Shareholder Information and Financial Calendar

Shareholder enquiries

For enquiries about your shareholding, such as dividends or loss of share certificate, please contact the Company’s registrars, Capita Registrars, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, telephone 0870 162 3100 (UK only) or +44 (0)20 8639 2157 (Overseas only).

Online services and electronic voting

Vitec has arranged with Capita Registrars to use its online services. By logging on to www.capitaregistrars.com and selecting Shareholder Services you can make a transaction or dividend payment enquiry, add or change a dividend mandate or change your registered address.

The Company will again be making use of Capita Registrars’ electronic voting facility. By logging on to www.capitaregistrars.com and selecting Shareholder Services you will find details of the Annual General Meeting including the venue and text of resolutions. Shareholders have the facility to vote for, against or withhold and can split or restrict votes, appoint the Chairman of the meeting or a third party as their proxy and include any instruction text. The facility includes CREST voting for members holding their shares in uncertificated form. To use the above facilities, shareholders will need to input a unique User ID that can be applied for on your first visit to the site. To be allocated a User ID you will need your Investor Code, which can be found on your dividend stationery and share certificates. User IDs previously issued will still be valid.

Should you experience any difficulties using these facilities please contact the Capita Registrars helpline on the numbers given above.

Share price information

The middle market price of a share of The Vitec Group plc share on 30 December 2005, the last dealing day of 2005, was 375p. During the year the share price fluctuated between 286p and 385p. The Company’s share price is available from the Group’s website www.vitecgroup.com, with a 15 minute delay, and from the Financial Times web site www.ft.com with a similar delay. Up-to date market information and the Company’s share price are available from the Cityline service operated by the Financial Times by telephoning 0906 8434404.

Financial calendar  
Annual general meeting 24 May 2006
Ex-dividend date for 2005 final dividend 26 April 2006
Record date for 2005 final dividend 28 April 2006
Proposed 2005 final dividend payment date 26 May 2006
Announcement of 2006 interim results September 2006
Proposed 2006 interim dividend payment date November 2006

Analysis of shareholdings as at 31 December 2005

Shares held Number of holders % of holders Number of shares % of shares
Up to 1,000 712 55.20 296,295 0.72
1,001 to 5,000 351 27.21 832,305 2.03
5,001 to 10,000 67 5.19 461,427 1.12
10,001 to 50,000 67 5.19 1,478,293 3.60
50,001 to 100,000 28 2.17 2,057,809 5.01
100,001 and over 65 5.04 35,960,590 87.52
  1,290 100.00 41,086,719 100.00
Institutions and companies 426 33.02 38,344,145 93.32
Individuals including directors and their families 864 66.98 2,742,574 6.68
  1,290 100.00 41,086,719 100.00

Information correct at 05/05/2006