SND.L Regulatory News (SND)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 MAY 2012

SANDERSON GROUP PLC

Directors' Dealings

Sanderson Group plc ("Sanderson" or the "Company"), the software and IT services business specialising in the multi-channel retail and manufacturing markets in the UK and Ireland, announces that it has been informed of the following share dealings by directors.

Mr David Gutteridge, the senior independent non-executive director, has purchased 30,000 ordinary shares in Sanderson at a price of 41.8 pence per share on 15 May 2012. Following these purchases Mr Gutteridge has a beneficial interest in 455,000 ordinary shares, representing 1.05 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

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