WHIreland Regulatory News (WHI)

14 March 2014

WH Ireland Group Plc

("WH Ireland" or the "Company")

Exercise of options and director's dealings

The Company announces that Mr. Richard Lee, Non-Executive Director, today exercised options over 20,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 75p pursuant to the WH Ireland Group plc Unapproved Share Option Scheme ("Options"). The Options were granted in 2004.

Immediately following this exercise of the Options, Mr. Lee disposed of 10,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 120 pence per Ordinary Share resulting in him being interested in 30,267 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.13 per cent of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. In addition, Mr Lee has unexercised options over 30,000 Ordinary Shares which are exercisable on or before 24 May 2014 at 70p per Ordinary Share.

Application has been made for the 20,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to become effective on 20 March 2014 and the new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares in issue.

For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following Admission will consist of 23,799,321 Ordinary Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per Ordinary Share). There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the DTRs.

For further information please contact:

WH Ireland Group plc www.wh-ireland.co.uk

Richard Killingbeck, Chief Executive Officer +44(0) 20 7220 1666

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited

Hugh Morgan, Corporate Finance +44 (0)20 7886 2500

Adam Pollock, Corporate Broking

MHP Communications

Reg Hoare / Jade Neal / Jamie Ricketts +44(0) 20 3128 8100 whireland@mhpc.com