Preliminary Results Presentation

Guinness Peat Group plc

("GPG" or the "Company")

Results Presentation

GPG announces that commencing on Tuesday 25 February 2014, Mike Clasper, who is a Non-Executive Director of the Company and Chairman of Coats plc, Paul Forman, Group Chief Executive of Coats plc and Richard Howes, Chief Financial Officer of Coats plc, will make a series of presentations to analysts and investors in respect of the preliminary results of the Company for the financial year ending 31 December 2013.

A copy of that presentation is being sent to the Australian Securities Exchange and the New Zealand Stock Exchange. It will be submitted to the UK National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. It will also be placed on the Company's website at www.gpgplc.com.

Chris Healy

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

Tel: +44 20 7484 3370

25 February 2014