Positive Trading Update

FDM Group PLC 13 December 2007 Embargoed for release at 7.00am 13 December 2007 FDM Group plc ("FDM" or the "Company") Positive Trading Update The Board of FDM (LSE: FDMG), the IT services business, is today providing an update on its expectations for the year ending 31 December 2007. Trading update Between January 2007 and September 2007, FDM has consistently reported that its trading has been strong. FDM is now pleased to report that this trading performance has continued throughout the final quarter of the year. As a consequence the Board now believes that the Company's results for the year to 31 December 2007 will be materially ahead of their previous expectations. The Company has continued to focus on higher margin business and the Board expect the results for the year ending 31 December 2007 to show improved gross margins. FDM can further report that it has experienced no impact from the well publicised problems affecting the banking and financial services sector. Indeed, demand for FDM's services in all the sectors it focuses on continues to be robust. Productivity has improved and FDM's conversion ratio will be ahead of last year's figure and significantly above the industry average. The City of London office, which was opened in early 2007 with the objective of better servicing FDM's client base in London, is already operating at full capacity. The Board believes that this further demonstrates that FDM is not experiencing decreases in demand from its clients. Mountie programme FDM is continuing to recruit new Mounties and the City of London Academy has significantly enhanced its ability to do so. As at 31 December 2007, FDM expects to see continued growth in the number of internally trained Mounties on billing. On an annualised basis Mountie utilisation rates have exceeded 98%. In November 2007, FDM opened a Manchester Academy and this is currently seeing good levels of demand for training places from prospective Mounties. In addition the Board expect the London Academy to be expanded during 2008. Outlook Looking ahead to 2008, the Board believe that the prospects for FDM are encouraging and they view the future with confidence. The new Academies are well placed to provide a supply of trained Mounties and there continues to be demand for FDM's unique model of providing trained IT graduates and other professionals to clients in a wide variety of sectors. Rod Flavell, Chief Executive of FDM, commented: "We are pleased with the way FDM has grown during 2007 and we remain very positive about the outlook for 2008. We are seeing increased levels of demand from many of our clients as they recognise the valuable service FDM provides for them. In 2008 we will increase the number of Mounties trained by FDM. I anticipate that the expansion of our London Academy and the opening of an Academy in Manchester will provide us with an excellent pipeline of well trained IT professionals. The Board view the future with optimism." For further information please contact: FDM Group Plc Noble & Company Limited Pelham PR Tel: 0870 060 3100 Tel: 0207 763 2200 Tel: 0207 743 6679 Rod Flavell Nick Naylor Archie Berens Chief Executive Officer Julian Divett Nick Athanas Chief Operating Officer David Templeman Chief Financial Officer This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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