London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C.

    (Incorporated in England with registered number 201151)

    LSE code: LFI

    JSE code: LNF

    ISIN: GB0002994001

    ("Lonfin" or "the Company")

    APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR DECLARATION

    The Company announces that Edward Beale was appointed as a non-executive
    director of the Company on 13 April 2016.

    Mr Beale is a Chartered Accountant and is the chief executive of City Group
    P.L.C., the Company's subsidiary, company secretary and administrator.  Up
    until August 2013, Edward was a member of the Accounting Council of the
    Financial Reporting Council.  He is currently a member, and previously
    chairman, of the Corporate Governance Expert Group of the Quoted Companies
    Alliance.  He is the non-executive chairman of Marshall Monteagle PLC and is a
    non-executive director of Western Selection P.L.C., Finsbury Food Group Plc and
    Swallowfield plc.

                    As previously announced on 1 March 2016, Mr Beale was granted
    options over 80,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the
    Company ('Ordinary Shares') on 29 February 2016 ('Date of Grant'), being an
    eligible employee under the rules of the London Finance & Investment Group
    Company Share Option Plan (the 'Plan') as chief executive of City Group P.L.C.
    The options have an exercise price of 37.5 pence per Ordinary Share, pursuant
    to the Plan, based on the average of the middle market quotations for the
    Ordinary Shares for the three immediately preceding business days. The options
    shall not normally be exercised earlier than the third anniversary of the Date
    of Grant and shall normally lapse upon the tenth anniversary of the Date of
    Grant.

                    There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in
    respect of Mr Beale's appointment under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

    In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14 (2), the Company further announces that
    on 13 April 2016 Lloyd Marshall, a non-executive director of the Company, was
    appointed as a non-executive director of Western Selection P.L.C., a company
    listed on the ISDX Growth Market, which is 44% owned by the Company.

    14 April 2016

    Enquiries to:

    London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C.

    Telephone: 020 7796 9060

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