Novae Group plc; Purchase Of Shares By The Trustees Of The Employee Share Ownership Trust

NOVAE GROUP PLC ("the Company")

 PURCHASE OF SHARES BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP
                          TRUST (the "EBT")

The Company received notification on 18 August 2008 that the trustees
of the EBT have acquired ordinary shares of £1 each in the capital of
the Company ("ordinary shares") as detailed below:



+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Number of ordinary | Average  price  paid  per | Date of purchase |
| shares purchased   | ordinary share            |                  |
|                    |                           |                  |
|--------------------+---------------------------+------------------|
| 847                | £2.9900                   | 15 August 2008   |
|--------------------+---------------------------+------------------|
| 110,000            | £2.9673                   | 15 August 2008   |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+



Following this transaction,  the trustees hold  a total of  1,791,739
ordinary shares  of £1  each, representing  2.447% of  the  Company's
issued ordinary shares. The executive  directors of the Company  have
an interest  in the  ordinary shares  held by  the EBT  as  potential
beneficiaries of the EBT in  respect of their participation in  Novae
Group plc's Long Term Incentive Plans and Deferred Bonus Schemes.

This notification is made in accordance  with Rule 3.1.4R (1) (a)  of
the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


For further enquiries:

MJ Turvey

Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

020 7903 7300

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Novae Group plc

http://www.novae.com/home.aspx

ISIN: GB00B2QCM188

Stock Identifier: XLON.NVA