SND.L Regulatory News (SND)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 MARCH 2015

SANDERSON GROUP PLC

Exercise of Options

Sanderson Group plc ('Sanderson' or 'the Group'), the software and IT services business specialising in multi-channel retail and manufacturing markets in the UK and Ireland, announces that Adrian Frost has exercised options over 34,000 ordinary shares under the Group's EMI scheme at an exercise price of 57 pence per ordinary share. It is also announced that Adrian Frost has sold 30,000 ordinary shares at a price of 67 pence per ordinary share. Following the exercise of these options and sale of shares, Adrian Frost is interested in 247,421 ordinary shares representing 0.45% of the issued share capital of the Group.

Sanderson also announces that an employee has exercised options over 90,000 ordinary shares under the Group's CSOP Scheme. 50,000 ordinary shares are to be issued at a price of 27.5 pence per ordinary share and a further 40,000 ordinary shares will be issued at a price of 30.0 pence per ordinary share. Application has been made for the 124,000 new shares (the New Ordinary Shares) to be admitted to AIM. Admission of 90,000 shares is expected to take place on 30 March 2015 and for the remaining 34,000 shares the admission date is expected to be 31 March 2015.

The New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options will rank pari passu with the existing Sanderson ordinary shares. Following allotment of the New Ordinary Shares, Sanderson will have in issue 54,548,133 ordinary shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of Sanderson, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Sanderson Group plc 0333 123 1400

Christopher Winn, Chairman

Adrian Frost, Finance Director

Ian Newcombe, Director

Charles Stanley Securities 020 7149 6000

Nominated Advisor

Mark Taylor

Winningtons Financial 0117 985 8989

Paul Vann or 07768 807631