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13 May 2005 16:27

Ulster Television PLC13 May 2005 For immediate release Not for release, publication or distribution in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan 13 May 2005 Ulster Television plc Recommended offer for The Wireless Group plc Posting of Offer Document UTV announces that the formal offer document in relation to the recommendedoffer made by Numis Securities Limited on behalf of UTV for the whole of theissued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Wireless (the Offer Document)is being posted to Wireless Shareholders today, together with the Forms ofAcceptance. Forms of Acceptance should be completed, signed and returned in accordance withthe instructions set out in the Offer Document and in the Form of Acceptance soas to be received as soon as possible, and, in any event, by not later than 3.00p.m. (London time) on 3 June 2005. UTV also announces that the Circular convening an Extraordinary General Meetingto approve, inter alia, the Offer is being posted to UTV Shareholders today,together with Forms of Proxy. A copy of the Offer Document and the Circular are being submitted to the UKListing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK ListingAuthority's Document Viewing Facility (which is situated at: Financial ServicesAuthority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, Tel. (020)7066 1000). The Document Viewing Facility is open from 9am to 5.30pm on every weekday exceptbank holidays. Enquiries: Jag Mundi, Head of Corporate Finance Chris Wilkinson, Director, Corporate Broking Numis Securities Limited Tel: 020 7776 1500 (Financial Adviser to UTV) Richard Campbell-Breeden, Managing Director Robert Sorrell, Executive Director Goldman Sachs International Tel: 020 7774 1000 (Financial Adviser to Wireless) Terms defined in the Offer Document shall have the same meaning in thisannouncement. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, and this announcementshould not be sent, in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia orJapan or by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including,without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreigncommerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, any ofthese jurisdictions and doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance ofthe Offer. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any other documentrelating to the Offer are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwisedistributed or sent in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.Any person (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees)who may have contractual or legal obligations, or may otherwise intend, toforward this announcement to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom shouldread the relevant provisions of the Offer Document before taking any action. The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the United Kingdom maybe affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located.Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselvesabout and observe any applicable requirements. Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the UnitedKingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for UTV andfor no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyperson other than UTV for providing the protections afforded to customers ofNumis Securities Limited, nor for providing advice to any other person inrelation to the Offer. Goldman Sachs International, which is authorised and regulated in the UnitedKingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Wirelessand for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible toany person other than Wireless for providing the protections afforded tocustomers of Goldman Sachs International, nor for providing advice to any otherperson in relation to the Offer. This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of,an offer or any solicitation of an offer or an invitation to purchase anysecurities. END. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange