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Connect Group PLC

31 July 2017

Connect Group PLC

('Connect Group' or 'the Company')

Notification of Change in Director's Role and Responsibilities

Connect Group PLC is pleased to announce that Jonathan Bunting, previously Managing Director of the Group's News & Media division, will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for operations across the Smiths News and Tuffnells businesses. This announcement follows the Group's recent confirmation of its strategy to bring together its News & Media and Parcel Freight divisions, together with supporting Group functions, into one integrated structure. The change will take effect from 1 September 2017.

This notification is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

Enquiries:

Connect Group PLC

Mark Cashmore, Group Chief Executive

David Bauernfeind, Chief Financial Officer

www.connectgroupplc.com

01793 563641

Berenberg

Chris Bowman / Toby Flaux

[email protected]

www.berenberg.com

020 3207 7800