25 January 2016

AIM: UNG

Universe Group plc

("Universe" or "the Group")

 Directors' Dealings

Universe (AIM: UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier of point of sale, payment and on-line loyalty systems, announces that it received notification on 22 January 2016 that on that date Baljit Tank, a Director of the Group, disposed of 3,500,000 ordinary shares in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 7.5p (the "Disposal"). Mr Tank is using the proceeds to fund a property acquisition.

Following the Disposal, Mr Tank is now interested in 11,804,257 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Group. 

As part of the same trade Robert Smeeton, also a Director of the Group, acquired 240,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 7.5p. Mr Smeeton is now interested in 626,240 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.3 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Group.

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About Universe Group plc

Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with point of sale, payment and loyalty solutions. The Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are offered out of the Cloud on a software as a service model with its data centres processing in excess of 3 billion transactions every year. For further information, please see www.universeplc.com.