2 January 2014

Sweett Group plc

("Sweett Group" or "the Group")

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Sweett Group plc (AIM CSG.L), the international construction and property consultancy, is pleased to announce that further to the announcement of 2 July 2013, Mr Patrick Sinclair was yesterday appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr Sinclair joined the Group in October 2012 as Group Financial Controller.  Mr Sinclair is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001.  Prior to joining the Group, he was Head of Finance at Penna plc, Regional Director of Finance at NCP Ltd and Financial Controller at Danone UK.

Mr Sinclair replaces Mr Chris Goscomb, who is retiring having been with the Group since May 2007 and Chief Financial Officer of the Group since January 2009.

Commenting on the changes to the Board, Michael Henderson, Chairman of Sweett Group, said:

"Chris has been an important influence on the Board and his corporate knowledge will be sadly missed.  I thank Chris for his services to the Group and wish him all the best in the future.  I am delighted to welcome Patrick to the Board and wish him every success on his appointment as Chief Financial Officer."

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For further information:

Sweett Group plc

+44 20 7061 9000

Dean Webster,   Chief Executive Officer

Patrick   Sinclair, Chief Financial Officer

Westhouse   Securities Limited

+44 20 7601 6100

Tom Griffiths

Paul Gillam

FTI Consulting

+44 20 7831 3113

Oliver Winters

Regulatory information

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules"):

Mr Patrick Malcolm Mann Sinclair BA FCA (aged 38) is, or has been, a director of the following companies during the past five years:

Current directorships

Previous directorships

Sweett Group plc

Sweett (UK)   Limited

Sweett International   (Holdings) Limited

Sweett   Investments Limited

Sweett Investment   Services Limited

Sweett Limited

Sweett   Investments (D&G) Limited

Sweett &   Partners Limited

Widnell Sweett   Limited

Cyril Sweett   Limited

C E Ball &   Partners Limited

Cyril Sweett Trustee   Company Limited

Century Resources   Ltd

Crane Davies   Limited

GHN Limited

Group Counselling   Services plc

Meridian   Consulting Limited

Penna Assessment   Limited

Penna BBM Limited

Penna Career   Consulting Limited

Penna Consultants   Limited

Penna Executive   Coaching Limited

Penna Executive   Development Limited

Penna Executive   Search International Limited

Penna Executive   Search Limited

Penna Executive   Selection Limited

Penna Holdings   Limited

Penna Human   Capital Management Limited

Penna Interim   Limited

Penna   International Limited

Penna Management   Services plc

Penna Resourcing   Solutions Limited

Penna   Sanders & Sidney Limited

Penna Trustees   Limited

Portrush   Resourcing Limited

Selby Millsmith   Limited

Sherman Services   Limited

Talisman   Information Systems Trustees Limited

Penna Human   Capital Management AB

Arpatalia   Property Development Limited

Mr Sinclair holds 10,971 ordinary shares of 10p each in Sweett Group ("Ordinary Shares"), representing approximately 0.02 per cent. of the Group's issued share capital and options over 269,452 Ordinary Shares, 130,564 of which are PSP share options subject to performance conditions.

Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures to be made in relation to Mr Sinclair under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i) - (viii) of the AIM Rules.

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