· The Marketing Group cancels the acquisition of Astute Limited
and
discontinues the acquisitions of Marc Edward Agency Pty Ltd and McCorkell
&
Associates Pty Ltd.

  · Due to the cancellation of the acquisition of Astute
Limited, 5,660,583
shares of The Marketing Group will be cancelled.
Accordingly, earnings per share
for Q3 will increase from 3.3 cents to 3.9
cents.

  · Pro Forma EBITDA and revenue excluding all cancelled, discontinued
and
pending acquisitions would decrease to €7,852,640 and €36,967,171,
respectively.

Stockholm, 27 January, 2017 – THE MARKETING GROUP PLC (“the
Group”), the world’s
first digital marketing and advertising agglomeration,
wishes to announce an
update on all pending acquisitions. After considered
discussions with all
parties, the Group will not be acquiring Astute Limited,
Marc Edward Agency Pty
Ltd and McCorkell & Associates Pty Ltd. The decrease in
share price between the
time the offers were made and the time of completion
materially changed the
deals on offer. In addition, TMG wishes to announce that
TDA Group’s acquisition
did not complete in the year ended 2016, and progress
towards completion is
ongoing. The acquisitions of Khemistry Pty Ltd and
Precision Marketing Group Ltd
are also pending completion.

The cancellation of
the Astute acquisition will require the return of 5,660,583
ordinary shares to
The Marketing Group. The returned shares will be cancelled,
reducing the total
number of ordinary shares issued to 30,801,187. Accordingly,
earnings per share
for the nine months to 30 September will increase from 3.3
cents to 3.9
cents.

The Marketing Group currently comprises of 17 subsidiary businesses,
providing
marketing and advertising services to clients across the USA, Europe,
Asia,
Australia and New Zealand.

Adam Graham, Chief Executive Officer of The
Marketing Group plc, comments: “We
remain in contact with Astute, Marc Edward
Agency and McCorkell & Associates and
have not ruled out returning to these
discussions at a later date. We continue
to work towards the completion of the
acquisitions of TDA Group, Khemistry and
Precision Marketing Group and also
have a strong pipeline of other high quality,
profitable and debt-free
marketing businesses that are ready to join the Group.
In addition, we are
committed to ensuring that all future acquisition
announcements are made only
if a deal is 100% complete.”

The acquisition of Astute, based in Bournemouth,
UK, was originally announced by
The Marketing Group on 1 August 2016. The
acquisition of TDA Group, based in
Silicon Valley, USA, was announced on 26
September 2016. That exclusive terms
had been agreed to acquire Marc Edward
Agency, McCorkell & Associates, Khemistry
and Precision Marketing Group was
announced on 18 November 2016.

The pro forma numbers for The Marketing Group
will be affected as in the
     table
below:

+----------------------+------------+-----------------------+-----
     --------+
|EBITDA
of all         |€6,512,885  |Revenue of all         |€27,811,172  |
|cancelled 
           |            |cancelled              |            
|
|acquisitions(Astute,  |            |acquisitions(Astute,   |            
|
|Marc Edward Agency and|            |Marc Edward Agency and |            
|
|McCorkell &           |            |McCorkell & Associates)|            
|
|Associates)           |            |                       |            
     |
+----------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|E
     BITDA
of all pending |€2,430,956  |Revenue of all pending |€17,023,726 
|
|acquisitions(TDA      |            |acquisitions(TDA Group,|            
|
|Group,                |            |Khemistry and Precision|            
|
|Khemistry and         |            |Marketing Group)       |            
|
|Precision Marketing   |            |                       |            
|
|Group)                |            |                       |            
     |
+----------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|C
     urrent
Pro Forma     |€7,852,640* |Current Pro Forma      |€36,967,171* |
|EBITDA(17  
          |            |Revenue(17             |             |
|Subsidiaries)  
      |            |Subsidiaries)          |            
|
+----------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+

*
Pro-forma numbers reflect the Group’s performance as if all
companies
contributed to EBITDA and revenue for a full 12-month period.

For
more information, please contact

Stella Tan
Director of
Communications
E-mail: ir@marketinggroupplc.com

Sweden
Claes Delin / Mikael
Widell
Phone: +46 703 11 9960
E-mail: claes.delin@cordcom.se

Singapore
Malcolm
Robertson / Tom Evrard
Phone: +65 6831 7829 / 9850
1998
E-mail: ftiunitygroup@fticonsulting.com

This information is information
that The Marketing Group plc is obliged to make
public pursuant to the EU
Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted
for publication, through
the agency of the contact person set out above, at
7.00am (CET) on 27th of
January 2017.

The Marketing Group in brief

The Marketing Group plc is a
global marketing and advertising agglomeration
comprising a portfolio of
successful and independent digital marketing
subsidiary businesses brought
together under a central, publically-listed
operating platform. Each company
within the group provides specialist marketing
or advertising services and
together form a global network of companies offering
clients a full suite of
services. The central operating platform supports its
subsidiary companies with
management and coordinating activities as well as a
common publicly-listed
investment vehicle. The Marketing Group was incorporated
in May 2015 and listed
on Nasdaq First North Stockholm on 8 June 2016. Mangold
Fondkommission AB, +46
8-5030 15 50, is the Company’s Certified Adviser and
liquidity provider.

For
more information, please visit the
Company’s
website www.marketinggroupplc.com.