Grant of Options

Mears Group PLC 26 March 2008 26 March 2008 Mears Group PLC ('Mears' or the 'Company') Grant of Options On 20 March 2008, Andrew Smith (Finance Director) and David Miles (Director of Social Housing) were granted 200,000 and 300,000 options respectively over ordinary shares of 1 penny each respectively under the Mears Unapproved Share Option Plan. These options were granted at nil consideration, with an exercise price of 266 pence per share and are exercisable between 2011 and 2018. Following this grant of these options Andrew Smith and David Miles have the following interests in the ordinary shares of Mears: No of Ordinary Shares % of total voting rights No of options Andrew Smith 50,000 0.07 434,328 David Miles 100,000 0.14 490,000 Enquiries: Andrew Smith, Finance Director, Mears Group tel: 07712 866461 Joint broker and Nominated adviser, Investec tel: 020 7597 4000 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange