MATCHTECH GROUP ("the Company")

30 June 2008

The Matchtech Group plc Share Incentive Plan ("SIP")

The Company announces the purchase, on 27 June 2008, of 2,924 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Shares") by Matchtech Engineering Limited ("the Trustee"), at a price of £2.90 pence per Share, for the purpose of satisfying the purchase of Shares by eligible employees (including executive directors) under the SIP for the current month.  The SIP has been approved by HM Revenue & Customs as a share incentive plan under Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 2000.

The number of Dividend Shares purchased on this date on behalf of the executive directors were as follows:

* excludes interests in Shares held outside the SIP.

Following this transaction the Trustee will hold 132,588 Shares, all of which are held on behalf of eligible employees pursuant to the terms of the SIP.

The beneficial ownership of the shares awarded under the matching element of the SIP will pass to Paul Raine, Tony Dyer and Adrian Gunn in three years time subject to continued employment and the retention of the underlying shares purchased on their behalf.

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