Portmeirion Group PLC (the "Company")

(t h e " Gro up " )

Exercise of Options

23 May 2014
The Company announces that on 23 May 2013, a former employee of the Group exercised options under The Portmeirion 2002 Share Option Scheme to subscribe for a total of 2,000 ordinary shares of
5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). Accordingly, the Company has transferred 2,000 shares from shares held in treasury by the Company in respect of the exercise.
Application has been made for 2,000 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading of these shares is expected to commence on 2 June 2014.
The total number of Ordinary Shares now held by the Company in treasury is 282,388. The Company has 10,990,154 Ordinary Shares in issue and 10,705,766 Ordinary Shares with voting rights following this notification.

ENQUIRIES: Portmeirion Group PLC:

Dick Steele +44 (0) 1782 744721 steele_clan@msn.com

Non-executive Chairman

Brett Phillips, +44 (0) 1782 744721 bphillips@portmeiriongroup.com
Group Finance Director

Bell Pottinger:

Dan de Belder

+44 (0) 207 861 3881

ddebelder@bell-pottinger.com

Kashara Taylor

+44 (0) 207 861 3032

ktaylor@bell-pottinger.com

Panmure Gordon +44 (0) 207 886 2500 (Nominated Adviser and Broker):

Freddy Crossley/Nicola Marrin Corporate Finance
Adam Pollock Corporate Broking

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