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Novae Group plc : Transaction in Own Shares

NEWS RELEASE

21 February 2012                                                                        For immediate release

Novae Group plc ("Novae")

Purchase of own shares

Novae announces that on 21 February 2012 it purchased 17,500 Ordinary shares of £1.125 at a price of 357 pence per share  representing 0.03% of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital. These 17,500 Ordinary shares are to be held in treasury.

For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of Ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this notice (excluding 560,400 Ordinary Shares held in treasury) is 64,525,240.

The figure of 64,525,240 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information:

Matthew Fosh         -   Novae Group plc           020 7903 7300

Nick Miles              -   M:Communications       020 7920 2330