Offer Update re: Irrevocables

Volvere PLC 18 September 2006 Volvere plc For immediate release 18 September 2006 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION Volvere plc ('Volvere') Recommended Offer for NMT Group PLC ('NMT') Irrevocable Undertakings On 16 September 2006, an undertaking to accept (or procure the acceptance of) the Offer was received from Clareco Limited in respect of 360,343 NMT Shares, representing approximately 4.1 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of NMT. This undertaking will remain binding in the event of a higher offer. On this basis, irrevocable undertakings to accept (or procure the acceptance of) the Offer have been received in respect of an aggregate of 1,760,343 NMT Shares, representing approximately 20.2 per cent. of NMT's issued share capital. Volvere already holds 2,604,683 NMT Shares, representing approximately 29.9 per cent. of NMT's issued ordinary share capital. Volvere's existing shareholding, combined with the NMT Shares subject to irrevocable undertakings, represents in aggregate approximately 50.1 per cent. of NMT's current issued ordinary share capital. Enquiries: Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance Limited (Financial Adviser to Volvere) Sandy Jamieson +44 (0) 20 7509 4570 Alex Stanbury +44 (0) 20 7509 4570 Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance Limited ('Dawnay Day') is acting exclusively for Volvere and for no one else in relation to the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Volvere for providing the protections afforded to clients of Dawnay Day or for giving advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement. The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than the UK may be restricted by law and therefore any persons who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the UK should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements. This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the City Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the UK. The Offer is not being made, and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce or by any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within those jurisdictions. Accordingly, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent, in whole or in part, in, into or from the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan. Custodians, nominees and trustees should observe these restrictions and should not send or distribute this announcement in, into or from the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of the securities referred to in this announcement in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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