AEC Education plc
(the “Company”)

Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the transitional provisions of the Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this notice is 42,724,835 with each share carrying the right to one vote.

There are no shares held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 42,724,835.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company 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 share capital of the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For more information please contact:

Liam Swords, AEC Education plc			Office: +44 (0) 20 8308 1202
		                                Mobile:	+44 (0) 7775 787 427 
Adrian Kirk, WH Ireland Ltd:	 			+44 (0) 161 832 2174