Signet Group plc (LSE and NYSE: SIG)            5 September 2008

Publishing of Signet Jewelers Limited Prospectus

Further to the announcement by Signet Group plc (the 'Company') on 10 July 2008 regarding the proposed change of primary listing of the parent company of the Signet group (the 'Group') from the London Stock Exchange ('LSE') to the New York Stock Exchange and the redomicile of the parent company of the Group to Bermuda (the 'Prosposal'), the Company announces today that the Prospectus, in relation to the common shares in the new Signet holding company, called Signet Jewelers Limited, has been published and the Prospectus has been posted on the Company's website: http://www.signetgroupplc.com and on the website of Signet Jewelers Limited: http://www.signetjewelers.com.

The Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA"). Copies of the Prospectus have been submitted to the UKLA and are available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

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