ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2

ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

COMPANY NAME:

COMPANY ADDRESS:

14 DEVONSHIRE STREET
LONDON

COMPANY  POSTCODE:

England and Wales

Aukett Group Plc (“Aukett”) is an international group of architects and designers.  Aukett provides creative design consultancy in a diverse range of sectors including: commercial property, hotels, retail, interior design, urban regeneration, residential, healthcare, leisure, transportation and technical support facilities.

The Group’s network has been rationalised and offices with delivery capability are now situated in Berlin, Bratislava, Frankfurt, London, Bristol, Moscow, Prague and Warsaw. Glasgow has been closed, Holland sold, London consolidated into the West End, and a new joint venture established in Romania.

 
DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:

FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:

Gerald Kenneth Thomas Deighton (Chairman)

James Nicholas Earle Thompson (Chief Executive Officer)

Patrick James Carter (Group Finance Director and Company Secretary)

Raul Morris Curiel (European Managing Director)

Lutz Heese (Non-executive Director)

PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER’S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL STATING WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER ADMISSION:

                                         (Before and after Admission)

Nicholas Thompson                                                                                    10.5%

Andrew Murdoch                                                                                         10.0%

Jeremy Blake                                                                                               9.0%

Raul Curiel                                                                                                    7.5%

Stephen Atkinson                                                                                         7.5%

Imagina Management SL                                                                               7.4%

Pershing Keen Nominees Limited (4.73%), together with

Pershing International Nominees Limited (0.138%)                                     4.87%

John Vincent                                                                                               4.0%

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:

ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:

NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:

N/a transfer to AIM from Official List under AIM Fastrack Route

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

QUOTED APPLICANTS MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

THE NAME OF THE AIM DESIGNATED MARKET UPON WHICH THE APPLICANT’S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN TRADED:

THE DATE FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT’S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SO TRADED:

3 March 1988

 
AN ADDRESS OR WEB-SITE ADDRESS WHERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MADE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS (IN CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING ITS SECURITIES SO TRADED) ARE AVAILABLE:

www.aukettfitzroyrobinson.com

DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT’S STRATEGY FOLLOWING ADMISSION INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY:

Having returned the UK operations to profit, the principal aim of the Directors for the forthcoming year is to improve commercial performance based on sound financial management and high quality projects. In the immediate period post the merger with Fitzroy Robinson, the Group has been invited to bid or have been short-listed on a number of significant projects, of which a small number are in excess of £100m construction value. This reflects the status as one of the larger UK based architectural practices with a track record of delivering large scale projects from conceptual design to practical completion.

A growth strategy is being developed which aims to double the turnover of the business within the next five years. Much of this strategy will be based on organic growth underpinned by greater volumes through existing business streams coupled with a general increase in the scale of projects, which has been demonstrated by recent project wins. The Board believes that future non-UK markets are situated in Russia, Poland and Spain and sees operations in these countries complementing those of London.

A DESCRIPTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FINANCIAL OR TRADING POSITION OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE END OF THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD FOR WHICH AUDITED STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED:

A STATEMENT THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE APPLICANT HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO IT OF ITS GROUP WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION:

DETAILS OF ANY LOCK-IN ARRANGEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULE 7 OF THE AIM