Tribal Grp. Regulatory News (TRB)

16 April 2012

Tribal Group plc

 Award of major student management system deploymentin New South Wales, Australia

Initial contract value in excess of Aus$40m

Further to our announcement of 13 January 2012, Tribal Group plc (Tribal), a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets in the UK and internationally, is pleased to announce that it has now signed contracts to supply its student management systems to the Student Administration and Learning Management component of the Learning Management and Business Reform (LMBR) programme currently being implemented by the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) in New South Wales, Australia.

This programme, which will involve Tribal's student management systems being deployed across DEC's environment in New South Wales, is part of a wider reform programme which brings together Tribal and SAP software systems.

The multiple year software licence and support contract with DEC is expected to have an initial value in excess of Aus $40m. In addition to the software licence and support arrangements, Tribal will provide implementation and configuration support to this programme.

These contract awards underpin our expectations for 2012 and beyond.

Keith Evans, Tribal's Chief Executive, said:

"We are delighted with this opportunity to work with the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, which leads one of the largest education systems in the world, in this important programme. After an extensive and rigorous evaluation process, our appointment to this programme is a substantial endorsement of the capabilities of our people and student management systems."

"Tribal is the leading provider of student management systems to universities, colleges and training providers in the United Kingdom. We have also provided our systems to an increasing number of important educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand over the last two years, most notably the University of Sydney. Our role within the LMBR programme confirms our strong and growing position in Australasia."

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Editors' note:

Tribal Group plc (Tribal) is a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets in the UK and internationally.

Our people are sector experts and we work in partnership with a wide range of organizations, including schools, colleges, universities, local authorities and government departments, as well as employers in the private sector. Tribal has over 1,300 staff, and operates in the UK, Australasia, US and Middle East. Tribal's shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (TRB). Links: Tribal Group plc website: www.tribalgroup.com

This Statement has been prepared for and is addressed only to our shareholders as a whole and should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose. Tribal, its directors, employees, agents or advisers do not accept or assume responsibility to any other person to whom this Statement is shown or into whose hands it may come and any such responsibility or liability is expressly disclaimed. This Statement may contain forward-looking statements and the financial information is unaudited. Any forward-looking statement has been made by the directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of approval of this Statement and should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying such forward-looking information. To the extent that this Statement contains any statement dealing with any time after the date of its preparation, such statement is merely predictive and speculative as it relates to events and circumstances which are yet to occur and therefore the facts stated and views expressed may change. Tribal undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.