ANS Ansell

    28 July 2008

GB0009606764
                                                   
                                             ANS GROUP PLC
                                                (PLUS)
                                     ("ANS Group" or "the Group")

                                           DIVIDENDS PAYABLE
                                          SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Dividends Payable
The  Board  of  ANS Group, the PLUS-quoted leading IT and Telecoms solution provider,  is  pleased  to
announce  that  the further interim dividend of 2.75p (2007: 1.65p) announced with its  final  results
reported on 24 July 2008, will be  paid  by  29  August 2008  to members on the share register as at 8
August 2008.

Having previously paid 1.25p (2007: 0.75p), this brings the year's total dividend to 4.0p (2007: 2.4p)
an increase of 45% on the previous year.

Shareholders  should be aware that future dividend policy may be affected by the cash requirements  of
our acquisitions strategy

Share Transactions
On  24 July 2008, the Board issued 100,000 shares to Mr. Ian Hogg pursuant to him exercising his share
options  at 14p.  Following this transaction Ian Hogg holds 1.4% of the issued ordinary share  capital
of the Group.

On  24 July 2008 the Group issued 15,000 share options at �1.155 and 20,000 share options at �1.115 to
staff.

Following these transactions, total directors' holdings stand at 55.6% and the total number of  shares
in issue is 12,041,754.



                                              ---ENDS---

               The directors of the issuer accept responsibility for this announcement.


ENQUIRIES

ANS GROUP PLC                                                            TEL: 0161 227 1000
Scott Fletcher, Chairman
Paul Sweeney, Managing Director

ST HELEN'S CAPITAL PLC                                                   TEL: 020 7628 5582
Barry Hocken / Duncan Vasey

BISHOPSGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD                                           TEL:  020 7562 3350
Jenni Herbert / Siobhra Murphy
ansgroup@bishopsgatecommunications.com



Notes to Editors

About ANS Group
ANS  Group is a technology infrastructure specialist in the provision of hardware, software  and  24/7
managed  services to UK Enterprise businesses. Operating within both public and private  sectors,  its
leading and award-winning solutions are offered in three key areas;

    *       Security & Identity Management
    *       Unified Communications & Wireless
    *       Storage, Storage Management & Virtualisation

Based  in  Manchester,  ANS Group delivers consistently high levels of customer  service  through  all
project deployments and ongoing support to its 400 plus client base. Working closely with key partners
Cisco,  Hitachi  Data  Systems, Microsoft, Novell, and Smart Identity allows ANS  Group  to  offer  an
unrivalled level of expertise and experience in the multifaceted industry of IT.
Visit us at www.ansgroup.co.uk




                                                                
ANS Group Plc



                                                                

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