Directorate Change

13 January 2014

Petards Group plc

("Petards" or "the Company")

Directorate change

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, today announces that Bill Conn is stepping down as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Petards Chairman Raschid Abdullah said:

"On behalf of the board I would like to thank Bill for the contribution he has made during the nine years that he has served as a director of Petards, which included five years as CEO and more recently in a non-executive role, and we wish him well for the future."

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