Wilmington Regulatory News (WIL)

WILMINGTON GROUP PLC

Announcement to the London Stock Exchange

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a) and DTR 3.1.4(1)(b).

On 17 October 2012, awards over 444,198 ordinary shares in the Company were made under the Wilmington Group plc 2007 Performance Share Plan (the "Plan") to employees of the Group of which the following were made to Directors of the Company and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs"):

Name of Director/PDMR Number of shares under the Award

Charles Brady (Chief Executive) 122,400

Tony Foye (Executive Director) 183,111

Neil Smith (Executive Director) 93,528

Linda Wake (PDMR) 26,591

No consideration was paid for the grant of the award which is structured as a conditional award.

The vesting of an award is subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company. The award will normally vest on the later of the third anniversary of grant and the determination of the performance conditions.

Richard Cockton

Company Secretary