24 July 2012

Westminster Group Plc:

Exercise of Options and Director's Shareholding

Westminster Group Plc ('Westminster' or 'the Group') announces that it has today issued 24,000 new ordinary shares of 10p each in the Group, following the exercise of options by Roger Worrall, a director of the Company at an exercise price of 10 pence per share.

The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares in the Group and application will be made for these new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to occur on or around 30 July 2012.

As a consequence of the exercise of share options as detailed above, the Group's issued capital now comprises 32,594,534 ordinary shares of 10p each. There are no ordinary shares held in Treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights in Westminster is now 32,594,534 

The above figure of 32,594,534 may be used by shareholders in the Group as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Group under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Following the exercise of options as described above, Roger Worrall has a total beneficial interest in 2,152,522 ordinary shares in Westminster, which represents approximately 6.6% of the issued share capital of the Group.

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Westminster Group plc is a leader in the supply of system solutions and products to the security, defence, fire protection and safety markets worldwide.

Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, risk assessments and close protection services. These can range from product only assignments, such as the supply of specialised scanners, to the design and implementation of an integrated system solution such as a border detection and surveillance system. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non governmental organisations and blue chip commercial organisations.