CVS : Exercise of Options & TVR – 15 February 2018

15 February 2018

CVS Group plc

("CVS" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

CVS, one of the UK's leading providers of integrated veterinary services for small and large animals, announces that 46,084 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") were issued on 1 February 2018 and 17,448 Ordinary Shares were issued on 9 February 2018 (together the "SAYE Shares") as a result of the exercise of employee share options, in connection with the Company's December 2014 - December 2017 (January 2018 Maturity) 2017 Save As You Earn Scheme.

The SAYE Shares rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares. The issue of the SAYE Shares has been satisfied via the Company's block listing which was announced on 19 December 2017.

In addition, a total of 36,600 new Ordinary Shares were issued in February in connection with the exercise of options, as detailed further below. Application for admission to trading on AIM has been made for 285 of these new Ordinary Shares not already admitted (the "New Shares"), which is expected to occur on or around 16 February 2018. The New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.

As at 14 February 2018, the Company's total issued share capital consists of 64,658,875 Ordinary Shares with one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 64,658,875. This figure may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Contacts:

CVS Group plc Simon Innes, Chief Executive Nick Perrin, Finance Director N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser & Broker) Aubrey Powell Liz Yong James Hopton

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Additional Information

Further to the announcement of 18 December 2017 notifying that options over 243,205

Ordinary Shares in relation to the CVS Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2014/2017 ("LTIP 8 Shares") had been exercised, the Company has identified that 36,315 Ordinary Shares of

these LTIP 8 Shares were not issued at the time due to an administrative oversight. 8,315 LTIP 8 Shares were issued on 6 February 2018 and the balance of 28,000 LTIP 8 Shares

were issued on 14 February 2018.

The 285 New Shares defined above were issued on 9 February 2018 as a result of the exercise of employee share options by a former employee, in connection with the Company's December 2015 - December 2018 (January 2019 Maturity) Save As You Earn Scheme.