncertificated shares. Shareholders can also deal based on share certificates.

A WEBSITE ADDRESS DETAILING THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:

www.parity.net

INFORMATION EQUIVALENT TO THAT REQUIRED FOR AN ADMISSION DOCUMENT WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLIC:

See appendix to this Schedule 1 announcement which is available on the Company's website at: www.parity.net

A WEBSITE ADDRESS OF A PAGE CONTAINING THE APPLICANT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS WHICH MUST HAVE A FINANCIAL YEAR END NOT MORE THEN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO ADMISSION AND INTERIM RESULTS WHERE APPLICABLE. THE ACCOUNTS MUST BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PERMISSIBLE UNDER AIM RULE 19:

www.parity.net

THE NUMBER OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURY:

None