Deal Group Media PLC 14 December 2006 Press Release 14 December 2006 Deal Group Media plc ("dgm" or "the Company") Board changes and Placing DGM returns to growth strategy following consolidation phase Deal Group Media plc, a leading independent online marketing group, announces that the Board has, with immediate effect, appointed Adrian Moss, the Company's founder, as Chief Executive Officer. He is currently a Non-Executive Director. The Board believes that Adrian's appointment will return the Company to a period of growth following 12 months of consolidation and rationalisation. Adrian, a Chartered Accountant, originally launched the business in 1999. Andrew Dickson, former Finance Director and current CEO, is stepping down from the Board. The Company is currently looking to appoint a Chief Financial Officer to strengthen the Board. In order to pursue ongoing growth the Company announces that it has raised approximately £1 million via a placing of 38,181,818 new ordinary shares at 2.75 pence per share. Discussions have ceased with all parties regarding any potential offers for the entire issued share capital of the Company. The Board received a number of proposals, reaching various stages of discussion. The Board is confident that pursuing the Company's own growth strategy should deliver superior returns for shareholders. The Company reports that Trading for 2006 is in line with market expectations and that, following the appointment of Adrian Moss, dgm is currently reviewing its strategy for 2007 and will report this to the market in the early 2007. dgm Chairman John Porter said: "Adrian took dgm from a concept to a significant business and he remains an acknowledged authority on the on-line market. On the back of dgm's initial success in Asia-Pacific, Adrian has developed a strategy for the group to expand its operations in this region whilst also rolling out delivery across the developed European markets. "During his tenure Andrew Dickson has built a solid foundation on which the Company can now build and the Board is very grateful both for the stabilisation and development of our technology platform that Andrew has led and for the significant cost restructuring that he has completed." Application will be made for the 38,181,818 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to become effective on 21 December 2006. The placees include Adrian Moss and Cognition Capital, the latter being an entity in which John Porter, Chairman, has a beneficial interest. The amount of their investment and resultant interests are as follows: Number of new ordinary shares Resultant interest Percentage Adrian Moss 9,090,909 53,510,053 12.79 John Porter 18,181,818 103,237,178 24.69 The participation of Adrian Moss and Cognition Capital in the Placing is a related party transaction for the purposes of the AIM rules. In the opinion of the independent Directors (that is all Directors other than Adrian Moss and John Porter) having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, Evolution Securities, such participation in the Placing is fair and reasonable insofar as dgm's shareholders are concerned. There is no specific disclosure required under Schedule Two paragraph g of the AIM rules. For further information, please contact: Deal Group Media plc John Porter, Chairman Tel: +44 (0)20 7398 7700 Abchurch Communications Charlie Jack/Franziska Bohnke Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7700 charlie.jack@abchurch-group.com www.abchurch-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange