Sureserve Group plc

("Sureserve" or the "Group")

Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

Sureserve (AIM: SUR), the compliance and energy services Group, announces that in anticipation of  an exercise of options as part of the Sureserve Group plc Special Incentive Award Plan (2019), it has issued and allotted, subject to admission to trading on AIM ("Admission"), 1,054,550 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "New Ordinary Shares") to the Sureserve Group Employee Benefit Trust.

Application for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM has been made and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 7 April 2021. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari-passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares.

Total Voting Rights

Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 160,641,940. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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Sureserve is a leading compliance and energy services group that performs critical functions in homes, public and commercial buildings, with a focus on clients in the UK public sector and regulated markets. Services are delivered through two divisions: Compliance and Energy Services.

The Group was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Basildon. It currently employs some 2,061 staff from 22 offices across the UK.