Directorate Change

18 September 2015

Charles Stanley Group PLC

Directorate Change

On 9 July 2015 Charles Stanley Group PLC ("the Company") announced the appointment of Andrew Didham as a non-executive director, subject to regulatory approval. This approval has now been received and accordingly the Company is pleased to announce confirmation of Andrew Didham's appointment today.

Andrew is a member of the board of NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd and was Group Finance Director of the worldwide Rothschild group for 16 years from 1997 to 2012. Until 2014 he was a member of Rothschild's Group Management Committee and remains a member of a number of other senior committees of NM Rothschild & Sons and the wider Rothschild Group. A partner of KPMG from 1990 to 1997, Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Honorary Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Business and Law at London Metropolitan University. His experience includes audit responsibility for a number of global financial institutions, assignments on behalf of the Bank of England and of the EU, and extensive dealings with regulatory authorities in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA as well as the UK.

Andrew is also a director of Rothschilds Continuation Finance (CI) Ltd and Rothschilds Continuation Finance PLC. There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R in relation to this appointment.

For further information, please contact:

Charles Stanley 020 7739 8200

Paul Abberley, Chief Executive Officer

Joanne Vowles, Public Relations Manager

Redleaf Communications 020 7382 4735

Rebecca Sanders-Hewett CScapitalmarkets@redleafpr.com

Richard Gotla

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