Result of EGM

ITE Group PLC 6 November 2000 For Immediate Release 6 November 2000 ITE Group Plc ('ITE' or 'the Company') Result of EGM and Open Offer On 11 October 2000, ITE announced a proposed subscription by VS & A Communications, a private affiliate of Veronis Suhler, ('the Subscription') and a placing and open offer of 13,834,922 new Ordinary Shares of 1p each ('new Ordinary Shares') at an issue price of 70p each ('Issue Price') on the basis of 1 new Ordinary Share for every 14 existing Ordinary Shares held at the close of business on 9 October 2000 ('Placing and Open Offer'). At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, the resolutions put to shareholders in relation to the Subscription, the Placing and Open Offer and the amendments to the articles of association were duly passed. It is expected that admission to the Official List of the new Ordinary Shares in ITE will take place on 10 November 2000. The Company announces that the Open Offer closed at 3.00pm on 3 November 2000 and that valid applications had been received at that time for 7,092,717 new Ordinary Shares (including those received pursuant to irrevocable undertakings given by Lawrie Lewis and Ceyda Erem to take up, in aggregate 3,462,811 new Ordinary Shares), representing 51.27 per cent. of the new Ordinary Shares available under the Open Offer. Of the remaining 6,742,205 new Ordinary Shares not taken up by qualifying shareholders under the Open Offer, all save 1,682,604 were conditionally placed by Investec Henderson Crosthwaite with existing shareholders. Therefore, existing shareholders of the Company have taken up 87.84 per cent. of the new Ordinary Shares available under the Placing and Open Offer. Lawrie Lewis, Chief Executive of ITE, commented: 'We are delighted with the level of support the Company has received from both existing and new investors.' For further information, please contact: ITE Group plc 020 7596 5000 Lawrie Lewis, Chairman Ian Tomkins, Finance Director Veronis, Suhler International Limited 020 7484 1400 Nigel Stapleton, Chairman Christopher Russell, Director Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000 Richard Oldworth / Isabel Petre Investec Henderson Crosthwaite 020 7597 5970 Jagjit Mundi, Co-head of Corporate Finance

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