Transaction in Own Shares

13 June 2013

PENNA CONSULTING PLC

("Penna" or "the Company")

Transaction in own shares

Penna Consulting, the international human resources consulting group, announces that it has purchased 150,000 ordinary shares in the Company. These shares have been acquired to satisfy the potential exercise of options that have already vested. 100,000 ordinary shares were acquired at a price of 71p per share and 50,000 ordinary shares were acquired at a price of 69p per share.

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, the Company holds a total of 283,000 Ordinary 5p shares as treasury shares and has a total of 25,792,104 Ordinary 5p shares in issue (excluding shares held in Treasury).

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