Director Shareholding

Mercury Group PLC
06 April 2005



                        Mercury Group PLC (the Company')


                            DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

Following admission to AIM today of 106,909,800 shares as initial consideration
for the acquisition of Telco Solutions, the beneficial interests of certain
Directors have increased as follows:

                      Shares issued          Resulting           Holding as % of
                                 as            Holding            current issued
                      consideration                                share capital
                          for Telco
                          Solutions
David Williams         48,643,959          114,984,139                    6.30
Alex Moss               5,345,490           10,345,490                    0.57

All of the newly acquired shares were acquired at an effective price of 0.5p
each.

The interests of the Directors in the acquisition of Telco Solutions and details
of the related acquisition agreement (including details of prospective levels of
deferred consideration) were fully set out in the Company's Prospectus dated 3
December 2004.

Further to the announcement of 1st March 2005 relating to the acquisition of
Smith Melzack Pepper Angliss , the holding of Ronald Franks, who was appointed
to the Board of Mercury Group, is 7,112,000 shares representing 0.39% of the
current issued share capital.

Enquiries

David J Williams
Chairman
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