Director's Shareholding

26 May 2016

Porta Communications Plc

("Porta" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Director's Shareholding

Porta Communications plc, the AIM quoted international marketing and communications business, has been notified that Mr Bob Morton, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, purchased, in aggregate, 1,500,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company at a price of 5.75p per share. The trades were made through Hawk Investment Holdings Limited, a company beneficially owned by Bob Morton and his wife.

Following this purchase, Mr Morton is beneficially interested in 44,436,318 ordinary shares in Porta representing 15.92 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

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Notes to Editors:

Porta has two divisions:

• Communications - financial, corporate and consumer public relations, public affairs and research;

• Marketing & Advertising - multi-capability marketing, brand and creative communications.

The Group has offices in Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Bristol, Canberra, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney.

The brands and companies it owns are: Newgate Communications, PPS Group, Redleaf Communications, Publicasity, 13 Communications, Newgate Sponsorship, 2112 Communications and Summit Marketing Services.

Porta Communications' corporate website is - www.portacomms.com