Exercise of Options

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 FEBRUARY 2017

SANDERSON GROUP PLC

Exercise of options

Sanderson Group plc ('Sanderson' or 'the Group'), the software and IT services business specialising in digital retail technology and enterprise software for businesses operating in the manufacturing, wholesale distribution and logistics sectors, announces that employees have exercised options over 99,666 ordinary shares. Options over 90,000 shares were issued under the Group's CSOP scheme; 50,000 with an exercise price of 27.50 pence per share and 40,000 with an exercise price of 30 pence per share. The remaining 9,666 shares are issued as part of the Group's EMI scheme at an exercise price of 10 pence per share. Application has been made for the new shares to be admitted to AIM and admission is expected to take place on 8 February 2017.

The New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options will rank pari passu with the existing Sanderson ordinary shares. Following allotment of the New Ordinary Shares, Sanderson will have in issue 54,951,651 ordinary shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of Sanderson, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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