On 17 January 2006 ITE Group plc granted Contingent Awards and Options over the Company’s ordinary shares as follows:

Contingent Awards over ordinary shares

Contingent Awards were granted to Directors to acquire ordinary shares in the Company free of charge under the terms of, and subject to the performance and other conditions set out in the ITE Group plc Employees Performance Share Plan 2004 as set out below:

Ian Tomkins 196,000

Russell Taylor 106,400

Edward Strachan 16,800

Contingent Option to acquire ordinary shares at 1p each

A Contingent Option to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 1p per share has been issued under the and terms of, and subject to the performance and other conditions set out in the ITE Group plc Key Contractors’ Performance Share Plan 2004 as set out below:

Edward Strachan 149,800

In addition to the above awards to Directors, ITE Group plc has issued a further 889,800 Contingent Awards to other staff to acquire ordinary shares in the Company under the terms of, and subject to the performance and other conditions as set out in the ITE Group plc Employees Performance Share Plan 2004.

As set out in the annual report, the vesting of the Contingent Awards and the Contingent Option are dependent on certain performance targets being met. The performance targets for these Awards and Options are based on aggregate diluted earnings per share figures achieved over a three year period from 1 October 2005.