Issue of options

9 Jul 2009 aecadmin Regulatory

AEC Education plc

(“the Company”)

Issue of options

The Company announces that it has today issued the following options over new ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) to certain directors of the Company (“Options”). The Options can be exercised between a period of eighteen months and five years from the date of grant at a price of 17.2p per share. The Options have been issued as part of The AEC Education plc Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme (“the Scheme”).

Director

Options granted

Options already held under the Scheme

Current Ordinary Shareholding

Current percentage of the existing issued ordinary share capital
David Ho
Chief Executive Officer

500,000

250,000

24,000

0.06
Liam Swords
Chairman

400,000

200,000

1,000,000

2.34
Gopinath Pillai
Non-executive Director

350,000

–

25,000 (1)

0.06
Ramasamy Jayapal
Non-executive Director

350,000

–

633,131

1.48

(1) This shareholding is registered in the name of Gopinath Pillai’s wife.

In addition, KSP Investments Pte Ltd currently holds 11,035,037 Ordinary Shares which represents 25.83 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of the Company.  David Ho and Gopinath Pillai, hold 44.04% and 19.61%, respectively, of KSP Investments Pte Ltd.

For further information contact:

AEC Education plc
Liam Swords				Office: +44 (0) 20 8308 1202
		                        Mobile: +44 (0) 7775 787 427
WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD & Broker)
Adrian Kirk				        +44 (0)161 832 2174
Stuart Forshaw

Biddicks
Katie Tzouliadis				+44 (0) 207 448 1000
Sophie Lane