ASX Announcement 25 September 2015 Declaration of SKILLED Special Dividend

SKILLED Group Limited (ASX: SKE) announces that following today's approval by SKILLED shareholders of the scheme of arrangement (Scheme) to effect the proposed acquisition of SKILLED by Programmed Maintenance Services Limited (ASX: PRG), the SKILLED Board declared a special dividend of 15.5 cents cash, fully franked, per SKILLED Share, conditional on the Scheme becoming effective.
Once the Scheme becomes effective, the FY15 final dividend of 9.5 cents cash, fully franked, per SKILLED share declared on 5 August 2015 and the special dividend will, together, provide $0.25 cash per SKILLED share and, consequently, the cash component of the scheme consideration will reduce to zero.

Shareholder Information Line

SKILLED shareholders who have questions regarding the Scheme should contact the

SKILLED Shareholder Information Line on 1300 390 430 (within Australia) or

+61 3 9415 4024 (outside Australia) Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 5.00pm

(Melbourne time).

For further information: Investors/Analysts

Gary Kent, SKILLED Group

Tel: 03 8646 6400

About SKILLED Group

SKILLED Group Limited is Australia's leading provider of labour hire and workforce services. SKILLED Group has over 80 offices across Australasia with annualised revenues of around A$2.0 billion. SKILLED partners with clients to improve their workforce efficiency, enhance safety performance and increase productivity levels. SKILLED is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SKE) and has approximately 8,000 shareholders, predominantly in Australia.

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