Notification of Preliminary Results

For immediate release 11 November 2016

CareTech Holdings PLC

("CareTech" or "the Group")

Notification of Preliminary Results

CareTech Holdings PLC (AIM: CTH), a pioneering provider of specialist social care services in the UK, will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2016 on Thursday 8 December 2016.

A meeting for analysts will be held at 10.00am on the morning of the results announcement at the offices of Buchanan, 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN.

For further information, please contact:

CareTech Holdings PLC 01707 601800

Farouq Sheikh, Executive Chairman

Michael Hill, Group Finance Director

Buchanan (PR Adviser) 020 7466 5000

Mark Court

Sophie Cowles

Stephanie Watson

Panmure Gordon (Nomad and Joint Broker) 020 7886 2500

Freddy Crossley

Peter Steel

Charles Leigh-Pemberton

WH Ireland (Joint Broker) 020 7220 1666

Adrian Hadden

Nick Prowting

About CareTech

CareTech Holdings plc is a leading provider of specialist social care services, supporting adults and children with a wide range of complex needs in more than 250 specialist services around the UK.

Committed to the highest standards of care and care governance, CareTech provides its innovative care pathways through five divisions covering adult learning disabilities, mental health, young people residential services, foster care and learning services.

CareTech, which was founded in 1993, began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in October 2005 under the ticker symbol CTH. Its freehold portfolio comprises more than 195 properties.

For further information please visit: www.caretech-uk.com