Uniden Settlement

Character Group PLC 21 January 2005 The Character Group plc ('Character Group' or 'the Company') Statement re Settlement Agreement with Uniden Corporation On 29 November 2004, Character Group announced that World Wide Licenses Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary based in Hong Kong ('WWL'), had reached an agreement with Uniden Corporation of America ('Uniden') to end the dispute between the two companies whereby Uniden agreed to pay to WWL the sum of US$4.5 million in total. The Company confirms that the final instalment of the settlement sum, being US$2.25 million, was received from Uniden yesterday, 20 January 2005. 21 January 2005 Enquiries: Richard King -Executive Chairman - 020 8949 5898 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange